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Leeor Ofer
S.J.D. Candidate

Program on Corporate Governance Fellow
LL.M. Advisor
lofer at sjd.law.harvard.edu

Dissertation

Unconventional Routes for Insider Self-Dealing

Fields of Research and Supervisors

  • Corporate Governance with Professor Jesse Fried, Harvard Law School, Principal Faculty Supervisor
  • Corporate Finance with Professor Lucian A. Bebchuk, Harvard Law School
  • Mergers and Acquisitions with Professor Reinier H. Kraakman, Harvard Law School

Additional Research Interests

  • Insider Trading
  • Law and Economics

Education

  • Harvard Law School, S.J.D. Candidate, 2019 – Present
  • Harvard Law School, LL.M Program, 2019 (requirements fulfilled, degree waived)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, M.B.A, 2016
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem, LL.B, 2015

Academic Appointments and Fellowships

  • John M. Olin Fellow in Empirical Law and Finance, 2022-23, 2023-24
  • Harvard Law School, 2019-2020, Graduate Program Fellow, LL.M Advisor
  • Harvard Law School, Program on Corporate Governance Fellow
  • Harvard Law School, Co-Editor, Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation

Publications

Articles

  • Granting Favors: Insider-Driven Corporate Philanthropy, 86 Ohio State Law Journal (forthcoming, 2025); Won the HLS 2024 Victor Brudney Prize for an outstanding paper in the area of corporate law
  • Control Expropriation via Rights Offers, 60 American Business Law Journal 651 (2023)

Other Publications

Additional Information

  • Languages: English, Hebrew

Last Updated: March 7, 2025