On 9 October 2018, the IBA Working Group on the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts discussed practical cases on the application of the UNIDROIT Principles at the Annual IBA Conference in Rome. The panel was introduced by project coordinator Willem Calkoen (NautaDutilh, Amsterdam) and Co-chair of the IBA international sales committee Cristina Martinetti (ELEXI, Turin), co-chaired by Simon Hotte (FIDAL, Lyon) and Ina Popova (Debevoise & Plimpton, NY) and saw Karina Goldberg (Ferro Castro Neves Daltro & Gomide Advogados, Sao Paulo), Sanjeev Kapoor (Khaitan & Co, New Delhi) and Gerard Meijer (NautaDutilh, Amsterdam)as speakers. Deputy Secretary-General Professor Anna Veneziano participated in the session together with Professor Michael Joachim Bonell.
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| Mr Wilem Calkoen (Working Group Coordinator, Nauta Dutilh, Amsterdam) |
Ms Cristina Martinetti (Co-chair of the IBA international sales committee) |
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.