Yaron Nili

University of Wisconsin Law School

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  • University of Wisconsin Law School

  • European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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1.

Cleaning Corporate Governance

170 University of Pennsylvania Law Review 1 (2021), Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2021-05, Virginia Public Law and Legal Theory Research Paper No. 2021-16, Columbia Law and Economics Working Paper No.644, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1690, European Corporate Governance Institute – Finance Working Paper No. 738/2021
Number of pages: 76 Posted: 03 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 06 Feb 2022
Jens Frankenreiter, Cathy Hwang, Yaron Nili and Eric L. Talley
Washington University in St. Louis - School of Law, University of Virginia School of Law, University of Wisconsin Law School and Columbia University - School of Law
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Corporate Governance; G-Index; Corporate Law; Corporate Finance

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The 'New Insiders': Rethinking Independent Directors' Tenure

Yaron Nili, The 'New Insiders': Rethinking Independent Directors' Tenure, 68 Hastings Law Journal 97 (2016), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1390
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 08 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 20 Jan 2017
Yaron Nili
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Director Tenure, Director Independence, Corporate Governance, Board Composition, Board of Directors

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The Corporate Governance Gap

131 Yale L. J. 782 (2022), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1694
Number of pages: 79 Posted: 13 Apr 2021 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2022
Yaron Nili and Kobi Kastiel
University of Wisconsin Law School and Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law
Downloads 1,182 (31,418)
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Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Small-Cap Companies, Shareholder Voting, Shareholder Activism, Hedge Funds, Shareholder Proposals, Securities Regulation, Board Diversity, Directors, Governance Gap, Private Ordering

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Beyond the Numbers: Substantive Gender Diversity in Boardrooms

94 Ind. L. J. 145 (2019), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1436
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 03 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 16 Mar 2019
Yaron Nili
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Gender Diversity, Board Composition, Board of Directors, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Securities Law

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The Giant Shadow of Corporate Gadflies

94 Southern California Law Review 569 (2021), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1523
Number of pages: 68 Posted: 17 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2021
Yaron Nili and Kobi Kastiel
University of Wisconsin Law School and Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law
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Corporate Law, Shareholder Proposals, Gadflies, Securities Regulation, Corporate Governance, Shareholder Activism

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'Captured Boards': The Rise of 'Super Directors' and the Case for a Board Suite

Wisconsin Law Review, 19 (2017) , Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1392
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 07 Sep 2022
Yaron Nili and Kobi Kastiel
University of Wisconsin Law School and Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law
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hedge funds, shareholder activism, corporate governance, corporate law, board of directors, super directors

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Virtual Annual Meetings: A Path Toward Shareholder Democracy and Stakeholder Engagement

63 Boston College Law Review 125 (2022), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1606
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 27 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 01 Feb 2022
Yaron Nili and Megan W Shaner
University of Wisconsin Law School and University of Oklahoma College of Law
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Shareholders, Corporate Law, Virtual Meetings, Corporate Democracy, COVID-19, ESG, Stakeholders, Main Street Investors

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In Search of the 'Absent' Shareholders: A New Solution to Retail Investors' Apathy

Delaware Journal of Corporate Law (DJCL), Vol. 41, No. 1, 2016, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1397
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 18 Nov 2016 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2017
Yaron Nili and Kobi Kastiel
University of Wisconsin Law School and Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law
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Rational Apathy, Shareholder Activism, Shareholder voting, Corporate Governance, Behavioral Law and Economics, Nudge

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Side Letter Governance

Washington University Law Review, Forthcoming, Duke Law School Public Law & Legal Theory Series No. 2022-28, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 710/2023
Number of pages: 94 Posted: 01 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2023
Elisabeth de Fontenay and Yaron Nili
Duke University School of Law and University of Wisconsin Law School
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private equity, side letter, modularity

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Shadow Governance

108 California Law Review 1097 (2020), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper #1487, Virginia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 2020-14
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 04 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2020
Yaron Nili and Cathy Hwang
University of Wisconsin Law School and University of Virginia School of Law
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Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Boards, Charters, Committee Charters, Disclosure, Securities Law, Directors

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Horizontal Directors

114 Northwestern University Law Review 1179 (2020), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1485
Number of pages: 85 Posted: 17 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2020
Yaron Nili
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Directors, Corporate Governance, Antitrust, Horizontal Shareholders, Corporate Law, FTC, Busy Directors, Interlocks

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Servants of Two Masters? The Feigned Hysteria over Activist-Paid Directors

Yaron Nili, Servants of Two Masters? The Feigned Hysteria over Activist-Paid Directors, 18 J. Bus. L. 509 (2016), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1389
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 08 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 12 Jul 2016
Yaron Nili
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Directors, Shareholder Activism, Hedge Funds, Compensation, Corporate Governance, Golden Leash

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Out of Sight Out of Mind: The Case for Improving Director Independence Disclosure

43 Journal of Corporation Law, 35 (2017), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1420
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 31 Jul 2017 Last Revised: 11 Jan 2018
Yaron Nili
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Corporate Governance, Board of Directors, Disclosure, Securities Regulation, Corporate Law, Director Independence

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Successor CEOs

99 Boston University Law Review 787 (2019), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1459
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 12 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 18 Jun 2019
Yaron Nili
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Board of Directors, Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Lead Independent Director, CEO-Chair Separation, Independent Chair

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Board Gatekeepers

72 Emory Law Journal 91 (2022), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1742
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 09 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2022
Yaron Nili
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Corporate Law, Corporate Governance, Directors, Lead Independent Director, Independent Chair, Securities Law, Director Independence, Director Tenure, Corporate Compliance, Board Diversity

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Board Diversity by Term Limits?

71 Alabama Law Review 211 (2019), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1467
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 18 Mar 2019 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2019
Yaron Nili and Darren Rosenblum
University of Wisconsin Law School and McGill University Faculty of law
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Diversity, Corporate Governance, Directors, Gender Diversity, Term Limits, Corporate Law

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Shareholder-Driven Stakeholderism

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. Online, 2020
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Jul 2020
Cathy Hwang and Yaron Nili
University of Virginia School of Law and University of Wisconsin Law School
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corporate governance, corporate law, ESG

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Missing the Forest for the Trees: A New Approach to Shareholder Activism

4 Harvard Business Law Review (2014) , Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1388
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 20 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2016
Yaron Nili
University of Wisconsin Law School
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Shareholder Activism, Corporate Governance, Hedge Funds, Proxy Access, Comparative Law

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The Rise of Private Equity Continuation Funds

172 University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 733/2023, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1787
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 28 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 28 Nov 2023
Kobi Kastiel and Yaron Nili
Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law and University of Wisconsin Law School
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Private Equity, Continuation Funds, Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Securities Law, Reputation, Related Party Transactions, SEC

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Competing for Votes

10 Harvard Business Law Review 287 (2020), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1605
Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Aug 2020
Yaron Nili and Kobi Kastiel
University of Wisconsin Law School and Tel Aviv University - Buchmann Faculty of Law
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Corporate Law, Board of Directors, Proxy Advisors, Agency Cost, Public Corporations, Shareholders, Voting, Business Investors

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Social Corporate Governance

89 George Washington Law Review, Forthcoming, University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 20-21, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1608
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 08 Oct 2020 Last Revised: 29 Oct 2020
Jeremy McClane and Yaron Nili
University of Illinois College of Law and University of Wisconsin Law School
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Directors, Corporate Governance, Networks, Accounting, Entrenchment

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The Fallacy of Director Independence

2020 Wisconsin Law Review 491 (2020), Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1594
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 18 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 03 Sep 2020
Yaron Nili
University of Wisconsin Law School
Downloads 213 (245,911)
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Corporate Law, Board of Directors, Director Independence, Corporate Governance, Lead Independent Directors

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Specialist Directors

Yale Journal on Regulation, Forthcoming, European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 742/2023, Univ. of Wisconsin Legal Studies Research Paper No. 1790
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 01 Dec 2023 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2023
Roy Shapira and Yaron Nili
Stigler Center, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and University of Wisconsin Law School
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Corporate Governance, Corporate Law, Directors, ESG, Compliance, Oversight Duties, Caremark, Board Effectiveness, Board Diversity, Director Independence, Director Expertise, Cybersecurity, Corporate Social Responsibility, Securities Regulation,