Reform Trends: Challenges and Successes

This panel examines recent reform efforts in secured transactions law, with a particular focus on developments across the Asian region in the global context. Presentations will highlight both the challenges faced during implementation and the successes achieved in enhancing access to credit and improving legal certainty, including through emerging practices that are shaping the future of secured transactions.

Moderator

Monica Canafoglia

Legal Officer, UNCITRAL (27-28 November 2025)

Speakers

Murat Sultanov

Senior Operations Officer, Financial Institutions Group Advisory, IFC

Miha Isol

Attorney-at-law, former JICA Senior Adviser, Legal Adviser to International Cooperation Department, Research and Training Institute of the Ministry of Justice of Japan

Angelia Chia

Senior Counsel, Trade and Supply Chain (Legal), Office of the General Counsel, ADB (27-28 November 2025)

Julius Caesar Parreñas

Coordinator, APEC/ABAC Asia-Pacific Financial Forum; and Managing Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (27-28 November 2025)

Stellah Kakwezi Olimi

Assistant Commissioner, Head of Chattels Securities Registration, Uganda Registration Services Bureau (27-28 November 2025)

Charles D. Booth

Vice Chairman, AIIFL Academic Advisory Board; Director, Institute of Asian-Pacific Business Law; and William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa (United States)

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