International Cooperation In Bankruptcy And Insolvency Matters

International Cooperation in Bankruptcy and Insolvency is published in cooperation with the International Insolvency Institute and the American College of Bankruptcy. The Honorable Bruce A. Markell, Dr. Bob Wessels and Prof. Jason Kilborn provide readers with invaluable insights into the origin, development and future of communication and cooperation in cross-border insolvency cases between insolvency practitioners and the courts. The globalization of the world's economy has led to highly complex international aspects of financial reorganization and restructuring. This publication analyzes the structures, systems, and practices that have developed and are quickly emerging to coordinate and enhance international administrations.

This book presents problems that often arise in the context of international/cross-border insolvencies; analyzes and compares national legislations and jurisprudence; elucidates the solutions offered by international/regional instruments; and explores the differences in the implementation of these instruments by various countries and the consequences of these differences. It examines in detail a number of famous and less famous cases tried by national courts, in which it became readily apparent that insolvency law remains one of the bastions of national law. In addition, the book discusses the notion of transplanting foreign [international] insolvency rules and especially the influence that US insolvency law has exerted on other countries’ insolvency [and international insolvency] law. Far from adopting an unrealistically optimistic stance, it soberly examines the complications of cross-border insolvencies, while also presenting potential solutions.

Recent insolvency cases highlight the growing importance of cross-border insolvency matters in international transactions. In order to obtain relevant information essential for conduct in such transactions, an insolvency lawyer needs to have access to the many relevant instruments that have been introduced and implemented in recent years, but that until now have not been available in any single place. This very useful volume collects, for the second time in one source, all important international and regional legal instruments relating to insolvency of companies and consumers, as well as to corporate rescue law. The book includes international and regional conventions, model laws, EU regulations and directives, and guiding principles produced by various international bodies (such as the World Bank, the United Nations Committee on International Trade Law ('UNCITRAL'), the American Law Institute, INSOL International, and INSOL Europe), and international and European restatements of insolvency law by scholars. In addition to reproducing the complete texts of these instruments, the editors provide insightful commentary covering such important matters as the following: • key issues of each text; • expected amendments and revisions; and • comparative analysis of instruments. A unique resource bringing together core material in the field of cross-border insolvency law and legislation, this book will be welcomed by international insolvency practitioners worldwide.

International Insolvency Law by Professor Bob Wessels provides a comprehensive overview of the relevant issues regarding cross-border insolvency matters. The book is a translated, revised and augmented edition of the Dutch book `Internationaal insolventierecht¿, which appeared in 2003, and is to serve as a handbook for insolvency practitioners. it focuses on the (regional) developments of treaties and on `soft law¿ and `best practice¿ recommendations published by organisations like IMF, World Bank and INSOL International. This is followed by an overview of the current Dutch International Insolvency Law. Also thoroughly discussed is the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, including comments on Chapter 15 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, In force since October 2005, And The draft of the English Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006. The fourth chapter covers an elaborate analysis of the EU Insolvency Regulations, including 150 cases from ten jurisdictions together with foreign literature. The book contains an observation on the development of the future international insolvency laws, An extensive bibliography and a list of relevant websites

This work, undertaken by the Insolvency and Creditors' Rights Committee of the International Bar Association's Section on Business Law, gathers together a critical assessment of some of the most pressing current issues in cross-border insolvency and reorganization, under the following headings: The Proposed European Community Insolvency Convention; Comparative Analysis of Chapter 11 with the UK Administration System; Maxwell Communication: New Aspects of Co-operation in International Insolvency; The Olympia & York Reorganization: Parallel International Reorganization Proceedings; Treatment of International Insolvency Issues in Japan; Cross-Border Insolvency Issues in Canada; Aspects of International Insolvency Administration in Germany; Practical Problems in Cross-Border Insolvencies; Recognition of Foreign Insolvency and Legal Proceedings in Italy; The New Insolvency Regimes in Russia and the CIS; Shareholder Liability, Consolidation and Pooling; The Model International Insolvency Co-operation Act; Effects of Foreign Bankruptcy Judgments and Power of Foreign Receivers - A French Perspective.