DE222 Honoree: Faiz Ahmad

Title: Partner & Head of Wilmington Office

Faiz Ahmad

Workplace: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Alma Maters: Washington & Lee University School of Law, University of Maryland

Boards: Corporation Law Council of the Delaware State Bar Association, Delaware Chapter of the North American South Asian Bar Association

Q&A: What was your first job? “After a childhood spent mowing lawns, raking leaves and shoveling driveways, I had a short stint as a caddy at a private golf course and then earned my first W-2 working for Lord & Taylor doing inventory checks.”

As head of Skadden Arps’ Wilmington office, partner Faiz Ahmad oversees one of the biggest and most sought-after firms in Delaware, especially for merger-and-acquisition work. He has personally been involved with multiple billion-dollar deals in his career and in some of the most consequential deals in Delaware history, including M&T Bank’s acquisition of Wilmington Trust and CSC’s acquisition of Intertrust. He is also active in firm management, including serving on Skadden’s governing body, the Policy Committee, the Global Diversity Committee and as co-chair of the Wilmington office’s Hiring Committee.