Rome-based UNIDROIT aims to harmonize private and commercial law around world Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, center, and officials pose at the Nov.
Rome-based UNIDROIT aims to harmonize private and commercial law around world Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee, center, and officials pose at the Nov. 2 opening ceremony for the Hong Kong liaison office of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, or UNIDROIT. (Hong Kong Chief Executive website) HONG KONG -- A Rome-based legal body has opened its inaugural overseas liaison office in Hong Kong, in a move officials say will strengthen the city's ambition to become an international legal hub.