Sabeena Ahmed

Sabeena Ahmed, Esq. is a principal and legal advisor to Castro & Ahmed LLP’s transactional and regulatory compliance consulting practice, which services broker-dealers, investment advisors, banks, futures commission merchants, retail foreign exchange dealers, commodity pools, hedge funds, mutual funds, commodity trading advisors, swaps firms, and other SEC and CFTC-registered and banking entities. Sabeena is licensed to practice law in the State of New York and the State of New Jersey. She is an active member of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, the New York City Bar Association, and the New Jersey State Bar Association. Sabeena currently serves as Chair for the Derivatives & Futures Law Division of the New York County Lawyers’ Association. She is also admitted to practice law before several U.S. federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Criminology and Political Science from the University of Toronto, a Master of Arts in International Relations from Columbia University and a Juris Doctor from St. John’s University School of Law.Sabeena’s previous professional experience includes serving as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer to Bank of China International (BOCI), including its registered broker-dealer, BOC International (USA) Inc. and its registered futures commission merchant and CME Group Inc. clearing member, BOCI Commodities & Futures (USA) LLC; Senior Futures & Derivatives Counsel and Compliance Advisor to E*TRADE Financial Corp.; and General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer to Alpari (US), LLC, a CFTC-registered futures commission merchant and retail foreign exchange dealer and member of the NFA. She also worked in Merrill Lynch’s Office of General Counsel, the Division of Enforcement at the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the Bank of New York Mellon’s Legal Division and the Securities Fraud Prosecution division of the Attorney General’s Office for the State of New Jersey.