Steven O. Weise
Proskauer Rose
I am a partner in the corporate department of Proskauer Rose LLP, working out of the Los Angeles office. My practice encompasses a broad spectrum of commercial law, with a significant portion of my time dedicated to issues related to the Uniform Commercial Code, particularly Article 9 – Secured Transactions. I am nationally recognized in these areas. Additionally, I am well-versed in third-party opinion letters and various aspects of contract law, including online contracting, plain English drafting, and boilerplate.
I serve on the Permanent Editorial Board for the Uniform Commercial Code and the Council of the American Law Institute. For the past thirty years, I have participated in numerous Uniform Commercial Code drafting committees, notably the comprehensive revision of UCC Article 9 in 1999 and the 2022 UCC Amendments that address digital assets as collateral. I also teach Uniform Commercial Code – Secured Transactions as a Lecturer in Law at UCLA Law School.
I played a key role as an Adviser in the development of the American Law Institute's recently completed Restatement of the Law, Consumer Contracts, and I am actively involved in several other Restatement projects. Previously, I chaired the American Bar Association’s Section of Business Law and its Legal Opinions Committee. I have served as the Reporter for many TriBar Opinions Committee reports on opinions under the UCC and have been a longstanding member of the board of the Working Group on Legal Opinions.
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Finance
- Real Estate Finance
- Restructuring
- Private Credit
- Private Credit Restructuring
- Zoom
- California
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- English: Spoken, Written
- Partner
- Proskauer Rose
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- Yale University
- B.A.
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- University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- J.D.
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- California: Banking & Finance 2010-2023, Senior Statesperson
- Chambers USA
- Awarded 2023-2024
- Lawyer of the Year
- Best Lawyers in America
- Awarded 2019, 2024
- Best Lawyers in America
- Best Lawyers in America
- Awarded 1995-2024
- Distinguisehd Service Award
- American Law Insitute
- Super Lawyer
- Southern California Super Lawyers
- Awarded 2004-2018
- State Bar of California
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Former Chair of Executive Committee of the Business Law Section, Committee of the Uniform Commercial Code
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- American Bar Association
- House of Delegates
- Current
- Activities: Advisor to The Uniform UCC Article 9 Drafting Committee, Representative to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Working Group on Secured Transactions, Former Chair of Business Law Section, Former Chair of Committee on Legal Opinions, Former Chair of Committee on Personal Property Secured Financing
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- Los Angeles County Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Uniform Commercial Code Permanent Editorial Board
- Member
- Current
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- American Law Institute
- Member
- Current
- Activities: Council; Uniform Commercial Code Article 9 Drafting Committee
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- TriBar Opinion Committee
- Member
- Current
- Activities: reporter, TriBar Report on UCC Security Interest Opinions
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- Issues with Security Interests in Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Luncheon
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
- UCC Article 9, Secured Transactions 2017: What Lawyers Need to Know About UCC Article 9
- Security Interests in Intellectual Property: Dealing With the UCC and Intellectual Property Law
- Beverly Hills Bar Association
- UCC Article 9 Update on Searching and Filing: Best Practices for Secured Lenders Under the Amended Rules, Webinar
- Strafford
- Navigating ESG in the Global Financial Markets – Tips and Trends, ABA Business Law Section's 2021 Annual Meeting
- UCC International Commercial Law Subcommittee
Planning for the Recent Changes to the Virginia Uniform Commercial Code
Virginia has adopted amendments to the Uniform Commercial Code that make the Code more accommodating of new technologies. This program will discuss what these changes brought in HB 1286, especially...
IV INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS 2024 UNIDROIT PDAPL. KEYNOTES BY EDWIN SMITH AND STEVEN WEISE. ENGLISH
Principles for a Data Economy: A Joint Venture (2021)
Principles for a Data Economy Reporter Christiane C. Wendehorst and project Chairs Steven O. Weise and Lord Thomas address how this joint venture between ALI and ELI will help approach...
Presentation of the 1992 Class Gift (2017)
The 1992 Class Gift is presented by Class Committee Co-Chairs Steven O. Weise (Proskauer Rose LLP), Gail B. Agrawal (Iowa Law), and Mitchell A. Lowenthal (Cleary Gottlieb) during the Tuesday...
