Dit vuistdikke boek (ruim 654 pagina’s) biedt een overzicht van ‘corporate structuring’. De 27 afzonderlijke hoofdstukken zijn door ruim 40 auteurs geschreven. De bundel kwam in januari 2026 uit. De redacteuren verstaan onder corporate structuring de wijze waarop een vennootschap of concern kan worden ingericht en heringericht, en eventueel kan… Read More »2026-03-doc1 Corporate structuring – mooi gestructureerd boek
For the European Commission, 2026 began with its plan, published in October 2025, to build a more sovereign and independent Europe. The work program, entitled “Europe’s Independence Moment”, addresses current and future challenges arising from threats to the continent’s security and democracy, geopolitical tensions, as well as the risks to… Read More »2026-01-26 EU Restructuring & Insolvency: What awaits us in 2026?
Het Nederlandse internationale privaatrecht (IPR) onderging diverse, soms structurele veranderingen. Centraal staat Boek 10 BW, begin deze eeuw nog een legen huls, maar sinds 2012 het wettelijke huis voor het grootste deel van het Nederlandse conflictenrecht. Daarvoor was haar inhoud verspreid over tal van afzonderlijke wetten. Daarnaast is de EU… Read More »2025-01-doc1 Nederlands IPR onder handbereik
Ter gelegenheid van de publicatie Wessels/Verheul & Van Zanten I 2025 Korte toespraak Wessels: “Beste uitgevers, waarde collega’s [Utrecht, Huize Molenaar, 19 november 2015] ‘Dit is de dag die je wist dat zou komen’. Wat een bijzonder moment is dit! Na vijf edities van alle tien delen in de Serie… Read More »2025-11-doc2 Wessels/Verheul & Van Zanten I 2025 – Faillietverklaring
The European Commission, through its President Ursula von der Leyen, has launched a major drive to systematically review and simplify the EU’s 100,000-page regulatory framework. The Commission’s plan centres on the “Competitiveness Compass” with an ambitious target to cut administrative burdens by at least 25% for all businesses and 35%… Read More »2025-11-doc1 Does Brussels’ “simplification” drive affect insolvency and restructuring law?
Nr VIII in the ‘Ius Communitaties’ series is Michael Stürner’s 2025 volume ‘European Contract Law.’ It offers a comprehensive exposition of European contract law. With xlvii + 683 pages, Stürner presents a European perspective on contracts, not only as a translation of his German book of 2021 on the same… Read More »2025-10-doc2 European Contract Law – Michael Stürner’s 2025 book
In Poland, R.S. took out a mortgage loan. The loan, provided by a Polish bank (G SA), was indexed in Swiss francs and was taken out by R.S. in 2007. The total amount was 489,821.63 Polish zloty (around US $ 135,000; Euro: 115.110), with a term of 360 months. R.S.… Read More »2025-10-doc1 Clash between consumer law and insolvency law – who wins?
An academic ceremony, at least in the Netherlands, is the defence of a dissertation. Once done successfully the candidate will receive a Doctor of Laws degree. This is what happened to Gert-Jan Boon at Leiden University in early July. His topic of research was the debtor in possession (DIP), a… Read More »2025-09-doc2 DIP – debtor-in-possession or defective IP?
The European Insolvency Regulation (EIR 2015) dictates that its overarching definition for “insolvency proceedings” are proceedings that are listed exhaustively in Annex A. To the national procedures contained in Annex A, the EIR 2015 should apply without any further examination by the courts of another member state as to whether… Read More »2025-09-doc1 Lost in translation? Annex A of the European Insolvency Regulation
The book, discussed here, is titled ‘Jurisdiction in EU Cross-Border Insolvency Law’. It has been written by Antonio Leandro, a professor at the University of Bari Aldo Moro in Italy and one of my colleagues of the European Commission’s Group of Experts on Restructuring and Insolvency Law. First a quote:… Read More »2025-08-doc5 Jurisdiction in EU Cross-Border Insolvency Law