Harry C. Sigman
Attorney-at-Law
- Languages:
- Fluent French, German, Italian and Spanish
- Phone:
- +(001)310 277 2247
- Email:
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hcsigman@aol.com
Overview
Consulting practice, specializing in commercial law on a worldwide consultative basis, to law firms and their clients, financial institutions, governmental agencies and non-governmental organizations.
During the past thirty years, I have conducted in-house seminars (12 to 18 hours) on the Uniform Commercial Code for major law firms. I have also conducted in-house seminars on Revised Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code and related transition problems.
Publications
- Cross-Border Security over Receivables;
Sellier European Law Publishers (forthcoming early 2009). - Perfection and Priority of Security Rights;
European Company and Financial Law Review (2008).
in The Future of Secured Credit in Europe - Cross-Border Security over Tangibles;
Sellier European Law Publishers (2007).
co-editor and author - De cessie van schuldvorderingen in het voorstel van de Rome I-Verordening: een kritische analyse;
Forum Bank- en Financieel Recht (November/December, 2006).
co-author - Déterminer la loi applicable: les facteurs de rattachement retenus dans la Convention de la Haye
sur les Titres;
La Convention de La Haye du 5 juillet 2006--Une opportunité pour la place financière suisse? (2006).
co-author - Convenio de La Haya Sobre la Ley Aplicable a Ciertos Derechos Sobre Valores Tenidos en un
Intermediario;
Revista Mexicana de Derecho Internacional Privado y Comparado (2007).
co-author; also published in DeCita (Direito do comércio internacional, temas e atualidades) - La Propuesta de Reglamento Roma I y la Cesión de Créditos;
La Ley (11 July 2006).
co-author - La Propuesta de Reglamento Roma I y la Cesión de Créditos;
International Corporate Rescue (2006).
co-author - La proposition de règlement Rome I et les effets sur les tiers de la cession de créances;
Banque et Droit 39 (2006).
co-author - The Rome-I Proposed Regulation and the Assignment of Receivables;
European Legal Forum I-1 (2006).
co-author - The United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade: A
Comparative Analysis from Spanish and United States Perspectives;
Zeitschrift für Europäisches Privatrecht 236 (2006).
co-author - La Convention de La Haye sur la Loi Applicable à certains Droits sur des Titres Détenus auprès
d’un Intermédiaire;
Revue Européenne de Droit Bancaire et Financier (2005).
co-author - The Response to the Hague Convention in the USA; and A Guide to Substantive Law in the
USA relating to Intermediated Securities Transactions and to Conflict of Laws Rules in the USA
relating to Intermediated Securities Transactions;
XI Korea Private International Law Journal (2005). - Myths about the Hague Convention Debunked;
International Financial Law Rev. 31 (2005).
co-author - An Alert (But Not an Alarm): A Filing Transition Problem;
UCC Bulletin, vol. 56, release 4 (2005). - Usury Laws;
PLI (1982). - The Case for Worldwide Reform of the Law Governing Secured Transactions in Movable
Property;
Hart Publishing (1998).
in New Developments in International Commercial and Consumer Law
Memberships
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State Bar of California (admitted January, 1964) -
The American Law Institute -
Joint Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 Review Committee -
Article 9 Study Committee (UCC Permanent Editorial Board) -
Executive Committee, UCC Article 9 Filing Project (University of Minnesota Center for Law and Business Studies) -
U. S. Secretary of State's Advisory Committee on Private International Law -
UCC Committee, State Bar of California -
American College of Commercial Finance Lawyers (founding Fellow and former Governor) -
International Bar Association -
American Bar Association -
Commercial Law Committee, Los Angeles County Bar Association