Professor Khinda leads Khinda Advisory Limited in Abu Dhabi and Khinda Advisory PLLC in Washington DC. He is an internationally recognized litigator and corporate adviser with over 25 years of experience guiding companies, boards and asset managers on risk issues and in dealing with governance disputes, corporate crises, internal investigations and law enforcement matters. He is well-known for the many government investigations and inquiries he has resolved for clients without any charges being filed or any public disclosure of the government’s interest ever being made, and no client he has represented from the outset of an investigation has ever been sued by the SEC or indicted.

A former SEC enforcement attorney, Morgan Stanley analyst, and partner at a top Wall Street law firm, he has advised on major matters involving Enron, Global Crossing, JPMorgan, UBS, State Street Bank, Wells Fargo and PIMCO, among others, appearing before US and international securities regulators and prosecutors on their behalf. He is a fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel and taught its Masters Class on internal investigations and special situations. His work has shaped governance and asset management practices and related legislation, earning recognition in case studies at Columbia Business School and elsewhere.

Professor Khinda is consistently ranked among the US’s top advisers on securities regulation and enforcement matters, and crisis management by The Best Lawyers in America, Legal 500 and The National Law Journal, among others, and he was also named to the Lawdragon “500 Leading Global Litigators” guide. He is a former Vice Chair of the American Bar Association’s Corporate Governance Committee, and served as Chair of its Ethics and Investigations Subcommittee, a post he held for over 15 years.

Professor Khinda has served as an adjunct member of the faculty since the 1999-2000 academic year, and has published and taught on financial reporting and accounting, asset management, corporate governance, crisis management, securities regulation, and SEC enforcement matters.