Houman B. Shadab

Associate Professor of Law
Associate Director, Center on Financial Services Law

Houman B. Shadab is an internationally recognized expert in financial law and regulation whose research focuses on hedge funds and derivatives. Professor Shadab is an Associate Director of the Center on Financial Services Law and teaches Contracts, Corporations, and a seminar on financial regulatory policy.

Professor Shadab has testified before Congress on the role of hedge funds in the financial crisis and also on the compensation of public company executives. He is the author of several academic articles published in journals such as the New York University Journal of Legislation and Public Policy and the Berkeley Business Law Journal. Professor Shadab is frequently asked to contribute to authoritative works and is currently writing chapters on regulating credit default swaps and hedge fund lending for forthcoming books to be published by Oxford University Press and John Wiley & Sons.

Governmental bodies have recognized Professor Shadab's research, which has been cited by the Delaware Court of Chancery and in studies published by the U.K. House of Commons and the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs. Professor Shadab is often invited to speak at academic meetings and those for market practitioners. In May of 2010, Professor Shadab will be joining former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, leading economists from major financial institutions, and other distinguished speakers at a forum for investors to be held in Montreux, Switzerland.

Professor Shadab has been quoted in numerous media publications including the New York Times, the Financial Times, and the Washington Post, and he has appeared on Bloomberg Television. He serves on the Advisory Board of the NY Business Law Journal and the Hedge Fund Society, which is affiliated with Cass Business School in London. He is also a member of the New York and California bars. Professor Shadab previously practiced law with Ropes & Gray in New York City and Latham & Watkins in Los Angeles.