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Otterbourg Promotes Ikhwan Rafeek to Member of the Firm

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Otterbourg P.C. announced today that Ikhwan A. Rafeek has been promoted to Member of the Firm in the Banking and Finance Group, effective January 1. Mr. Rafeek represents institutional lenders, banks, commercial finance companies, and factors in connection with the documentation of domestic and international secured lending arrangements, including asset-based, factoring, term loan, healthcare, real estate, middle market, leveraged, and first and second lien loan transactions. He also frequently represents secured lenders in workouts and restructurings and in portfolio acquisitions and dispositions.

Mr. Rafeek was named as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers Magazine in 2019. Mr. Rafeek is a member of the Secured Finance Network. He is also a member of the New York State Bar Association. He earned his J.D. from St. John’s University School of Law in 2008 and his B.A. from City University of New York – Baruch College in 2005.

About Otterbourg P.C.

Otterbourg P.C. offers clients a unique combination of legal insight and practical solutions and is known for its integrity, legal expertise, stability and business knowledge. The firm, established more than 100 years ago, regularly represents clients in matters of national and international scope, including banks, finance companies, hedge funds, private equity firms, real estate investment firms, corporate clients and high net-worth individuals. The firm’s practice areas include domestic and cross-border financings, litigation and alternative dispute resolutions, real estate, restructuring and bankruptcy proceedings, mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions, and trusts and estates.

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Rubenstein
ppochna@rubenstein.com

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