Steven Davidoff Solomon
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Steven Davidoff Solomon (aka Steven M. Davidoff[1]) is an expert on corporate law, an academic, and a journalist. He currently works as a UC Berkeley law professor and as a columnist for The Wire China.[2]
He was named one of the Top 100 Legal Scholars of 2025.[3] He has had nine solo and co-authored works selected as one of the top 10 articles of the year by Corporate Practice Commentator.[4] He has also authored and edited several books, including Gods at War,[5] The Corporate Contract in Changing Times, Law and Economics of Mergers and Acquisitions, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Research Handbook on Mergers and Acquisitions.[6]
He is retained by the U.S. Department of Justice as an expert legal adviser to its Task Force to Combat Antisemitism.[7] He co-founded the Antisemitism Education Initiative at UC Berkeley with fellow professor Ethan Katz and Berkeley Hillel Executive Director Adam Naftalin-Kelman, in partnership with the UC Berkeley Chancellor's Committee on Jewish Life and Campus Climate, the Center for Jewish Studies, the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies, Berkeley Hillel, and the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art & Life.[8]
Solomon received his BA from the University of Pennsylvania, his M.Fin. from the London Business School, and his J.D. from Columbia University.[9] Prior to joining UC Berkeley, Solomon taught at Ohio State University, University of Connecticut, and Wayne State University.[10] He wrote for the New York Times Dealbook column for over a decade.[11] Before his academic career, he practiced as a corporate attorney for Shearman & Sterling in New York and London, and with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London.[9][12]