Welcome
Afra Afsharipour
Contact Information
aafsharipour@ucdavis.edu
530-754-0111
Rm. 1102 King Hall
Education
- B.A., magna cum laude, Cornell University 1996
- J.D., Columbia Law School 1999
Acting Professor of Law
Afra Afsharipour received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was an articles editor of the Columbia Law Review and a submissions editor of the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. Professor Afsharipour researches in the areas of comparative corporate law, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, mergers and acquisitions, and securities regulation. Prior to joining the Davis faculty, Professor Afsharipour was an associate in the corporate department of Davis Polk & Wardwell in both New York, NY and Menlo Park, CA, where she advised clients on domestic and cross border mergers and acquisitions, public and private securities offerings, and corporate governance and compliance matters. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Rosemary Barkett of the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University, where she studied government, international relations and women's studies.
Special Interests
Comparative Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mergers And Aquisitions, Securities RegulationSelected Career Highlights
- Corporate Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell 2000-2007
- Research Fellow, Program on Careers in Law Teaching, Columbia Law School 2005
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Rosemary Barkett, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals 1999-2000
More Career Highlights...- Board Member, Iranian Women's Studies Foundation, 2000-2008
Selected Publications
- Integrating the Financial Crisis in the Business Associations Course: Benefits and Pitfalls, 5 Journal of Business and Technology Law (Forthcoming 2010)
- Corporate Governance Convergence: Lessons from the Indian Experience, 29 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business 335 (2009)
- Incorporating Business in Business Law Classes, 8 UC Davis Business Law Journal (2007)
- Empowering Ourselves: The Role of Women’s NGOs in the Enforcement of the Women’s Convention, 99 Column. L. Rev. 129 (1999)
