Ariel holds the Innovation Chair in Electronic Commerce. He is the Director of the Centre for Innovation Law and Policy of the University of Toronto. He received his LL.B. and LL.M from Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and his SJD from the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. His general area of research involves economic analysis of competition law and intellectual property law, with allied interests in electronic commerce, the regulation of international trade and particularly the intersection of all these fields. Professor Katz came to the University of Toronto after practicing competition law for 4 years at the Israeli Antitrust Authority. While there, he litigated several merger appeals and restrictive arrangements cases before the Antitrust Tribunal and negotiated regulatory settlements.