Robert W. Hillman

Who is Robert W. Hillman?

Robert W. Hillman is a Distinguished Professor of Law at UC Davis School of Law, where he holds the Fair Business Practices and Investor Advocacy Chair. He is a scholar in the fields of international business transactions, securities regulation, legal ethics, and corporate and partnership law who has served as a consultant to the World Bank’s Chinese University Development Project, as a member of the Advisory Group for the American Law Institute's Restatement of the Law of Agency, and a member of the California State Senate's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Shareholder Litigation. His many publications include the books Hillman on Lawyer Mobility: The Law and Ethics of Partner Withdrawals and Law Firm Breakups, and Law Firm Breakups: The Law and Ethics of Grabbing and Leaving, The Revised Uniform Partnership Act, Securities Regulation: Cases and Materials, as well as and numerous scholarly articles in leading law journals.

In 2006, he led an International Senior Lawyers Project Team providing support for the Liberian government in the renegotiation of an iron ore development contract with Arcelor Mittal.