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Legal body’s new Hong Kong office targets developing Southeast Asian economies

Legal body’s new Hong Kong office targets developing Southeast Asian economies
South China Morning Post Monday 02 November 2026, 14:02 UTC By Matthew Cheng 1 min read
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An international legal body’s new regional office in Hong Kong aims to help developing Southeast Asian economies and promote the wider use of uniform commercial law across the Asia-Pacific, its secretary general has said. Ignacio Tirado, secretary general of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit), said its new Asia-Pacific Liaison Office was receiving financial support from the Hong Kong government and seeking additional sponsors. He was speaking after the...

An international legal body’s new regional office in Hong Kong aims to help developing Southeast Asian economies and promote the wider use of uniform commercial law across the Asia-Pacific, its secretary general has said. Ignacio Tirado, secretary general of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law (Unidroit), said its new Asia-Pacific Liaison Office was receiving financial support from the Hong Kong government and seeking additional sponsors. He was speaking after the... [Image text:] eremony of the UNIDROIT Asia-Pacific Lia 2 November 2026
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