Meet Saeed
Saeed is a Pakistani-American hailing from Corona, CA in the Inland Empire, and navigated from the California Community College system and public school to Harvard Law School. He is currently a rising 3L who spent his 1L summer working at Waymaker LLP in Los Angeles in commercial litigation, and will be spending his upcoming 2L summer as a summer associate at Sidley Austin (NYC). He will be closing out the summer by engaging in a 4 week internship at the Supreme Court of Pakistan with Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah. Saeed will be working as an M&A/Private Equity attorney at Sidley Austin in NYC after graduation. At Harvard Law School, his involvements include the Harvard Association for Law and Business, the Muslim Law Students Association, the Harvard Business Law Review, and the Harvard Law Entrepreneurship Project. As a Pakistani-American, he's excited to unlock the full potential of the American Dream and be a proponent of diversity and inclusion.
Saeed Ahmad
HARVARD LAW '24
INCOMING M&A/PRIVATE EQUITY SUMMER ASSOCIATE:
SIDLEY AUSTIN NYC
LEGAL INTERN: SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN
EX- CLIENT ADVISOR: LOUIS VUITTON ON RODEO DRIVE
Email:
EXPERIENCE
June 2022-August 2022
Summer Associate
Waymaker LLP
Los Angeles
September 2020-July 2021
Client Advisor
Louis Vuitton
Waymaker LLP is known for winning trials and appeals across the country for clients that include Fortune 500
companies, startups and high net-worth individuals. The matters we handle are high-stakes, often involving innovative
technology where complex legal issues are at play, or cases that many law firms have turned down.
▪ Boutique litigation firm handling high-stakes matters often involving innovative technology and complex legal issues.
▪ Served as an ambassador for the #1 Luxury Fashion House in the world, with a commitment to serving clients and tailoring
their experience within our store to ensure maximum satisfaction. With a strategic sales mindset centered on the fostering of
genuine relationships, I broke sales records and fostered long term business relationships with clients that will carry on to law
school and professional endeavors.
▪ Surpassed $130,000 in sales for each month of employment, while also garnering the most “Delighted” customer service
surveys in the entire country in 2021, totaling 69.
March 2020-Present
Founding Father
Kappa Sigma UCLA
Honored to be a part of an exclusive group of Bruins to launch the UCLA Kappa Sigma Colony. Kappa Sigma is the largest college social fraternity in the world with more than 200,000 living members, including over 20,000 undergraduates and 320 chapters and colonies located throughout the United States and Canada. Founded in 1869 at the University of Virginia, Kappa Sigma International Headquarters is based in Charlottesville, Virginia.
EDUCATION
2021-2024
Juris Doctor
Harvard Law School
VP: Harvard Association for Law and Business
VP: Harvard Committee on Sports & Entertainment Law
Harvard Law and Entrepreneurship Project: Director of Communications
Harvard Muslim Law Students Association
South Asian Law Students Association
2018-2020
Bachelor of Arts: Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
Pre-Law Transfer Society at UCLA
Pakistani Student Association
Middle Eastern Students Association
Muslim Student Association
Summer 2019
Harvard TRIALS Scholar
Training and Recruitment Initiative For Admission Into Leading Law Schools
One of 20 Undergraduate Pre-Law students in the United States selected to the 2019 TRIALS( Training and Recruitment Initiative for Admission to Leading Law Schools) Class, a program with an acceptance rate of 1%.
2016-2018
Psychology
Norco College
Honors Program
Pre-Law Society
RCCD Conference
SKILLS
Leadership
Diversity & Inclusion
Networking
Marketing
Empathy
PORTFOLIO
