Omri Rachum-Twaig – CV
Education:
2014 to date – Ph.D Cantidate, the Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
2009 to 2013 – L.L.B (Magna Cum Laude), the Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv
University
Dean's List (2010, 2011, 2012)
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Tel-Aviv University Law Review
2005-2009 – B.mus Music studies in the Buchmann-Mehta School of Music, Tel Aviv University
Employment:
2014 to date – Research fellow, The Zvi Meitar Center for advanced legal studies; Research fellow,
The Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics
2013-2014 – Law Clerk to Justice Yoram Danziger, Supreme Court of Israel
2012-2013 – Pre-intern, Fischer, Behar, Chen, Well, Orion & Co, Law Offices
2012 to date – Teaching Assistant, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
Contract Law (for Prof. Nili Cohen)
Intellectual Property Law (for Prof. Michael Birnhack)
Environmental Law (for Prof. Issi Rosen-Zvi)
Taxation Law (for Prof. Yoram Margalioth)
2010-2012 - Research Assistant, The Buchmann Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University
Assistant to Prof. Nili Cohen (Contract Law), Prof. Daniel Friedman (Contract Law), Prof. Issi
Rosen-Zvi (Environmental Law and Civil Procedure), Prof. Yoram Margalioth
(Environmental Law and Taxation), Dr. Avihay Dorfman (Tort Law)
2005 to date - Percussion player and music producer:
Partner, producer and administrative manager of DuArt percussion duo. The duo represented
Israel in prestigious festivals worldwide and won important international competitions.
Player and musical producer in productions cooperating with leading Israeli artists.
Player in leading orchestras such as The Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and The West-Eastern
Divan Orchestra, under the baton of famous conductors such as Daniel Barenboim, Gustavo
Dudamel, Zubin Mehta, Pierre Boulez and others.
Languages:
Hebrew (mother tongue) and English – speaking, reading and writing – Full working proficiency
German – speaking, reading and writing – Basic working proficiency
Publications:
Specific Performance in the Absence of an Enforceable Contract and the Consent Prism – A Remedial
Outlook at Anti-Discrimination Legislation, 38 TEL AVIV U. L. REV. (Iyunei Mishpat) (Forthcoming,
2014) (Hebrew) (With Nimrod Abramov)
Control is a Double Edged Sword, and One Edge is Sharper, 2014 U. ILL. J.L. TECH & POL'Y 481
(2014)
Reexamining the Justifications for Directors' Duty of Care, 35 CORPORATE LAWYER 265 (2014) (With
Yoram Danziger)
The Rise of Business Judgment Rule and the fall of the Directors' Duty of Care, in JOSEF GROSS BOOK
(Forthcoming, 2015) (Hebrew) (With Yoram Danziger)
Expansion and Contraction as a Legislative Technique: The Case of the Clean Air Act, 2008, 5
HUKIM (Forthcoming, 2015) (Hebrew) (With Nimrod Abramov)
The (Curious) Incident of Copyright Protection of Gourmet Dishes, in FOOD & LAW – LAW SOCIETY
& CULTURE (Forthcoming, 2015) (Hebrew)
Conferences, Workshops and Lectures:
Yuval Levy & Co. Law and Environment Workshop, Buchmann Faculty of Law, Expansion and
Contraction as a Legislative Technique (December, 2014)
Annual Israeli Law PhD Students Conference, Something from Something: On the Process of Creating
a Derivative Work (November, 2014)
Meitar Liquornik Geva & Leshem Brandwein Law Firm, Derivative Works and Computer Software
(September, 2014)
Corporate Innovation and Intellectual Property Strategy Class (guest lecture), Buchmann Faculty of
Law, Taking Derivative Works Seriously (December, 2013)