Arshad Ahmed
Adjunct Professor Arshad A. Ahmed is an experienced transactional lawyer practicing since 1999 in private equity activities, mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, divestitures, corporate governance and counseling. Professor Ahmed has significant experience in domestic and international transactions. He is also recognized as a leading authority in and critic of Shari'ah-related investment practices and the contemporary Islamic banking and finance sector, and he has spoken widely on matters pertaining to the application of Shari'ah law in contemporary transactions. During his career, Professor Ahmed has been a partner at a leading international law firm, not to mention that he co-founded both a boutique financial consulting firm as well as a hedge fund. He also serves as adjunct professor at the UC Berkeley School of Law. Professor Ahmed currently resides with his family in the San Francisco Bay Area.