Study LIX A – Model law on leasing (2005 – 2010)
Study LIX – The leasing contract (1976 – 1987)
UNIDROIT 2010 – Study LIX A – Doc. 24
UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing (adopted in Rome, on 13 November 2008, by a Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing): Official Commentary (as prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat, in close co-operation with Mr R.M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session, Mr N.J. Makhubele (South Africa), Chairman of the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts, and Ms M. Allouch and Ms C. Walsh (Canada), Mr E.M. Bey (France) and Messrs M.J. Dennis, H.D. Gabriel, W. Henning and S. Weise (United States of America), as members of the Drafting Committee of the Joint Session, and authorised for publication by the UNIDROIT Governing Council at its 89th session, held in Rome from 10 to 12 May 2010) – May 2010
UNIDROIT 2010 – Study LIX A – Doc. 23
UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing (adopted in Rome, on 13 November 2008, by a Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing): Official Commentary (as prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat, in close co-operation with Mr R.M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session, Mr N.J. Makhubele (South Africa), Chairman of the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts, and Ms M. Allouch and Ms C. Walsh (Canada), Mr E.M. Bey (France) and Messrs M.J. Dennis, H.D. Gabriel, W. Henning and S. Weise (United States of America), as members of the Drafting Committee of the Joint Session) – March 2010
UNIDROIT 2009 – Study LIX A – Doc. 22
Meeting of those invited by the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing to work in close co-operation with the UNIDROIT Secretariat for the preparation of an Official Commentary on the UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing, Rome, 23/24 June 2009. First draft of an Official Commentary (prepared by Mr R.M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session): Proposed drafting amendments (by the Government of Canada) – June 2009
UNIDROIT 2009 – Study LIX A – Doc. 21
Meeting of those invited by the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing to work in close co-operation with the UNIDROIT Secretariat for the preparation of an Official Commentary on the UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing, Rome, 23/24 June 2009. First draft of an Official Commentary (prepared by Mr R.M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session): Article-by-Article chart of the comments (submitted by the Chairmen of the Committee of governmental experts and the Governments of Canada, France and the United States of America, as members of the Drafting Committee of the Committee of governmental experts) – May 2009
UNIDROIT 2009 – Study LIX A – Doc. 20
Meeting of those invited by the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing to work in close co-operation with the UNIDROIT Secretariat for the preparation of an Official Commentary on the UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing, Rome, 23/24 June 2009. First draft of an Official Commentary (prepared by Mr R.M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session): Comments (by the Chairmen of the Committee of governmental experts and the Governments of Canada, France and the United States of America, as members of the Drafting Committee of the Committee of governmental experts) – May 2009
UNIDROIT 2009 – Study LIX A – Doc. 19
UNIDROIT Model Law on Leasing: first draft of an Official Commentary (prepared by Mr R. M. DeKoven, Reporter to the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing) – March 2009
UNIDROIT 2008 – Study LIX A – Doc. 18
Resolution passed in Rome on 13 November 2008 by the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing
UNIDROIT 2008 – Study LIX A – Doc. 17
UNIDROIT MODEL LAW ON LEASING (as adopted on 13 November 2008 by the Joint Session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing, held in Rome from 10 to 13 November 2008)
UNIDROIT 2008 – Study LIX A – Doc. 16
Joint session of the UNIDROIT General Assembly and the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the finalisation and adoption of a draft model law on leasing, Rome, 10 / 13 November 2008. SUMMARY REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 2008 – Study LIX A – Doc. 15
UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft model law on leasing. RESOLUTION (87) 1 passed by the UNIDROIT Governing Council at its 87th session (Rome, 21 / 23 April 2008)
UNIDROIT 2008 – Study LIX A – Doc. 14
UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft model law on leasing. DRAFT MODEL LAW ON LEASING (as reviewed and authorised for transmission to Governments for finalisation and adoption by the UNIDROIT Governing Council, at its 87th session, held in Rome from 21 to 23 April 2008, following the second session of the Committee of governmental experts, held in Muscat from 6 to 9 April 2008)
UNIDROIT 2008 – Study LIX A – Doc. 13
UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft model law on leasing, second session, Muscat, 6/9 April 2008. SUMMARY REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 2007 – Study LIX A – Doc. 12
UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft model law on leasing, first session, Johannesburg, 7/10 May 2007. SUMMARY REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 2006 – Study LIX A – Doc. 11
PRELIMINARY DRAFT MODEL LAW ON LEASING (as established by the UNIDROIT Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing at its third session (Rome, 3-5 April 2006) and as authorised for transmission to Governments for finalisation by the UNIDROIT Governing Council at its 85th session (Rome, 8-10 May 2006)
UNIDROIT 2006 – Study LIX A – Doc. 10 [inexistent]
UNIDROIT 2006 – Study LIX A – Doc. 9
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, third session, Rome, 3-5 April 2006. SUMMARY REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 2006 – Study LIX A – Doc. 8
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing. PRELIMINARY DRAFT MODEL LAW ON LEASING (prepared by the Drafting Committee on the basis of the guidelines provided by the Advisory Board at its third session (Rome, 3-5 April 2006))
UNIDROIT 2006 – Study LIX A – Doc. 7
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, third session, Rome, 3-5 April 2006. SECOND PRELIMINARY DRAFT MODEL LAW ON LEASING (prepared by the Reporter on the basis of the guidelines provided by the Advisory Board at its second session (Rome, 6-7 February 2006)): COMMENTS by Mr Castillo-Triana, the Equipment Leasing Association of the United States of America, Leaseurope, Mr Peter, Ms Shi, and Mr Sultanov, Members of the Advisory Board, and UNCITRAL, observer
UNIDROIT 2006 – Study LIX A – Doc. 6
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing. SECOND PRELIMINARY DRAFT MODEL LAW ON LEASING (prepared by Ronald DeKoven, the Reporter, on the basis of the guidelines provided by the Advisory Board at its second session (Rome, 6-7 February 2006))
UNIDROIT 2006 – Study LIX A – Doc. 5
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, second session, Rome, 6-7 February 2006. SUMMARY REPORT (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 2006 – Study LIX A – Doc. 4 Add.
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, second session, Rome, 6-7 February 2006. PRELIMINARY DRAFT MODEL LAW ON LEASING (prepared by the Reporter on the basis of the guidelines provided by the Advisory Board at its first session (Rome, 17 October 2005)): ADDITIONAL COMMENTS by Ms Ndonde and the Equipment Leasing Association of the United States of America, Members of the Advisory Board
UNIDROIT 2006 – Study LIX A – Doc. 4
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, second session, Rome, 6-7 February 2006. PRELIMINARY DRAFT MODEL LAW ON LEASING (prepared by the Reporter on the basis of the guidelines provided by the Advisory Board at its first session (Rome, 17 October 2005)): COMMENTS by Mr Bey, Mr Castillo-Triana, Leaseurope, Ms Normantovitch, Professor Shi and Mr Sultanov, Members of the Advisory Board
UNIDROIT 2005 – Study LIX A – Doc. 3
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing. PRELIMINARY DRAFT MODEL LAW ON LEASING (prepared by Mr R. M. DeKoven, Reporter, on the basis of the guidelines provided by the Advisory Board at its first session (Rome, 17 October 2005))
UNIDROIT 2005 – Study LIX A – Doc. 2
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, first session, Rome, 17-18 October 2005. SUMMARY REPORT (memorandum prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 2005 – Study LIX A – Doc. 1
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, first session, Rome, 17-18 October 2005. KEY ISSUES RAISED BY THE PREPARATION OF A MODEL LAW ON LEASING (memorandum prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 2005 – A.B./Leasing/1/W.P.3
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, first session, Rome, 17-18 October 2005. COMMENTS REGARDING THE KEY ISSUES TO BE DEALT WITH IN A MODEL LAW ON LEASING. COMMENTS by Mr E.M. Bey (France/Tunisia), Member of the Advisory Board, on memorandum prepared by UNIDROIT Secretariat
UNIDROIT 2005 – A.B./Leasing/1/W.P.2
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, first session, Rome, 17-18 October 2005. COMMENTS REGARDING THE KEY ISSUES TO BE DEALT WITH IN A MODEL LAW ON LEASING. COMMENTS by Mr R. Castillo-Triana (Colombia), Member of the Advisory Board, on memorandum prepared by UNIDROIT Secretariat
UNIDROIT 2005 – A.B./Leasing/1/W.P.1
Advisory Board for the preparation of a model law on leasing, first session, Rome, 17-18 October 2005. DRAFT AGENDA
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 49
Draft final provisions capable of embodiment in the draft Convention on international financial leasing drawn up by a UNIDROIT committee of governmental experts, with Explanatory notes (drawn up by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 48
Draft Convention on international financial leasing as adopted by a UNIDROIT committee of governmental experts on 30 April 1987 with Explanatory report prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 47
Comments by the Japanese Leasing Association on the text of the draft Convention on international financial leasing as this emerged from the third and final session of the UNIDROIT committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 46
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing (Third session, 27 – 30 April 1987). Summary report prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 45
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments by the Japanese Government on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 44
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Note by the UNIDROIT Secretariat for the attention of the committee of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 43
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Proposals by the French delegation with regard to the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 42
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Note submitted by Mr Ibrahim F.I. Shihata, Vice President and General Counsel, World Bank for the attention of the committee of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Misc. 1
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Letter received by the UNIDROIT Secretariat from Mr Stephen McGairl, Partner, Freshfields, Paris on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 41
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments by the Government of the Polish People’s Republic on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 40 Add.
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments by the Government of the Netherlands on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts: addendum
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 40
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments by the Government of the Netherlands on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 39
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments by the Federation of Latin American Leasing Companies (Felalease) on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 38
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments and proposals by the Colombian Leasing Federation (Fedeleasing) on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 37
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments by the Government of Sweden on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 36
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Observations and proposals by the Government of the United States of America on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as proposed by the drafting committee at the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 35
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1987 – Study LIX – Doc. 34
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments by Governments and one professional association on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the second session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1986 – Study LIX – Doc. 33
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing (Second session, 14-18 April 1986). Summary report prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat
UNIDROIT 1986 – Study LIX – Doc. 32
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Proposals of the delegation of Korea to the second session of the Committee of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1986 – Study LIX – Doc. 31
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Proposals of the delegation of the People’s Republic of China to the second session of the Committee of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1986 – Study LIX – Doc. 30
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Observations by the Government of Sweden on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the first session of the governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1986 – Study LIX – Doc. 29
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Observations by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the first session of the governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1986 – Study LIX – Doc. 28
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a Convention on international financial leasing. Revised text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing proposed by the drafting committee with a view to taking account of the views expressed during the committee of governmental experts’ first reading of the text adopted by the Study Group: observations submitted by the European Federation of Equipment Leasing Company Associations (Leaseurope)
UNIDROIT 1986 – Study LIX – Doc. 27
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Draft final provisions capable of embodiment in a draft Convention to be built around the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as these emerged from the first session of governmental experts (drawn up by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 1986 – Study LIX – Doc. 26
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a draft Convention on international financial leasing. Comments by Governments and professional associations on the text of the preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing as this emerged from the first session of governmental experts
UNIDROIT 1985 – Study LIX – Doc. 25
Preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract as revised by the drafting committee of the UNIDROIT Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a Convention on international financial leasing following and in the light of the committee of governmental experts’ first reading thereof: Explanatory report prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat
UNIDROIT 1985 – Study LIX – Doc. 24
Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a Convention on international financial leasing (First session, 15-19 April 1985). Summary report prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat
UNIDROIT 1985 – Study LIX – Doc. 23
Preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing, as adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract: comments submitted by the delegation of the People’s Republic of China to the first session of the Committee of governmental experts for the preparation of a Convention on international financial leasing
UNIDROIT 1985 – Study LIX – Doc. 22
Preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing, as adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract: comments made by members of the UNIDROIT Governing Council at its 63rd session (held in Rome, 2-4 May 1984)
UNIDROIT 1985 – Study LIX – Doc. 21
Preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing, as adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract: observations submitted by the European Federation of Equipment Leasing Company Associations (Leaseurope)
UNIDROIT 1985 – Study LIX – Doc. 20
Preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing, as adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract: comments submitted by the Chairman and one member of the UNIDROIT Study Group on the comments submitted by the Governing Council of the Asian Leasing Association (Asialease)
UNIDROIT 1985 – Study LIX – Doc. 19
Preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing, as adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract: comments submitted by the Governing Council of the Asian Leasing Association (Asialease)
UNIDROIT 1985 – Study LIX – Doc. 18
Preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract: Explanatory Report prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat
UNIDROIT 1985 – Study LIX – Doc. 17
Preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing, as adopted by the Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract and approved by the Governing Council on 3 May 1984 in the course of its 63rd session
UNIDROIT 1984 – Study LIX – Doc. 16
Preliminary draft uniform rules on international financial leasing, as adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract
UNIDROIT 1984 – Study LIX – Doc. 15 rev.
Report on the programme of symposia at which exposure was given to the preliminary draft uniform rules on the sui generis form of leasing transaction as adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group in October 1980 (prepared by the UNIDROIT Secretariat)
UNIDROIT 1983 – Study LIX – Doc. 14
Preliminary draft uniform rules on the sui generis type of leasing transaction as revised by the UNIDROIT Secretariat, with the assistance of Professor László Réczei, Chairman of the UNIDROIT Study Group on the leasing contract, to take account of the proposals for amendment made at the programme of symposia organised to give exposure to the preliminary draft in compliance with the wish expressed by the Study Group at its third session
UNIDROIT 1981 – Study LIX – Doc. 13 rev.
Preliminary draft uniform rules on the sui generis form of leasing transaction as adopted by the UNIDROIT Study Group on the leasing contract
UNIDROIT 1980 – Study LIX – Doc. 12
Study Group on the leasing contract. Tentative observations of the Ministry of Justice of Japan on the revised text of the uniform rules
UNIDROIT 1980 – Study LIX – Doc. 11
Study Group on the leasing contract. Report of the United States Advisory Committee: Review of the revised text of the uniform rules
UNIDROIT 1980 – Study LIX – Doc. 10
Alternative revised versions of the tentative draft uniform rules on the sui generis form of leasing transaction laid before the Study Group on the leasing contract at its second session
UNIDROIT 1980 – Study LIX – Doc. 9
Study Group on the leasing contract. Report by the UNIDROIT Secretariat on the second session of the Group held in Rome on 1 and 2 February 1979
UNIDROIT 1979 – Study LIX – Doc. 8
Tentative draft uniform rules on the sui generis form of leasing transaction, drawn up by the UNIDROIT Secretariat, with the assistance of Professor László Réczei, Chairman of the Study Group on the leasing contract, in the light of the discussions of the Study Group at its first session
UNIDROIT 1978 – Study LIX – Doc. 7
Study Group on the leasing contract. Report by the Secretariat of UNIDROIT on the first session of the Group held in Rome from 17 to 19 November 1977
UNIDROIT 1977 – Study LIX – Doc. 6
Note for the attention of the Study Group for the preparation of uniform rules on the leasing contract (first session: 17-19 November 1977)
UNIDROIT 1977 – Study LIX – Doc. 5
Restricted exploratory working group of the Governing Council on the leasing contract. Report of the session held in Rome 16-18 March 1977 incorporating the recommendations adopted by the Group at its final reading
UNIDROIT 1977 – Study LIX – Doc. 4
Note for the attention of the restricted exploratory working group of the Governing Council on the leasing contract
UNIDROIT 1976 – Study LIX – Doc. 3
Preliminary analysis of the replies to the questionnaire on the leasing contract (with special reference to international leasing) prepared by the Secretariat
UNIDROIT 1976 – Study LIX – Doc. 2
Questionnaire on the leasing contract (with special reference to international leasing
UNIDROIT 1975 – Study LIX – Doc. 1
Report on the contract of leasing (“crédit-bail”) prepared by the Secretariat
Professor Iacopo Donati is the UNIDROIT/Bank of Italy Chair Holder and is mainly responsible for assisting in the Bank Insolvency project. He is Professor of Corporate and Insolvency Law at the University of Siena, and coordinates the research project ‘Pro.Re.Ba.’ (Proportionating rules on bank crisis prevention and management to the case of retail banks), which has received funding from the Italian Ministry of University. He has previously taught corporate law at the University of Venice ‘Ca’ Foscari’, at the University of Florence and at the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’.
Professor Donati is the author of several publications on corporate law, restructuring, insolvency law, and bank crisis management. On the same topics, he has been invited as a speaker to various international and national conferences and participated in some high-impact international, European, and national research projects. Professor Donati’s education includes a Ph.D. in Corporate Law (University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’), an LLM in Corporate Governance (Stanford Law School), and a Law Degree with honors (University of Florence). He is qualified as an attorney in Italy and in the State of New York (USA).
Ms Olga Fonotova is an Associate Professor of the Faculty of Law (Department of Legal Regulation of Business) at the Russian National Research University “Higher School of Economics” in Moscow. She holds a PhD degree cum laude in private law / private international law from the Lomonosov Moscow State University (2006). Her academic and teaching interests cover private international law, international and national commercial law, with a focus on unified and non-state legal regulation of cross-border commerce.
Olga is a Russian law qualified practicing lawyer in the sphere of national and international commercial and corporate law with 20+ years’ experience in leading law firms. As part of her legal practice, she has advised multinational corporations on the setting up of multi-jurisdictional commercial relations, on the formation / termination of international joint ventures, restructuring of assets, and financing / refinancing of projects. For her work on commercial and corporate legal matters she was included in the international rating of leading lawyers “The Best Lawyers® in Russia” (2018 – 2022).
She is a UNIDROIT alumna (2011) and a Correspondent of UNIDROIT in Russia (2023 – 2025). From 2016 to 2021 Olga was a member of the ICC Commission on Commercial Law and Practice (ICC CLP) and a member of the Association of European Business (AEB) in Moscow.
Allan M. Mukuki, PhD Candidate (Navarra, Spain), LLM (Groningen, Netherlands), PGDip (KSL), LLB (Hons) (UoN), ACIArb (London), Advocate of the High Court of Kenya.
Allan Mukuki is an Advocate of the High Court of Kenya as well as a Commissioner for Oaths. He is presently a PhD Candidate at the University of Navarra in Spain. He is also a holder of an LL.M in International Law and the Law of International Organizations, from the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. He has an LL. B (Hons) from the University of Nairobi, he is a Member of the Cha
rtered Institute of Arbitrators (London). He further holds a post-graduate diploma in law from the Kenya School of Law. Allan is also a scholar from the Hague Academy of International Law.
Some of his many roles in the legal profession include Director of International Partnerships; a Doctoral Fellow; member of the Management Committee and moot court coordinator, all for Strathmore Law School; Research Fellow for the African Region (Kenya), for the European Research Council Grant Project on the interpretation of customary international law; and Acting Director for the Strathmore Institute of Advanced Studies in International Criminal Justice (SIASIC)
Allan has previously worked at A.F Gross Advocate; in various legal institutes; in governmental agencies and in the Judiciary of Kenya. He was also a Legal researcher in the Office of the Solicitor General, Kenya, for the Maritime Delimitation in the Indian Ocean (Somalia v. Kenya), a case that was before the International Court of Justice. His main areas of specialization include Public International Law, The Law of International Organizations, International Humanitarian Law, International and Regional (EAC) Refugee Law and Legal Policy Development.
Further, Allan has been involved in various national and international legal consultancies and projects; he has published several peer reviewed legal articles, a legal monograph and presented several legal papers in international conferences around the world. He has also developed several policy documents for Strathmore University as well as (currently operational) manuals and laws for the operation of the Judiciary as well as governmental agencies and regional agencies such as IGAD.
ANDREA SANTACOLOMA
Director
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE
Andrea Santacoloma is a Panamanian lawyer that focuses her practice on international commercial arbitration.
Prior to joining Adell & Merizalde, Andrea was the Deputy Director for Latin America of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for 5 years. In this role, she gained vast experience in the internal functioning of the ICC’s Secretariat and Court and saw first-hand the work of hundreds of arbitrators and ICC Court Members in the region. Andrea was also in charge of identifying new opportunities and potential users of the ICC Dispute Resolution Services (ICC DRS) in Latin America, in liaison with the ICC National Committees and other institutions in the region. She also worked as a lawyer advising local and international clients on business and corporate law and M&A in 3 Panamanian law firms.
She is currently the Executive Director of the Latin American Arbitration Association (ALARB), one of Latin America’s leading associations gathering practitioners and arbitrators, which seeks to encourage the use of arbitration and foster initiatives for the development of international arbitration in the region.
In July 2022, the G
overning Council of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT) appointed Andrea as a Correspondent for Latin America. Namely, Andrea was appointed as a Correspondent for the Republic of Panama for the period 2022-2025.
EDUCATION
• American University Washington College of Law, LL.M. in International Arbitration and Business Law
• International Training Centre of the International Labor Organization (ILO) jointly with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), Università degli Studi di Torino, and University Institute of European Studies (IUSE), LL.M. in International Trade Law & Dispute Resolution
• Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua, LL.M. in Corporate Law
• Universidad Católica Santa María La Antigua, Degree in Law and Political Science
• Centro de Estudios Regionales de Panamá, Diploma in Entrepreneurship and Management of Small and Medium Enterprises
Bar admissions
Republic of Panama
Languages
Spanish, English, Italian (intermediate)
asantacoloma@adellmerizalde.com
+507 370 4155
NAME: PROF. DR. HERNANY VEYTIA (LL.M. YALE)
AFFILIATION DIRECTOR BNM-CAMBRIDGE STUDY CENTRE ON SUSTAINABLE INVESTMENTS
PRESENTATION
Professor of law, international strategic consultant, arbitrator, and entrepreneur. Hernany Veytia is very comfortable with complex, high-profile and confidential transactions. Her consulting experience as partner of BNM and Deloitte enables her to focus on and add value to the sustainable and commercial aspects of each deal. Frequently she leads transdisciplinary teams to deliver fact findings and legal opinions, feasibility studies and turn-key projects for banks, governments, international organisations, and corporations willing to expand or withdraw operations in other jurisdictions.
In Prof Veytia’s experience UNIDROIT works have been very useful to understand not only the foreign law, but also to recognise the cultural, political, and economic factors at play, and the way national and international regulators operate-and cooperate. In her opinion, UNIDROIT instruments have been of utmost importance for the legal strategies she designed for:
• DANPREIT (Dispute Analytics Platform for Real Estate Investment Trusts in the Agriculture, Construction and Mining industries).
• TELEKAIROS, innovative methodology that incorporates the use of space assets.
• Corporate art collections, restitutions, including donations, sponsorships, and loans to museums.
• Contracts used by a German waterworks company willing to grow in all the Caribbean and Central American countries.
• Liquidation of commercial and investment banks
• IPOs and reverse mergers for companies in the extraction industries (Canadian stock exchange), ILS listed in Bermuda and African sovereign funds listed in London.
• Franchising and other commercial contracts in the food & drinks, health, aero-space, and automotive industries.
In the last three decades Prof. Veytia has lived, and successfully completed investments and disinvestments in more than forty countries in the five Continents. She is frequently appointed as arbitrator and invited as speaker on risk transfers at international industry conferences in fields of her expertise: energy (both renewable and traditional), artificial intelligence, infrastructure, mining, real estate, agriculture, rail, space, automotive, and franchising. She sits in the board of directors of companies in Europe including the United Kingdom.
Anna Veneziano is the Deputy Secretary General of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (UNIDROIT). She is a Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Teramo, Italy, where she was formerly the Director of the Department of Private Law. She has also formerly been a tenured Professor of European Property Law at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Her education includes a Law Degree with honours from the University of Rome La Sapienza, an LL.M degree from the Yale Law School funded by a Fulbright scholarship, and a PhD degree from the University of Florence (Italy).
Her main research and publication areas are on secured transactions as well as international, comparative, and European contract and sales law. Before joining UNIDROIT she was a member of the Italian delegation with respect to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests on Mobile Equipment and its Aircraft Protocol as well as its Space Protocol. She was also a member of the Study Group on a European Civil Code and of the Compilation and Redaction Group on a Draft Common Frame of Reference on European Private Law (DCFR), and of the restricted Expert Group set up by the European Commission on a common European law on sales.
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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.
Amongst other accolades to his professional experience, Professor Tirado is a founding member of the European Banking Institute, an International Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy and has been Director and Academic Co-Chair of the International Insolvency Institute.
A Swedish national, Ms Lena Peters grew up in Italy where she attended an English school. In 1978 she took her Juris Kandidatexamen at Stockholm University followed by a Master of Laws from King’s College, London (1979). Since 1985 she has been with UNIDROIT, first as Research Officer, lastly as Principal Legal Officer, her main duties being Secretary to the Working Group for the Preparation of Principles of International Commercial Contracts, Secretary to the Study Group on Franchising, Secretary to the Committee of Governmental Experts on Franchising.She also collaborated on the project for the preparation of the ELI-Unidroit Model European Rules of Civil Procedure. She is currently Managing Editor of the Uniform Law Review and responsible for publications at UNIDROIT.
Marina Schneider is Principal Legal Officer and Treaty Depositary at UNIDROIT. She studied law at the University of Strasbourg (France) and Paris I – Panthéon Sorbonne. She joined the UNIDROIT in 1987 and was involved in the elaboration and French versions of most UNIDROIT instruments since. She is in charge of the 1995 UNIDROIT Convention on Stolen or Illegally Exported Cultural Objects and of the UNESCO-UNIDROIT Model Provisions on State Ownership of Undiscovered Cultural Objects. She is the author of the Explanatory Report of the 1995 Convention and many articles on the Convention and other international instruments in the field. Ms Schneider is also responsible for the project on private collections and for the UNIDROIT Convention Academic Project (UCAP). She is member of the Board of the International Society for Research on Art and Cultural Heritage Law (ISCHAL).
Professor of Commercial Law, Carlos III University of Madrid. Currently, Sir Roy Goode Scholar at UNIDROIT, Rome, 2021-2022. Chair of Excellence 2017-2018 at University of Oxford (Uc3m- Santander Program), affiliated to Harris Manchester College. Previously Distinguished Visiting Professor and fellow of a number of Academic Institutions. Arbitrator of Madrid Court of Arbitration. Member of ELI (European Law Institute) Council and Executive Committee. Member of the Expert Group of the European Commission on Liability and New Technologies and member of the Expert Group of the European Observatory of Platform Economy; the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law; the expert group of the Inclusive Global Legal Innovation Platform for Online Dispute Resolution – UNCITRAL and Hong Kong Department of Justice. Expert of the UNIDROIT Study Group on the MAC Protocol of the Cape Town Convention on International Interests. Delegate of Spain to UNIDROIT for the adoption of the Protocol, delegate of Spain in Working Group VI of UNCITRAL on secured transactions and in Working Group IV on Electronic Commerce. Member of UNIDROIT Working Groups on Enforcement and Warehouse Receipts.
William Brydie-Watson is an Australian lawyer who specialises in secured transactions law and private international law. Before joining UNIDROIT, William was a government lawyer in the Private International Law and International Arbitration section of the Australian Attorney-General’s Department, where he worked primarily on treaty negotiation and the implementation of private international law treaties in Australia. At UNIDROIT, he is primarily responsible for the implementation of the Mining, Agriculture and Construction (MAC Protocol) to the 2001 Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment and the development of a Model Law on Factoring. William also serves as UNIDROIT’s liaison with the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum and as manager of the Institute’s Scholarship and Internship Programme. Admitted to practice in New South Wales and the High Court of Australia, he has a Bachelor of Arts (honours), a Bachelor of Laws and a Master of Laws from the Australian National University. William also lectures on International Secured Transactions Law at the Eotvos Lorand Faculty of Law in Budapest.
