Arshad practices commercial dispute resolution. His work, which encompasses the full spectrum of the business cycle, is broad and varied. As a result, it has ranged from advising on Anti-corruption legislation internationally to questions concerning sanctions against individuals in Zimbabwe.  He is also often involved in transactional work, both on an advisory and drafting basis, and is a qualified mediator.

Arshad’s focus is primarily international. His main areas of expertise are commercial and international litigation, arbitration and mediation; European Union; shipping and aviation, and corporate. He has strong personal and professional links with law firms and practices in South Asia and the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, the UAE and the Sultanate of Oman. He is registered on Part II of the register of practitioners for the DIFC courts (with full rights of audience there). He is one of two English counsel used exclusively by a leading Omani law firm for international and English law related matters.

Arshad has also been instructed by lawyers in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia and has a niche Southern and East African asian client base, where his fluency in Urdu and Hindi and his previous visits to Africa are valuable assets. Arshad likes to work closely with his solicitors and clients, recognizing not only the strict legal aspects of a case but also ancillary commercial and strategic objectives.

Recommendations:
Legal 500/2008 recommends Arshad for aviation work: "'Intelligent and approachable' Arshad Ghaffar impresses clients with a cool head and a thoughtful approach".  He is also recommended in Legal Experts (2008) for his aviation work (in particular ownership and leasing matters) and in Chambers & Partners (2008) for the breadth of his commercial dispute resolution expertise.

Academic history:
LLB Hons (Exon); LLM (i) (Cantab)
"Stage" scholarship at EU from Bar Council

Publications:
Contributor to Vaughan & Robertson, Law of the EU
Contributor to Practitioner's Handbook of EC Law

Various articles and reviews: The Lawyer; the International & Comparative Law Quarterly, and for the European Young Bar Association

Professional memberships:
Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)
Chancery Bar Association
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
Royal Aeronautical Society (MRAeS)
Solicitors` European Group (SEG)
Bar European Group (BEG)
British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)
International Bar Association (IBA)
Society for Advanced Legal Studies (SALS)
Bar Human Rights Committee (BHRC)