Ernst C. Stiefel

Background

Stiefel, Ernst C. was born in 1907.

Education

University of Heidelberg (Doctor of Laws, 1929). University of Paris (Licencié en Droit, 1934). University of Strasbourg (Diplômé d'Etudes Supérieures, 1935).

Career

Admitted to the bar, 1944, New York. 1952, United States. District Court, Southern District of New York. 1971, District of Columbia.

Member of the German Bar, 1932. Member of the English Bar (Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, London), 1938. Professor of Law Adjunct, New York Law School, 1975—.

Author: "German Commercial Law," New York, 1963. "Pitfalls in United States.-Common Market Joint Ventures," 1961. "As They See Us: Typische Rechtsprobleme bei Amerikanischen Investitionen in Deutschland," 1976.

"Discovery Problems under the Hague Convention and German-American Legal Assistance," (in German), 1979 and 1983. Co-author: "Doing Business in Germany," 8th Edition, 1978. "Shareholder's Rights in German Corporations,".

"The New German Stock Corporation Law," 1967. "Tendencies in Product Liability in Europe and the United States.," 1981, 1989 and 1990. Consultant: Office of Economic Warfare, Washington, D.C., 1942-1943.

Department of State, Washington, D.C. and American Legation, Berne, Switzerland, 1945-1946. War Department, Office of Military Government, Germany, 1946-1947. Member, Commission on Double Taxation Problems, German Ministry of Finance, 1955—.

Chairman, Regulations on Mutual Funds in Europe, American Foreign Law Association, 1970. Panelist: Colloquium on Enforcement of Foreign Judgments, University of Virginia, 1977. Symposium on Foreign Investment in the United States., 1979, on United States.

Investment in Europe, 1980, on United States. Investment in Eastern Europe, 1989, on German Unification, 1990. Member, National Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, 1969—.

Member, Advisory Board. Recht der Internationalen Wirtschaft, Heidelberg, 1979—. Versicherungsrecht (Insurance Law) 1975—.

Faculty Advisor, Journal of Comparative and International Law, New York Law School, 1981—. Member, International Cartel Conference, Berlin, 1984—. Member, Advisory Board, German-American Association of Jurists, Bonn, 1985—.

Member, Stiftung Heidelberg University, 1986—. Council Member, Institute for Technology Law, Heidelberg University, 1991—. Honorary Director, German-American Chamber of Commerce, USA, 1980—.

Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Committee on Foreign and Comparative Law). American Bar Association (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section). American Foreign Law Association (Director, 1986).

(Also Senior Counsel to Coudert Brothers). Military: United States. Army, active duty, 1943-1945.

Works

• book

  • German commercial law: (trading under the laws of Germany) : basic features of German law, contracts, agency, partnerships and corporations, ... courts, treaty of friendship and commerce

Membership

Member, Commission on Double Taxation Problems, German Ministry of Finance, 1955—. Chairman, Regulations on Mutual Funds in Europe, American Foreign Law Association, 1970.