Rishalat Khan

Rishalat Khan, Senior Lawyer, Frank Porter Co

Rishalat Khan is a senior lawyer specialising in corporate, aviation and financing law.

Rishalat was a senior associate at national law firm Buddle Findlay for a number of years before leaving to co-launch Frank Porter Co, a specialist law firm in Auckland at the start of 2019.

Rishalat acts for commercial clients on a wide range of matters including mergers and acquisitions and on corporate governance matters. She has acted on some of the largest loan portfolio sales in New Zealand of recent times.

As part of her financing expertise, Rishalat advises clients on a wide range of financing including  advising airlines, financial institutions, leasing companies and operators on major transactions involving the sale, purchase, financing and leasing of various equipment (including aircraft).

Rishalat has co-authored the New Zealand chapters of various New Zealand publications on various aspects of aircraft financing and leasing.

She holds a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Auckland.