Prof. Roy Shapira

Roy Shapira focuses on reputation, corporate law, and corporate governance. He has published widely on these topics, including a book with Cambridge University Press (Law and Reputation (2020)), and articles in leading law reviews such as Stanford Law Review, University of Chicago Law Review, and Michigan Law Review. Shapira has taught for six years a seminar on these topics at Harvard's Economics Department (winning six teaching excellence awards), and has also practiced law and reputation, providing consulting and thought leadership services to leading business companies.

Shapira received his SJD and LLM degrees from Harvard Law School, where both his Master's and doctoral theses won the Victor Brudney Prize (for best paper on corporate governance). During his time in Harvard Shapira also received the Olin Corporate Governance and Clark Byse fellowships.

Prior to joining the Reichman faculty, Shapira headed the research efforts of the Stigler Center at the Booth School of Business (University of Chicago), focusing on economic regulation. And prior to studying at Harvard, Shapira practiced law, specializing in commercial litigation. He got an LLM (summa cum laude, 1st in class) and an LLB and BA (finance) (summa cum laude, 1st in class) from the IDC.  

Shapira is currently working on projects on the interactions between EU legislation and US litigation, board effectiveness, and reputational spillovers.