In the world of cross-border insolvency a ‘protocol’ can be described as a means of agreeing the alignment between different insolvency proceedings, or of establishing how (pre-) reorganisation measures will be taken across a number of jurisdictions. A cross-border insolvency agreement is designed to overcome certain legal or factual obstacles… Read More »2020-04-doc6 Who has seen an insolvency protocol lately?
It took some 150 years before, gradually, the 19th century experienced Rembrandt becoming the subject of more serious scholarship. Research began with the recording of anecdotes about his life, but increasingly a more factual approach on his work was adopted. As early as 1810 the first catalogue raisonné of Rembrandt’s… Read More »2020-04-doc5 Do we know what a Rembrandt painting looks like?
In these extraordinary, unprecedented times two US lawyers (prof. Jonathan Lipson and Norman Powell) felt they need to do something to avoid disastrously contractual fights between parties resulting in overburdening the court system. Published under the auspices of the Business Law Section of the American Bar Association (ABA) they published… Read More »2020-04-doc4 Model Standstill Agreement may assist in COVID-19 times
Early this year the book Recasting the Insolvency Regulation – Improvements and Missed Opportunities was published. Its editors are Vesna Lazić (T.M.C. Asser Institute; University of Utrecht) and Steven Stuij (Erasmus School of Law). The book contains five contributions, covering 130 pages, and is published by Asser Press as number… Read More »2020-04-doc3 Improving the EU Insolvency Regulation (Recast)
It is timely and most appropriate to report about the Asian Principles of Business Restructuring Project undertaken by the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) and the International Insolvency Institute (III). I have the honor to serve as a member of the Advisory Committee providing supervision and guidance to the Project,… Read More »2020-04-doc2 Asian Principles of Business Restructuring: a promising first step
Inspired by joint reflection within the board of the Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL), www.ceril.eu, and based on similar considerations and recommendations made on Friday, 20 March 2020 (see http://www.ceril.eu / news / ceril-executive-statement-2020-1-on-covid-19-and-insolvency-legislation /), I posted on 25 March 2020 my blog, in Dutch (https://bobwessels.nl/blog/2020-03-doc4-drie-stappen-om-uit-het-insolventie-dal-te-komen/, in… Read More »2020-04-doc1 Three stept to get out of the Insolvency Valley II
Geïnspireerd door gezamenlijk nadenken binnen het bestuur van de Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL), www.ceril.eu, en gebaseerd op vergelijkbare overwegingen en aanbevelingen op vrijdag 20 maart 2020 gedaan (zie http://www.ceril.eu/news/ceril-executive-statement-2020-1-on-covid-19-and-insolvency-legislation/) stel ik voor Nederland een drie-traps oplossing voor: 1 De wetgever kondigt een algemeen landelijk schuldenmoratorium af… Read More »2020-03-doc4 Drie stappen om uit het insolventie-dal te komen
In the UK a new Insolvency Code of Ethics will apply from 1 May 2020 to all insolvency practitioners in the UK. The Code had to be brought up to date, particularly in relation to to referrals of work and commissions, the use of advertising, websites, purchasing of data and… Read More »2020-03-doc3 New Insolvency Code of Ethics in UK
Voor de vijfde en laatste keer een kans om commentaar te geven op conceptteksten die ik momenteel schrijf voor de 5e druk van Wessels Insolventierecht V (Verificatie van schuldvorderingen). Zie voor de idee daarachter mijn blog 2020-02-doc3. Ik hoop het manuscript tweede helft maart 2020 naar de bureauredactie van Wolters… Read More »2020-03-doc2 ‘Bar date’ voor indiening vorderingen
Geïnteresseerden zijn wederom uitgenodigd commentaar te geven op conceptteksten die ik momenteel schrijf voor de 5e druk van Wessels Insolventierecht V (Verificatie van schuldvorderingen). Zie voor de idee daarachter mijn blog 2020-02-doc3. Ik hoop het manuscript tweede helft maart 2020 naar de bureauredactie van Wolters Kluwer te kunnen sturen. Reacties… Read More »2020-03-doc1 Over de nadere verificatievergadering