Aseel Rabie is a partner and member of the firm’s National Security practice and Banking and Financial Institutions Groups.
Ranked in Chambers USA (2026) and Chambers Global (2026), Ms. Rabie advises clients on a broad range of regulatory, supervisory and enforcement matters in the sanctions and anti-money laundering space. She also provides counsel on matters involving financial crimes in the context of transactions, fundraising, lending and investigations. Clients note that she “makes complex sanctions analysis seem obvious and understandable.” They also praise her for delivering “clear, practical and well-reasoned advice” and providing “valuable insights into potential legal and regulatory developments.” Sources further note that she “is strategic in her approach.”
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Rabie served as a managing director and associate general counsel at the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA), where she led regulatory advocacy and other activities in the sanctions, anti-money laundering and other financial crime compliance areas, as well as primary capital markets and research. In this role, Ms. Rabie engaged extensively with the U.S. Treasury Department and its Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and other policy makers on behalf of SIFMA and its member financial institutions.
Before her role at SIFMA, Ms. Rabie served as senior counsel in the SEC’s Office of the General Counsel. There, she advised on legal and policy matters relating to SEC rulemaking activities and enforcement actions.
Previously in her career, Ms. Rabie served as the lead in-house counsel on corporate finance and securities law matters at a satellite communications company and worked on securities regulatory and enforcement, anti-corruption and other matters in private practice.
Ms. Rabie received her B.A. cum laude from Harvard College and her J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School.