Re CargoLogicAir Ltd [2022] EWHC 3316 (Ch) – Instructed as junior counsel to place a UK airline into administration following the imposition of sanctions on its ultimate owner and the refusal of commercial banks to operate the company’s account (led by Adam Al-Attar).

Re Avanti Communications Ltd – Instructed in a case in which judgment is awaited, which may have wide-reaching ramifications for secured lenders who use debt documents modelled on Loan Market Association forms. The case involved an application to determine whether charges over a satellite, ITU-registered orbital slots and various fixed assets were fixed or floating. The court was asked to consider, in depth, the effect of the House of Lords’ landmark decision in Re Spectrum Plus in the context of fixed assets and market-standard forms (led by David Allison KC).

Sayacorp BSC v NMC Healthcare Ltd – instructed as junior counsel to prosecute a US$55m claim and resist a US$800m+ counterclaim issued in the Abu Dhabi Global Market courts by NMC’s administrators against a Bahraini investment bank. The counterclaim is based on claims in conspiracy, fraudulent trading, and under the UAE Civil Code (led by Richard Gillis KC and William Willson).

Re People’s Energy (Supply) Ltd – Instructed to advise the administrators of People’s Energy on the treatment of hundreds of thousands of historic data breach claims against the company (led by Daniel Bayfield KC and Anya Proops KC)

Croxen & Ors v GEMA [2022] EWHC 2826 (Ch) – ‘test case’ application by energy suppliers of last resort, seeking directions on novel personal and proprietary restitution claims in failed suppliers’ insolvencies with broad implications for all UK energy industry. The case tested the outer limits of the law of constructive trusts and the principles governing the discharge of debts (assisting Matthew Abraham)

Softbank v Credit Suisse – permission to bring and serve out a US$440m claim under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (transactions defrauding creditors), arising out of the collapse of Greensill (assisting Adam Al-Attar)

Citibank NA v Specialty Steel UK Ltd [2022] EWHC 1359 (Ch) – widely-reported and heavily contested preliminary hearing of winding up petitions of 3 companies in the GFG Alliance (assisting Marcus Haywood)

Re Petropavlovsk plc – placing a Russian gold miner with over US$1.6 billion in assets into administration following the imposition of sanctions (assisting Matthew Abraham)

Opposing an injunction to restrain a £150m winding up petition brought by one of the largest Indian banks, involving issues relating to asymmetric jurisdiction clauses, abuse of process, and foreign law evidence on the Indian Contract Act 1872 (assisting Richard Fisher KC, William Willson and Matthew Abraham)

Drafting a skeleton argument and application for a letter of request under s 426 of the Insolvency Act in aid of Jersey insolvency proceedings (assisting Clara Johnson)

The China Fisheries Group restructuring –aspects of the US$1 billion restructuring of a Hong Kong and Singapore-based fishing group, involving English, Peruvian and other foreign law issues (assisting Henry Phillips)

Re Safari Holdings / Löwen Play [2022] EWHC 781 (Ch) – scheme of arrangement to restructure €350m of notes issued by a German arcade group, with note trust deed containing an unusual type of ‘floating’ choice of law clause (assisting William Willson)

Rabin is able to act in ICC, LCIA, SIAC, HKIAC, BVIAC, ICDR, and other international arbitrations (and particularly in arbitrations relating to investment funds, companies, loans, security, and the sale of shares and businesses). He is comfortable acting alongside local counsel or as part of a team providing expert evidence.

Instructed in connection with a substantial ICDR arbitration over a joint venture between two multinational conglomerates (led by Tom Smith KC)

Resisting an LCIA arbitration brought by a bond trustee on behalf of bondholders, to enforce payment of over US$500m (assisting Adam Al-Attar)

Advising on the scope of termination rights under a US$370m+ share sale and purchase deed governed by English law, subject to SIAC arbitration seated in Singapore (assisting Matthew Abraham)

Member of Cambridge university’s team at the Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration moot, coming in 2nd in 2018 out of over 360 international teams

IS Prime v TF Global Markets – instructed as junior counsel in this complex dispute relating to forex and index swap trade execution. It involves claims relating to a breach of an exclusivity agreement, deceit and conspiracy, and the interaction of these legal principles with market practice among financial brokers, the technical operation of trading platforms, price feeds and ‘A-book’ and ‘B-book’ trading (led by Adam Al-Attar)

BNP Paribas Trust Corporation UK Ltd v URO Property Holdings SA [2022] EWHC 3251 (Comm) – defending an unusual summary judgment application relating to the construction of a ‘Make-Whole’ call provision in a bond issued by a Spanish property company (led by David Allison KC and Ryan Perkins)

ABT Auto Investments v Aapico Investment Pte Ltd [2022] EWHC 2839 (Comm) – defending a Thai company against a Commercial Court claim by an Indian company that the former had wrongfully appropriated pledged shares said to be worth over US$100m (assisting Tom Smith KC and Ryan Perkins)

Banca Generali S.p.A v CFE (Suisse) SA [2022] EWHC 1450 (Ch) – Resisting a mandatory injunction to comply with a contractual obligation to provide information relating to a securitisation structure, where that information was required to comply with EU and Italian law (assisting Henry Phillips)

Defending banks against fraudulent trading claims in unusual circumstances requiring consideration of issues of jurisdiction/’sufficient connection’, vicarious liability, attribution and the proper governing law of the claim (assisting William Willson).

Drafting particulars of claim for a final anti-suit injunction to restrain a non-party to an English exclusive jurisdiction agreement, from bringing foreign proceedings that effectively undermined that agreement.

Drafting a Defence to claims arising out of an allegedly wrongful margin call, including inducing breach of contract, causing loss by unlawful means, conspiracy, and wrongs under Danish law (assisting Clara Johnson)

Advice, in connection with a dispute relating to a share sale and purchase agreement, on Jersey law choice of law rules and the Jersey rules on foreign prescription (limitation) periods (assisting William Wilson)

IS Prime v TF Global Markets – instructed as junior counsel in this complex dispute relating to forex and index swap trade execution. It involves claims relating to a breach of an exclusivity agreement, deceit and conspiracy, and the interaction of these legal principles with market practice in the brokerage industry, as well as technical operation of trading platforms, price feeds, ‘A-book’ and ‘B-book’ trading (led by Adam Al-Attar)Sayacorp BSC v NMC Healthcare Ltd – instructed as junior counsel to prosecute a US$55m claim and resist a US$800m+ counterclaim issued in the Abu Dhabi Global Market courts by NMC’s administrators against a Bahraini investment bank. The counterclaim is based on claims in conspiracy, fraudulent trading, and under the UAE Civil Code (led by Richard Gillis KC and William Willson).

Re Avanti Communications Ltd – Instructed in a case in which judgment is awaited, which may have wide-reaching ramifications for secured lenders who use debt documents modelled on Loan Market Association forms. The case involved an application to determine whether charges over a satellite, ITU-registered orbital slots and various fixed assets were fixed or floating. The court was asked to consider, in depth, the effect of the House of Lords’ landmark decision in Re Spectrum Plus in the context of fixed assets and market-standard forms (led by David Allison KC).

BNP Paribas Trust Corporation UK Ltd v URO Property Holdings SA [2022] EWHC 3251 (Comm) – defending an unusual summary judgment application relating to the construction of a ‘Make-Whole’ call provision in a bond issued by a Spanish property company (led by David Allison KC and Ryan Perkins)

Banca Generali S.p.A v CFE (Suisse) SA [2022] EWHC 1450 (Ch) – Resisting a mandatory injunction to comply with a contractual obligation to provide information relating to a securitisation structure, where that information was required to comply with EU and Italian law disclosure obligations (assisting Henry Phillips)

Re Galapagos SA – Advice on the proper interpretation of the distressed disposals provisions in an LMA form Intercreditor agreement (assisting Henry Phillips)

Resisting an LCIA arbitration brought by a bond trustee on behalf of bondholders, to enforce payment of over US$500m (assisting Adam Al-Attar)

ABT Auto Investments v Aapico Investment Pte Ltd [2022] EWHC 2839 (Comm) – defending a Thai company against a Commercial Court claim by an Indian company that the former had wrongfully appropriated pledged shares said to be worth over US$100m (assisting Tom Smith KC and Ryan Perkins)

Re Clavis Securities / Mansard Mortgages  – a summary judgment/strike out application and an appeal to the Court of Appeal to secure orders to prevent fraudulent attempts to seize control of a securitisation structure (assisting Charlotte Cooke)

Opposing an injunction to restrain a £150m winding up petition brought by one of the largest Indian banks, involving issues relating to asymmetric jurisdiction clauses, abuse of process, and foreign law evidence on the Indian Contract Act 1872 (assisting Richard Fisher KC, William Willson and Matthew Abraham)

Defending banks against billion-dollar fraudulent trading claims in unusual circumstances requiring consideration of issues of jurisdiction/’sufficient connection’, vicarious liability, attribution and the proper governing law of the claim (assisting William Willson).

Sayacorp BSC v NMC Healthcare Ltd – instructed as junior counsel to prosecute a US$55m claim and resist a US$800m+ counterclaim issued in the Abu Dhabi Global Market courts by NMC’s administrators against a Bahraini investment bank. The counterclaim is based on claims in conspiracy, fraudulent trading, and under the UAE Civil Code (led by Richard Gillis KC and William Willson).

Instructed as junior counsel in relation to the defence of the directors of two groups of insolvent companies in parallel Jersey / Cayman Islands fraudulent trading, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence claims worth in excess of US$150m (led by William Willson)

Vneshprombank LLC and Kireeva v Bedzhamov [2022] EWHC 1047 and [2022] EWHC 1166 (Ch) – resisting an application by a bankrupt for security for his costs and to vary a worldwide proprietary freezing order. One of the first cases to award security for costs in these circumstances and the first published judgment recognising that a trustee has a proprietary interest justifying a proprietary freezing / Mareva injunction (assisting William Willson)

Softbank v Credit Suisse – permission to bring and serve out a US$440m claim under section 423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (transactions defrauding creditors), arising out of the collapse of Greensill (assisting Adam Al-Attar)

Mercy Global Consult Ltd v Adidire – various aspects of an application for a freezing order against the perpetrator of a £20m+ VAT fraud (assisting Clara Johnson)

Re Clavis Securities / Mansard Mortgages  – a summary judgment/strike out application and an appeal to the Court of Appeal to secure various orders preventing fraudulent attempts to seize control of a securitisation structure (assisting Charlotte Cooke)

Re Seahawk China Dynamic Fund (Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, 9 August 2022) – application to wind up a company following allegations of fraud on the just and equitable ground (assisting Tom Smith KC and Peter Burgess)

Defending banks against billion-dollar fraudulent trading claims in unusual circumstances requiring consideration of issues of jurisdiction/’sufficient connection’, vicarious liability, attribution and the proper governing law of the claim (assisting William Willson).

Sayacorp BSC v NMC Healthcare Ltd – instructed as junior counsel to prosecute a US$55m claim and resist a US$800m+ counterclaim issued in the Abu Dhabi Global Market courts by NMC’s administrators against a Bahraini investment bank. The counterclaim is based on claims in conspiracy, fraudulent trading, and under the UAE Civil Code (led by Richard Gillis KC and William Willson).

Instructed as junior counsel in relation to the defence of the directors of two groups of insolvent companies in parallel Jersey / Cayman Islands fraudulent trading, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence claims worth in excess of US$150m (led by William Willson)

Re BAF Latam Credit Fund (Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, 10 Dec 2021) – Successful application by Apollo Global Management vehicles to wind up a solvent closed-end fund on the just and equitable ground after heavily contested trial (assisting Tom Smith KC and Charlotte Cooke)

Re Seahawk China Dynamic Fund (9 August 2022) – application to wind up a company following allegations of fraud on the just and equitable ground (assisting Tom Smith KC and Peter Burgess)

Representation of HWA 555 Owners plc [2022] JRC 181 (Royal Court of Jersey) – one of the first applications for a creditor’s winding up under Article 157A of the Companies (Jersey) Law, in exceptional circumstances where the Jersey company was already in liquidation in its COMI (assisting Marcus Haywood)

Advising on whether an English judgment obtained by creditors against directors in England generated a res judicata or issue estoppel preventing Guernsey statutory insolvency claims by administrators (assisting Clara Johnson)

Advice, in connection with a dispute relating to a share sale and purchase agreement, on Jersey law choice of law rules and the Jersey rules on foreign prescription (limitation) periods (assisting William Wilson)

Instructed as junior counsel in relation to the defence of the directors of two groups of insolvent companies in parallel Jersey / Cayman Islands fraudulent trading, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence claims worth in excess of US$150m (led by William Willson)

Re BAF Latam Credit Fund (Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, 10 Dec 2021) – Successful application by Apollo Global Management vehicles to wind up a solvent closed-end fund on the just and equitable ground after heavily contested trial (assisting Tom Smith KC and Charlotte Cooke)

Re Seahawk China Dynamic Fund (Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, 9 August 2022) – application to wind up a company following allegations of fraud on the just and equitable ground (assisting Tom Smith KC and Peter Burgess)

Two-day trial of a directors’ disqualification application, seeking a disqualification order on behalf of the Official Receiver (assisting Hannah Thornley)

Assisted in preparing the directors’ disqualification chapter in Insolvency Made Clear – A Guide For Debtors (2021), a plain-English guide for litigants in person.

Advising on a co-ownership claim to establish a trust interest in a French property (as sole counsel)

Advising on a professional negligence claim against solicitors in relation to a will and a declaration of trust (as sole counsel)

2023 – Admitted to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Virgin Islands Circuit)

2022 – Rights of Audience, Astana International Financial Centre

2021 – Called to the Bar of England and Wales

2016 – Lieutenant, Singapore Armed Forces

Chancery Bar Association

COMBAR

Insolvency Lawyers Association

Contentious Trusts Association

William Willson and Rabin Kok, Cryptocurrency and the Claim in Debt (2023)) Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 25

Rabin Kok, Cross-Border Real Estate Investment Trust Insolvencies and Recognising Foreign Insolvency Judgments: Re Tantleff, Alan [2022] Singapore Academy of Law Journal

2020-2021 – Bar Vocational Studies, City University of London (Distinction)

2019-2020 – Oxford University, BCL (Distinction)

2016-2021 – Cambridge University, BA Law (First Class Hons)

Thomson Reuters Prize – top in year at Cambridge University
De Montmorency Prize in Law
Senior Scholar of Peterhouse and formerly Scholar
Des Voeux Chambers-Cambridge Junior Scholarship
Kenneth Thomas Law Essay Prize
Rebecca Flower Squire Scholarship
City Law School Scholarship for Academic Excellence

Rabin is able to read and write Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Malaysia fluently (including legal documents) and is happy to be instructed in cases involving this type of material. He also speaks basic Mandarin Chinese.