Itai Fiegenbaum

Biography

LL.B from Tel Aviv University, 2003; LL.M from Columbia University in New York, 2008. Thesis entitled "Reconsidering Directors' Duties Under Israeli Law: The Challenge of Structural Bias". Currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Zvi Meitar School for Advanced Legal Studies, Tel Aviv University. Itai's doctoral thesis focuses on the regulation of related party transactions.

Taught Communications Law at Sapir Academic College in 2007. Taught Corporations Law at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya from 2009-2012. Served as a teaching assistant for a variety of Corporations and Securities Law classes at several academic institutes. Currently serving as a teaching assistant in a Corporations Law course at Tel Aviv University.

Published a number of articles on Corporations and Securities Laws, some of which have been cited by the Israeli courts. Was part of a think tank that submitted a policy paper to a Committee headed by the Finance Ministry Director-General charged with reevaluating corporate reorganizations in Israel.

Lives in Tel Aviv with his wife, Simone, their son, Aviad and Max, the family dog.

Research Interests

Corporate Law, Comparative Corporate Law & Governance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Behavioral and Economic Analysis of Law

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Education

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Ph.D. in Law Candidate (Sharon Hannes, Supervisor)

Dissertation: The Regulation of Controlling Shareholder Transactions – Economic and Behavioral Aspects

Columbia University, New York, NY

LL.M., 2008

Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

LL.B., 2003

Academic and Professional Experience

Teaching Experience

2009–2012	Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Israel Adjunct Lecturer in Corporate Law Raphael Recanati International School
2011	Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Adjunct Lecturer in Corporate Law Buchmann Faculty of Law
2003–Present	Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel Teaching Assistant in Corporate Law to various lecturers Buchmann Faculty of Law
2007	Sapir Academic College, Sderot, Israel Adjunct Lecturer in Communication Law School of Communication

Professional Experience

2004-2005

Shimonov & Co. Law Office

Associate Lawyer

2003-2004

Kantor, Elhanani, Tal & Co. Law Office

Legal Intern

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Publications

Reconsidering the Definition of a Security Under Israeli Law, 7 ISRAEL J. L. & BUS. 11 (2007) (with S. Hannes) (in Hebrew)

On the Insufficient Flexibility of Corporate Law, 2(4) TA'AGIDIM 20 (2005) (with S. Hannes) (in Hebrew)

Does Appointing a Substitute Director Eliminate a Personal Interest?, 6(1) TA’AGIDIM 29 (2009) (with S. Agmon) (in Hebrew)

Shareholder’s Overt and Covert Negative Personal Interest, 8(4) TA'AGIDIM 51 (2011) (with B. Yarkoni) (in Hebrew)

On the Proper Scope of a Shareholder’s Intervention in Internal Affairs of Fellow Shareholders, 9(3) TA’AGIDIM 169 (2012) (in Hebrew)

Presumptions of Overt Personal Interest, 10(3) TA'AGIDIM 224 (2013) (with B. Yarkoni) (in Hebrew)