As Assistant General Counsel, Raina supports her internal clients achieve their strategic objectives through mergers and acquisitions, strategic partnership and general corporate counseling.

As a member of the Corporate & Securities Practice Group, Raina Patel advised and represented clients on a range of corporate matters, including private offerings, mergers and acquisitions, securities laws and contract negotiation.

During her time at Sullivan Wolf Kailus, Raina Patel advised and represented clients in the alternative asset management industry with respect to hedge funds, commodity pools, funds of funds, managed accounts, private equity funds and other financial products and structures. She also worked directly with in-house legal teams and investment professionals to devise practical legal solutions.

Raina Patel practiced law for three years in the Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives group at Sidley Austin LLP in Chicago. Sidley's Investment Funds, Advisers and Derivatives practice team has won numerous top awards as a provider of legal services to the private funds industry. The practice team is a four-time recipient of first-tier national rankings in the U.S. News - Best Lawyers "Best Law Firms" rankings for Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law, and Derivatives and Futures Law and ranked in the top band for Hedge Funds by Chambers USA every year since 2008.