Rabin Kok
Counsel
Admission
- Advocate & Solicitor, Supreme Court of Singapore
- Barrister, England & Wales
- Barrister, British Virgin Islands
Education
- BA Law (First Class Hons), Cambridge University (2021)
- BCL (Distinction), Oxford University (2020)
Rabin practices with RCLT Law Corporation in Singapore, and separately as a barrister from South Square in London. He is an Advocate & Solicitor and has full rights of audience at the Bars of Singapore, England & Wales and the BVI.
Rabin acts in contentious insolvency disputes (for which he is ranked a ‘Rising Star’ in Legal 500’s 2026 UK Bar Guide) and also acts in company, civil fraud and other commercial disputes. He also has substantial experience of cryptocurrency-related frauds and insolvencies. Clients say that Rabin “excels in his years. He is super bright and easy to deal with”.
Rabin often acts as sole advocate in the UK and elsewhere but is equally happy working in a team. Either way, Rabin is usually involved in all aspects of the case from start to end – both in and out of Court.
Before coming to the Bar, Rabin topped his year at Cambridge University and subsequently graduated with a First Class degree in Law and as a Senior Scholar of Peterhouse. He previously taught trusts and contract part time at Oxford University.
Please email info@rclt.com.sg for a more detailed CV on any particular practice area.
Representative Portfolio
- Acting as sole advocate in a pending appeal to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal to challenge the decision of a voluntary liquidator to move various BVI companies into insolvent liquidation. The companies are defendants to a US$2bn claim by Russian financial institutions.
- Successfully acted for secured creditors in the first decision in nearly 20 years to change the law on characterisation of fixed and floating charges in the common law world. The security was taken over orbital slots and arose under complex LMA documentation. See Re Avanti [2023] EWHC 940 (Ch)
- Acted in the English Court of Appeal for a Member of Parliament challenging Thames Water’s £19 billion UK restructuring on public interest grounds: Kington SarL v Thames Water Utilities Holdings Ltd [2025] EWCA Civ 475
- Successfully acted for the company in the heavily contested Madagascar Oil restructuring, which culminated in a trial involving disputes on the relevant alternative, fair exercise of the cram-down power and Mauritian and Malagasy law on cross-border recognition: Re Madagascar Oil Ltd [2025] EWHC 2129 (Ch)
- Advising a security trustee in relation to the contentious restructuring and takeover of Dutch retailer Hunkemöller through a distressed disposal.
- Successfully acting as sole advocate for an unsecured creditor (owed £57m) to appoint ‘conflict’ administrators over a company over the opposition of secured creditors
- Successfully acting as sole advocate to resist an application by a UK billionaire, Robert Bull, to set aside a £57m statutory demand Acted as sole advocate for a major UK private bank in its pursuit of bankruptcy proceedings against a well-known high-net worth individual who resided outside the jurisdiction.
- Acted for a Bahraini bank to resist a US$800m counterclaim in fraudulent trading, conspiracy and under the UAE Civil Code issued by the administrators of NMC Healthcare Ltd against his client. The case concluded with a very favourable settlement and produced judgments including Sayacorp v NMC Healthcare Ltd [2023] ADGMCFI 0002
- Acted for a prime broker in a complex dispute in the English High Court involving alleged deceit and conspiracy by prime brokers in the context of high frequency forex and index swap pricing and trade execution. The case settled favourably on day one of trial but produced several notable judgments, including IS Prime v TF Capital Markets [2023] 4 WLUK 357.
- Acted in a high-stakes mediation on behalf of the directors of two groups of insolvent companies faced with parallel Jersey / Cayman Islands fraudulent trading, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence claims worth in excess of US$150m
- Acting for a company in connection with a US$80m+ LCIA arbitration raising issues relating to the exceptions to the ‘rule in Gibbs’ and the effect of foreign schemes of arrangement
- Acted for a prime broker in a complex dispute in the English High Court involving alleged deceit and conspiracy by prime brokers in the context of high frequency forex and index swap pricing and trade execution. The case settled favourably on day one of trial but produced several notable judgments, including IS Prime v TF Capital Markets [2023] 4 WLUK 357.
- Acting in connection with a substantial ICDR arbitration over a joint venture between two multinational construction conglomerates
- Acting in a high-value property dispute between a property developer and landowners concerning the interpretation and rectification of an option over developable land
- Acted in a high-stakes mediation on behalf of the directors of two groups of insolvent companies faced with parallel Jersey / Cayman Islands fraudulent trading, breach of fiduciary duty, and negligence claims worth in excess of US$150m
- Acting in an unfair prejudice (oppression) petition concerning a UK property investment joint venture by Indonesian, Malaysian and Singaporean businessmen
- Acted for a professional trustee in the BVI High Court, defending an unusual and complex ‘trust-busting’ claim against a HNW individual’s offshore trusts and connected Norwich Pharmacal and Beddoe applications
- Acted in an urgent Norwich Pharmacal application against BVI registered agents by the personal representatives of a deceased high-net worth individual in support of foreign proceedings to remove a co-executor for potential misappropriation of estate assets.
- Acted for the joint liquidators of Three Arrows in the BVI, following its collapse, which was one of the largest insolvencies to follow the 2022 LUNA/Terra crash. Aspects of the case include a US$1.3bn+ BVI wrongful trading claim against the Founders of Three Arrows.
- Acting for the South African joint liquidators of a crypto exchange found to have perpetrated one of the largest crypto ponzi schemes in the world (that attracted a US$1.7 billion penalty, the largest ever in the US CFTC’s history). The Joint Liquidators assert statutory clawback claims under South African law in England. See interim judgment: Re Mirror Trading international [2025] 3 WLUK 829