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On Wednesday 29 August 2018 Legal Officer William Brydie-Watson participated in Australia’s first public stakeholder consultation on the MAC Protocol, jointly organised by the ACT Law Society, the UNCITRAL National Coordination Committee of Australia (UNCCA) and UNIDROIT. Presentations were made by Bruce Whittaker (Ashurst Senior Consultant), Ashna Taneja Associate, Bird & Bird) and William Brydie-Watson on the Cape Town Convention, the operation of the MAC Protocol and its potential impact in Australia. The event was co-chaired by Lynette Molloy (ACT Law Society) and Dr Dalma Demeter (UNCCA). Representatives from Government, the legal and financing communities and the MAC sectors attended the forum.
rofessor Ignacio Tirado was appointed Secretary-General by the Governing Council at its 97th session, and officially took office on 27 August 2018. A national of Spain, Professor Tirado (Commercial, Corporate and Insolvency Law, Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, Spain) holds a PhD from the Universities of Bologna and Autónoma de Madrid and an LLM from the University of London. Professor Tirado has been a Senior Legal Consultant at the World Bank’s Legal Vice-Presidency and Financial Sector Practice for more than nine years, having also consulted for the IMF on insolvency related matters as well as for the Asian Development Bank on commercial legal reform.