Globinar Global Chamber® Los Angeles Metro Meetup

Globinar Global Chamber® Los Angeles Metro Meetup

Special Topic: Important Treaties Every Person Doing International Business Needs to Know

Featuring the Convention on the International Sale of Goods

Featuring Jeff Daar, Senior Principal at Daar & Newman, Lawyers

Doing business across borders adds another dimension to your business operations.  There are a number of treaties that the U.S. and many other countries are members that directly affect international business.  The treaty that will be focused on at this Globinar is the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods often referred to as the CISG or Vienna Convention.  It is the law of the countries that have ratified the treaty.  More than two-thirds of the world’s countries are signatories to the CISG.  The CISG applies to most international sales of goods.

Do you know when the CISG applies and what are its advantages and disadvantages?  Learn the essential basics of the CISG.  This program will include discussion of the following topics:

• Background of the CISG
• Application of the CISG
• Comparisons to the Uniform Commercial Code in the United States.

Speaker:

Jeffery Daar - Senior Principal at Daar & Newman, Lawyers

Jeffery Daar is a principal of the law firm Daar & Newman. Jeff has more than 25 years of extensive experience in cross-border disputes, including both in courts and arbitration. His diverse expertise includes international arbitration and cross-border litigation and transactions, complex state and federal litigation, recognition and enforcement of foreign money judgments and arbitral awards, class actions, employment, trade secrets and technology disputes, insurance (including insurance insolvency), appellate work, private post-secondary schools and colleges, and intellectual property.

Jeff also serves as an arbitrator in domestic and international disputes, including for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR), Japan Commercial Arbitration Association (JCAA), Vancouver International Arbitration Centre (VanIAC), Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration (SCIA), South China International Arbitration Center (HK) (SCIAHK), the Hainan International Arbitration Court (HKIC), and the American Arbitration Association (AAA).

He has extensive expertise in international arbitration and differing cultures, languages, and legal systems. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and has spoken all over the world on international arbitration and litigation. Jeffery was the Chair of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the California Lawyers Association (2020–2023) and is a founder and President of California Arbitration, Inc. (CalArb) (2022–). He was a founder of California International Arbitration Week and its Co-Chair (2022–2026). Jeff was also Chair of the Consulegis International Litigation and Arbitration Specialist Group, coordinating lawyers in 30+ countries. Jeff is a Past Chair of both The State Bar of California International Law Section and the International Law Section of the Los Angeles County Bar Association.

Jeff’s extensive arbitration and litigation background gives him added insight into structuring transactions for clients, along with his entrepreneurial approach to problem solving and dispute resolution. He has extensive experience with provisional remedies, including preliminary injunctions, attachments, and other prejudgment relief, including in international arbitrations.

Jeffery is an internationally recognized speaker and writer on international law issues. He is the Executive Editor of the 560-page handbook International Intellectual Property Law Basics (2008), which was written by him and 53 other international lawyers from around the world on intellectual property law for more than thirty countries and the European Union. He is also an Associate Editor of the handbook International Corporate Structures, which provides a country-by-country guide for more than thirty countries and the European Union. His recent publications include “Go Global,” the cover-featured article on international arbitration (Los Angeles Lawyer Magazine, April 2013); “Emerging Topics in ADR” (Daily Journal, September 2023); “Obtaining Strategic Injunctions Against Infringers of U.S. Patents”; the chapter “Licensing and Regulation of Insurance Adjusters” in the Matthew-Bender treatise California Insurance Law; and “Cross-Border Litigation Issues to Consider When Structuring International Transactions” (Financier Worldwide, December 2014).

Jeff and Daar & Newman are listed in Best Lawyers in America® for the field of International Arbitration – Commercial. Daar & Newman is also ranked in the 2026 Chambers California Spotlight Guide. Jeff is currently selected for inclusion in the practice of international law by Super Lawyers® (a division of Thomson Reuters) (2015–) and is rated “AV® Preeminent™” by Martindale-Hubbell.

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