Current Positions
Associate Professor, from July 1, 2007 -Present
Faculty of Law, Hebrew University
Member, June 2009- Present
European Corporate Governance Institute
Prior Positions
Visiting Professor (Fall 2007)
University of Pennsylvania Law School
Commissioner, July 2008- Present
Israel Securities Authority (ISA
Chairperson, Committee on Institutional Investors and Capital Markets, 2006-2007
Ministry of Finance, Israel
Assistant Professor, 2004-2007
Faculty of Law, Bar Ilan University
Researcher, 2006-2007
Israel Democracy Institute
Fellow, Corporate Governance Center, 2004
Harvard Law School
Education
Harvard Law School, S.J.D. 2003, LL.M.(waived) 1999
Oberman Prize for Best Paper on Corporate Governance (2003)
John M. Olin Prize for Best Paper on Law & Economics (2001)
Hebrew University, Jerusalem, LL.B., summa cum laude, 1995
Publications
The Elusive Quest fo Global Governance Standards, 157 U. PA. L. REV 1263 (2009) (whit Lucian Bebchuk)
"Mens Rea and the Cost of Ignorance," 93 Va. L. Rev.415(2007)
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=892700
"Rewarding Outside Directors," Mich. L. Rev. (forthcoming 2007) (with Reinier Kraakman http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=959210
"Federal Corporate Law: Lessons from History," 106 Colum. L. Rev. 1793 (2006)(with Lucian Bebchuk)
“The Class Defense,” 93 Cal. L. Rev. 685 (2005) (with Alon Klement)
“Gatekeeper Liability,” 77 S. Cal. L. Rev. 53 (2003)
"Optimal Liability for Libel,” Contributions to Economic Analysis & Policy, Vol. 2(1), Article 6 (2003)
(with Oren Bar-Gill)
“Who’s Liable for Cyberwrongs?” 87 Cornell L. Rev. 901
(2002)
“Optimal Defaults for Corporate Law Evolution,” 96 Nw. U. L. Rev. 489(2002) (with Lucian Bebchuk)
Courses Taught
Corporations,Corporate Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Law and Economics
Fellowships and Awards
Israel Science Foundation Grant for 2008-2010 (whit Yishay Yafeh)
Brik Prize, 2009
Alon Fellowship, Israel, 2005-2007
Byse Fellowship, Harvard Law School, 2001
Fulbright Fellowship, 1998-2000
Non-Academic Positions
Associate, 2001-2004
Goodwin Procter LLP, Boston
Staff Attorney (mandatory military service, rank: Captain), 1995-1998
Attorney General Headquarters, IDF
Memberships
Admitted to the bar in Israel (1996) and Massachusetts (2002)
Member , American Law and Economics Association
Member, European Law and Economics Association
