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Planes, trains and … tractors: a new route to financing high value equipment in the mining, agriculture and construction sectors

10 January 2026 / Author(s): Jacqueline Cook
Issue: January 2026 / Categories: Feature

Jacqueline Cook, Senior Finance Knowledge Lawyer at Mills & Reeve LLP and member of the Cape Town Convention Academic Project, looks at the current status of the MAC Protocol to the Cape Town Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment. With special thanks to William Brydie-Watson, Legal Officer at UNIDROIT and Duarte Pedreira, TF COP Task Force Chair.

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