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Albert S. Golbert

Address: 

One Bunker Hill, 8th Floor
601 West Fifth Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
U.S.A.

Phone Number: 
(1-213) 891-9641
Fax Number: 
(1-213) 623-6130
Email: 
albert@golbertlaw.com
Born: 
1932, U.S.A.
Languages: 
English French German Italian
Nationalities: 
USA
Education: 
B.S. 1954, Univ. of Southern California; LL.B. 1956, Univ. of Denver; LL.M. 1964, Univ. of Michigan; D. es Sc. Pol. (Jur. Cand.) 1968, l’Institut Universitaire de Hautes Etudes Internationales de Geneve, C.H.
Bar Admission or Professional License: 
Admitted to Colorado bar 1957, California bar 1958, Michigan bar 1970
Present Position: 
Principal, Golbert & Associates
Professional Experience: 

Principal, Golbert & Associates, Los Angeles (1990-); Senior Partner, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, Los Angeles (1980–1990); Founding Partner, Forry Golbert Singer & Gelles, Los Angeles (1974–1980); Counsel, Paul & Gordon and Diamond, Tilem, Colden & Emery, Los Angeles (1970–1973); Senior International Attorney, Eastern Hemisphere Affairs, Chrysler International (Geneva 1964–1968, Sydney & Tokyo 1968–1970); Professor of Law (1970–1976) and Adjunct (1976–1984) Southwestern University Law School; Instructor: Law in International Business, UCLA (1972–1977); Lecturer in Law, University of Southern California (1984–88), Loyola University Law School (1990–92) and Whittier University Law School (1993–95).

Professional Honors: Recipient of the Dana Latham Award, 2000, from the Los Angeles County Bar Association for lifetime achievement and commitment to the tax bar; recipient of the Warren Christopher Award, 2012, from the State Bar of California on the nomination of the International Law Section as the “International Lawyer of the Year;” Southern California Super Lawyers 2006-19 (Taxation and International Trade Law); named to Best Lawyers in America 2006-19 (Taxation and International Trade and Finance Law), and Best Lawyers’ 2015 Los Angeles International Trade and Finance Law Lawyer of the Year

Professional Associations: 

ABA; ASIL; IBA; CALBAR; LACBA; BHBA.

Panels of Arbitrators: 

AAA; Asia-Pacific Center for the Resolution of International Business Disputes (San Francisco); Center for International Conciliation and Arbitration, Los Angeles.

Arbitration Experience: 

Numerous international cases (since 1964) as counsel involving license agreements, valuation matters, business or investment disputes, failed joint ventures and compelling arbitration; as arbitrator (since 1978), have heard similar international commercial disputes involving distribution agreements, technology transfers and disposition of assets upon failure of ventures; founding member, former Vice President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Center for International Commercial Arbitration in Los Angeles. Co-drafted and worked through the California legislative process, the California International Commercial Arbitration and Conciliation Act (of March 4, 1988).

Areas of Specialization: 
Arbitration & ADR
International Investments
International Joint Ventures
International Trade
Licensing
Mediation
Mergers & Acquisitions
Taxation
Technology Transfer
Publications from JURIS: 
Publications: 

 Four Books (Status of Forces Agreement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, (USAFTA, 1962); International Operations Handbook (Southwestern Press, 1972); Problems and Materials on International Trade and Investment (UCLA, 1973); Latin American Law and Institutions (Praeger, N.Y., 1982); and more than fifty (50) articles on international tax, trade and investment issue.