Zarrar Sehgal
He is a partner in Clifford Chance’s US Finance and Restructuring Group, and Asset Finance Practice Co-Head. Sehgal is also the Clifford Chance's Transport & Logistics sector group Global Head. He has extensive experience representing underwriters, lenders, lessors, and governmental agencies in a wide variety of asset and structured finance transactions.
Sehgal focuses his practice on a wide variety of international finance transactions, including acquisition financing, leveraged leasing, secured lending, structured financing, export credit agency-supported financings, and credit enhancements.
He also has extensive experience representing underwriters and issuers in public offerings and private placement of securities, including portfolio securitizations, debt and equity offerings.
Scoring a first: Pakistani among US top 10 transport, aviation lawyers
Sehgal has particular expertise in financings related to aviation and has worked on several of the most significant transactions in the market many of which have been awarded 'Deal of the Year' awards from industry publications.
He has been ranked as Band number one in Chambers USA for Aviation and Finance and has been recognized by them for the years 2006-2018. According to a senior industry participant, he is "commercial and very knowledgeable of the market."
Sehgal has served on the Board of The Citizens Foundation-USA (TCF-USA), which is a USA based non-profit that has been supporting the education of underprivileged children since 2008. He has served as TCF-USA President since 2010. Sehgal was also selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He hosts the annual Pakistan breakfast at the World Economic Forum in Davos.
He received his undergraduate degree from Boston University, a JD from Georgetown University Law Center, and is a member of the bar in the State of New York.
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