The Legal 500 once again ranks Rahman Ravelli as a Tier One firm

Rahman Ravelli has again been recognised as an elite firm by The Legal 500, solidifying its reputation for delivering top-tier legal expertise on a global scale. 

The newly-published 2025 edition of the prestigious guide underscores the firm’s continued success in handling the most complex, high-level financial crime matters. It also singles out six of the firm’s lawyers for particular praise.

Once again ranking Rahman Ravelli as a Tier One firm, The Legal 500 emphasises Rahman Ravelli’s strong record representing high and ultra-high net worth individuals, senior executives, individuals in the financial services industry, entrepreneurs and other prominent corporate clients in the full range of high-level financial crime matters, including multi-billion pound frauds, money laundering and tax evasion. 

It says: “The firm has built an incredible reputation in the field of fraud and regulatory litigation. The litigators are tenacious in the defence of their client's interests with incredible talent.’’

The guide also focuses on the firm’s international expertise in bribery and corruption issues and its skills relating to compliance matters, self-reporting work and internal investigations.

The Legal 500 praises the leadership of the firm’s founder, Aziz Rahman; who it calls “a man of inexhaustible energy, commercial savvy and fundamentally sound legal judgment.’’ It names Aziz as one of the very best in his field, with particular emphasis on his work on multinational fraud investigations.

The guide also notes the significant recognition that Rahman Ravelli partners Nicola Sharp and Syed Rahman receive from clients and peers in the market. The Legal 500 details Nicola’s money laundering and multinational investment fraud achievements, calling her “a main stay of the firm’’ and “a fierce white collar litigator.'’ Syed is described as a “star’’ who is “equally adept in dealing with white collar crime matters as well as civil fraud matters.’’

Legal Director Angelika Hellweger’s work on sanctions, asset tracing and recovery, regulatory investigations and litigation and ESG matters is also commended. The Legal 500 calls her “incredibly knowledgeable and hardworking’’ and “an outstanding member of the team’’ who provides advice that is “strategic, commercial and always on point.’’ 

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