Well, I do not know the answer to this question, – but it appears that Professor Mathias W. Reimann does: “Why Americans Make Better Global Lawyers” is the topic of the 13th Ernst Rabel Lecture which he will deliver on November 5, 2012 at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg. Professor Reimann is the Hessel E. Yntema Professor of Law at the University of Michigan. Details on the event can be found here, as well as biographical details of Ernst Rabel and Matthias Reimann. We will try to follow-up on Professor Reimann’s lecture in due course. In the meantime, I would like to hear from you: Do Americans Make Better Global Lawyers?
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Americans make better global lawyers. Europeans make better international lawyer. Read my thought on this topic in the following post: http://blog.gian-reto.com/2012/10/americans-make-better-global-lawyers.html
I address the topic from an in-house point of view, which is probably a complete different approach than Reimann will choose in his lecture. Reactions and comments are as always welcome.