On 24-25 February UNIDROIT provided legal expertise at an APEC Seminar on the use of International Instruments to Strengthen Contract Enforcement in Supply Chain Finance for Global Businesses in Nha Trang, Viet Nam. The seminar was sponsored by the Hong Kong Department of Justice and held under the auspices of the APEC Economic Committee’s “Strengthening Economic Legal Infrastructure” Group.
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| UNIDROIT Legal Officer William Brydie-Watson presents at the APEC Seminar in Viet Nam |
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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.