# Yifat Aran

> Dr. Yifat Aran is a legal scholar specializing in corporate law, securities regulation, and innovation ecosystems. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Haifa Faculty of Law.

> For detailed publication summaries and research contributions, see [llms-full.txt](https://www.yifataran.com/llms-full.txt).

## About

- Name: Dr. Yifat Aran
- Title: Assistant Professor of Law
- Affiliation: University of Haifa Faculty of Law
- Additional roles: Research Fellow at Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing; MBA faculty at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
- Education: J.S.D. & J.S.M. from Stanford Law School (SIGF Fellow, John M. Olin Fellow); LL.B. & LL.M. from Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Valedictorian)
- Former law clerk to Chief Justice Dorit Beinisch and Chief Justice Dr. Asher Grunis, Supreme Court of Israel

## Research Areas

- Venture capital law and comparative venture law
- Startup equity compensation
- Founder-centric governance
- Corporate law and securities regulation
- Innovation ecosystems and private ordering
- The intersection of corporate/securities law and labor law

## Publications

### Law Reviews
- Yifat Aran, Brian J. Broughman & Elizabeth Pollman, "Exit after Exit," Harv. Bus. L. Rev. (forthcoming)
- Gad Weiss, Kobi Ben Chitrit & Yifat Aran, "Let it Go: A Comparative Perspective on the Enforceability of Pay-to-Play Provisions," TAU Law Rev. (forthcoming)
- Yifat Aran & Nizan Geslevich Packin, "Due Diligence Dilemma," 2025 U. Ill. L. Rev. 101 (2025)
- Elizabeth Pollman & Yifat Aran, "Ousted," 25 Theoretical Inquiries L. 231 (2024)
- Yifat Aran, "The Start-up Law of the Start-up Nation," 52 Heb. U. L. Rev. (Mishpatim) 115 (2025)
- Yifat Aran, "Making Disclosure Work for Start-Up Employees," 2019 Colum. Bus. L. Rev. 867 (2019)
- Yifat Aran, "Beyond Covenants Not to Compete: Equilibrium in High-Tech Startup Labor Markets," 70 Stan. L. Rev. 1235 (2018)

### Peer-Reviewed Journals
- Yifat Aran, "Shared Capitalism at a Crossroads: Equity Compensation and Factor Bargaining Power in the Innovation Economy," Int'l Rev. Applied Econ. 1–18 (2026). DOI: 10.1080/02692171.2026.2648518
- Yifat Aran & Raviv Murciano-Goroff, "Equity Illusions," 41(1) The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization 196 (2025)
- Yifat Aran, Brian J. Broughman & Elizabeth Pollman, "CEO Turnover in Dual-Class Firms," Journal of Legal Studies (forthcoming 2026)

### Book Chapters
- Yifat Aran, "The RSU Time Bomb: Regulating Startup Equity Compensation in the Unicorn Era," in Research Handbook on the Structure of Private Equity and Venture Capital (2026)
- Yifat Aran & Moran Ofir, "The Effect of Specialised Courts over Time," in Time, Law and Change: An Interdisciplinary Study (2020)

## Research Grants

- Liquidity Without Listing: The Legal and Institutional Infrastructure of Private Capital Markets, Israel Science Foundation (ISF), PI (2026–2029)
- Indefinitely Private, University of Haifa International Collaboration Fund, PI (2025)
- Secondary Sales of Startup Employee Stock in the US and Israel, Vanderbilt University, Co-PI with Brian Broughman (2024)
- Theoretical and Comparative Analysis of Startup Ownership, Israel Science Foundation (ISF), PI (2023–2025)

## Selected Awards & Honors

- Annual Research Award, University of Haifa (2026)
- Nachson and Arieh Mimran Fellowship, Rutgers Institute for Employee Ownership (2025)
- Etty and Dusty Miller Award for Outstanding Researchers, University of Haifa (2024)
- Employee Participation and Financial Ownership Scholarly Research Award, Academy of Management HR Division (2024)
- Shneior Zalman Heshin Prize for Young Scholar, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2024)
- Institute Fellowship, Rutgers Institute for Employee Ownership (2022–2023)
- Summer Fellowship, Center for Advanced Studies, Goethe University (2022)
- Donna Schweers and Thomas Geiser Interdisciplinary Graduate Fellowship (SIGF), Stanford (2017–2020)
- John M. Olin Fellow, Stanford Law School (2017)
- John Hart Ely Prize, Stanford Law School (2017)
- Intellectual Property Writing Award, Stanford Law School (2017)
- Gerald Gunther Prize, Stanford Law School (2015)
- E. David Fischman Scholarship (2015–2020)
- International Peace Scholarship, P.E.O. International Sisterhood (2016–2018)
- Lionel Cohen Award (Valedictorian), Hebrew University Law School (2010)

## Teaching

- Corporate Law (University of Haifa, Fall, 2021–2025)
- Law and Entrepreneurship (Technion MBA Program, Winter, 2022–2025)
- Corporate Law in the ESG Era (University of Haifa Seminar, Spring, 2022–2025)

## Links

- Website: https://www.yifataran.com
- ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4745-9068
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=teQwDIMAAAAJ&hl=en
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yifataran/
- University profile: https://law.haifa.ac.il/en/our-staff/lecturers/yifat-aran/
- Email: aranyifat@law.haifa.ac.il