Commerce has gone global and countries are commercially
interdependent in multiple ways. Lawyers in the United States and
elsewhere increasingly confront issues arising from transnational
sales of goods and cross-border financing. Choosing the law most
advantageous in the circumstances can be challenging.
The Massachusetts Bar Association is co-sponsoring "International
Commercial Transactions" on Thursday, Feb. 21 at New England Law |
Boston. The law school's Business Law Center is hosting this free,
afternoon conference, beginning at 12:45 p.m. Interested attorneys
should call (617) 584-1908 to
register. On-site registration will begin at noon.
Two panel discussions will be followed by a networking social hour,
beginning at 5:15 p.m. The first panel discussion will consider
current issues arising from transnational sales of goods. The panel
will be moderated by Professor Curtis Nyquist, New England School
of Law. He has taught Contracts and Uniform Commercial Code courses
for more than thirty years and has written extensively on contract
and commercial law topics. Featured panelists include:
- Professor Caterina Gardner, lecturer in law, National
University of Ireland, Galway. Gardner has been involved in the
reform of Irish law governing sales of goods and is currently
invested in the project of developing a uniform sales law for the
European Union;
- Antonin Pribetic, litigation counsel, Steinberg Morton Hope
& Israel LLP, Toronto. He has been active in international
commercial litigation and is widely recognized for his expertise;
and
- Professor William Johnson, associate professor of law and
co-director of the Center for International and Comparative Law at
St. Louis University School of Law. Johnson has developed a
particular expertise in the UN Convention on Contracts for the
International Sale of Goods.
The second panel, moderated by Professor Ingrid Hillinger of
Boston College Law School, will focus on financing across the
borders. Hillinger has taught commercial law courses and bankruptcy
for many years and has published extensively in these areas.
Featured members of this panel include:
- Richard Kohn of Goldberg Kohn LTD, Chicago. Kohn is an advisor
to clients involved in international finance and he teaches that
subject at the University of Chicago School of Law;
- Harry Sigman from Los Angeles. Sigman is widely known for his
vast expertise in secured transactions. He has advised foreign
nations on the ways and means of establishing modern, efficient
filing systems;
- Edwin Smith, a partner at Bingham McCutchen LLP in Boston.
Smith, a member of the MBA's Business Law Section, is known to many
in the Massachusetts bar as one of the country's foremost experts
in secured
financing
In addition to the MBA, co-sponsors include the Uniform
Commercial Code Reporter -- Digest and the New England Law |
Boston Center for International Law and Policy