Barak Orbach
Barak Orbach is the Robert H. Mundheim Professor of Law & Business at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, where he founded and directs the Business Law Program. His research and teaching focus on antitrust, corporate governance, regulation, and AI governance, exploring the interplay of law, business, and technology.
Orbach is the author of a textbook on regulation and more than 60 scholarly and professional publications. His work has been cited and featured in The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Financial Times, The New York Times, Sports Illustrated, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, among other outlets. In 2024, he received the Mallen Award for “lifetime scholarly contributions to motion picture industry studies.”
Beyond his academic work, Orbach advises government agencies, companies, boards of directors, investors, and trade associations on competition, governance, and regulatory matters. He currently serves as a Non-Governmental Advisor to the International Competition Network, designated by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Antitrust Division, and served as Senior Advisor to Arizona International from 2023 to 2025. He is also a member of the University of Arizona’s Campus Safety Commission.
Orbach is an elected member of the American Law Institute and a fellow of the American College of Governance Counsel, the Thurman Arnold Project at Yale, Salzburg Global, and the American Bar Foundation. He serves on the advisory board of the American Antitrust Institute and served on the executive committee of the Association of American Law Schools' Antitrust Section from 2019 to 2025, chairing the section in 2024–2025. Orbach is also a member of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge, where he was a Derek Brewer Visiting Fellow.
He holds an LL.M. and S.J.D. from Harvard Law School and undergraduate degrees in law and economics from Tel Aviv University. Before entering academia, he practiced at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in New York and served as Advisor for Law & Economics at the Israel Competition Authority.
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