Further to my November 29 post regarding President Obama’s ratification of the Convention of 05 July 2006 on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary (the Hague Securities Convention)…

The Hague Conference’s Permanent Bureau announced yesterday that the United States has deposited the official ratification instrument for

The Hague Conference on Private International Law reported this morning (via LinkedIn) that President Obama has signed and will shortly be depositing an instrument of ratification of the “Convention of 05 July 2006 on the Law Applicable to Certain Rights in Respect of Securities Held with an Intermediary”.

In short, the Convention seeks to harmonize/streamline