Law Office of Arshad Ahmed, Esq.
Arshad Ahmed counsels clients on a broad range of corporate and financial matters including private equity, M&A, venture capital, corporate governance, commercial contracts, securities, regulatory compliance, and much more.
Arshad is experienced as a BigLaw attorney, founder, investor, and law professor, and has successfully represented clients from idea stage to IPO, from investor side to target side.
Joining business acumen with a technical foundation in the law, Arshad strives for continuous improvement and delivers cross-functional value, risk-managed advice, and can-do spirit.
Contact MeKnowledge Foundation and Skill Sets:
- Private equity, growth equity, M&A, JVs, bolt-ons
- Venture capital, emerging companies, startups, ECVC
- Corporate governance, corporate law
- Commercial contracts, technology transactions, IP licensing
- Securities law, '33 Act, '34 Act, '40 Act, FINRA, blue sky
- Data privacy, privacy policies, CCPA, CCPR, GDPR, HIPAA
- Regulatory compliance, environmental, CEQA
- Compensation, benefits, severance, settlements, ERISA
- Debt financing, credit facilities
- Divestitures, carve-outs, spin-offs
- Restructuring, insolvency, bankruptcy
- Risk and crisis management
- Insurance, clawbacks, tax structuring
- Antitrust, HSR, international trade, CFIUS
- Litigation management, knowledge management
About Me:
- Grew up in PGC, Maryland.
- Cornell Engineering, Penn Law (Wharton).
- Licensed to practice law in California, DC, and Maryland.
- Law firm Associate at AmLaw2 L&W.
- General Counsel to hedge fund; de facto GC to many companies.
- Made income Partner at AmLaw1 K&E in Private Equity & Corporate.
- Launched a growth equity fund to support digital transformation in overseas pioneer markets.
- Taught law courses in private equity, venture capital, and Islamic finance at UC Berkeley Law, Vanderbilt Law, Wake Forest Law, and UC Law SF.
- Live in California.
- Avid reader of perennial philosophy.