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2016-01-doc6 Wessels International Insolvency Law Part I

On 13 January 2016, in Brussels, I presented my latest book: Wessels International Insolvency Law Part I. Global Perspectives on Cross-Border Insolvency Law, 4th ed., 2015, to professor Michael Veder (left hand side), Chairman of the Netherlands Association of Comparative and International Insolvency Law. Wessels International Insolvency Law is known as an authoritive and practical guide on the law of… Read More »2016-01-doc6 Wessels International Insolvency Law Part I

2016-01-doc5 To harmonise or not to harmonise insolvency laws in the EU: is that a question?

‘Harmonization is a euphemism for forcing commercially less important countries to adopt the remedies and priorities of the commercially more important countries’, asserts Lynn LoPucki in one of his challenging publications (see Lynn M. LoPucki, Global and Out of Control?, in: 79 American Bankruptcy Law Journal 2005, 79ff.). Although the author claims ‘global’ application for his quote, he clearly misunderstands… Read More »2016-01-doc5 To harmonise or not to harmonise insolvency laws in the EU: is that a question?

2016-01-doc2 Gift cards and insolvent retailers

V&D gift cards, will its holders be left in the cold? On the last day of 2015 the District court of Amsterdam opened bankruptcy proceedings (‘faillissement’) against the Dutch retailer Vroom & Dreesmann (V&D). V&D is the largest and most historic Dutch department store chain, which entered the Dutch market in 1887 with a store in Amsterdam. It now has… Read More »2016-01-doc2 Gift cards and insolvent retailers