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 researches in the areas of comparative corporate law, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, mergers and acquisitions, securities regulation, and transactional law. Prior to joining the Davis faculty, Professor Afsharipour was an attorney with the corporate department of Davis Polk & Wardwell in both New York, NY and Menlo Park, CA. There 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.
Full Biography...Professor Afsharipour received her J.D. from Columbia Law School, where she was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and served as an articles editor of the Columbia Law Review and a submissions editor of the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. She received her B.A. (magna cum laude) from Cornell University, where she studied government, international relations and women's studies. Professor Afsharipour blogs on legal developments in mergers & acquisitions at the M&A Law Prof Blog 
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Special Interests
Comparative Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Mergers And Acquisitions, Securities Regulation, Transactional LawSelected Career Highlights
- Board of Directors, The American Society of Comparative Law 2009-Present
- Affiliated Faculty, Middle East/South Asia Studies Program, UC Davis 2007-Present
- Treasurer, AALS Section on Transactional Law and Skills 2011-Present
More Career Highlights...- Distinguished Teaching Award Nominee 2009
- 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
Selected Publications
- A Shareholders’ Put Option: Counteracting the Acquirer Overpayment Problem, 96 Minnesota L. Rev. (Forthcoming 2012)
- Directors as Trustees of the Nation? India's Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility Reform Efforts, 34 Seattle U. L. Rev. 996 (2011) (invited symposium article)
- Outbound Mergers and Acquisitions by Indian Firms, The Conference Board Director Notes No. DN-V3N10 (2011)
- Rising Multinationals: Law and the Evolution of Outbound Acquisitions by Indian Companies, 44 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1029 (2011) (invited symposium article)
More Publications...- Transforming the Allocation of Deal Risk Through Reverse Termination Fees, 63 Vanderbilt L. Rev. 1161 (2010)
- The Promise and Challenges of India's Corporate Governance Reforms, 1 Indian J. of L. & Econ. 33 (2010) (invited inaugural issue)
- A Brief Overview of Corporate Governance Reforms in India, The Conference Board Director Notes No. DN-020 (2010)
- Corporate Governance Convergence: Lessons from the Indian Experience, 29 Northwestern Journal of International Law & Business 335 (2009)
- Integrating the Financial Crisis in the Business Associations Course: Benefits and Pitfalls, 5 J. BUS. & TECH. L. 5 (2010)
- 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)
