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2016-11-11 Restructuring Directive published

European Commissioner Věra Jourová, in charge of Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality, presented a Proposal for a Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks, second chance and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures and amending Directive 2012/30/EU (COM)(2016) 723 final (‘Restructuring Directive). It contains an Explanatory Memorandum (23 pages!) and the text with 47 recitals and 36… Read More »2016-11-11 Restructuring Directive published

2016-11-doc9 Voorzitter RvA Stichting Digitrage

Persbericht: Bob Wessels Nieuwe Voorzitter Raad van Advies Stichting Digitrage. Prof. mr. Bob Wessels (1949) is per 1 november 2016 benoemd tot voorzitter van de Raad van Advies van DigiTrage. Bob Wessels is juridisch adviseur en arbiter. Hij was ruim 25 jaar raadsheer-plaatsvervanger in het Gerechtshof Den Haag en 20 jaar lid/voorzitter van de vaste Geschillencommissie Achmea. Voor zijn emeritaat… Read More »2016-11-doc9 Voorzitter RvA Stichting Digitrage

2016-11-doc2 Serie Wessels Insolventierecht 4e druk compleet?

“Chapeau! Hiermee is de 4e druk van dit unieke handboek nu compleet!” Dit schreef Paul van Appeven in zijn maandelijkse nieuwsbrief met boekaankondigingen. Deze uitvoerige en overzichtelijke nieuwsbrief wordt aan klanten  rondgestuurd en verschijnt enkele dagen daarna op www.jurilogie.nl. Jurilogie (het geschreven woord over het recht) schreef de aangehaalde zin naar aanleiding van het verschijnen van Wessels Insolventierecht I, het… Read More »2016-11-doc2 Serie Wessels Insolventierecht 4e druk compleet?

2016-10-doc12 Should the EU Adopt UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-border Insolvency?

During the period of discussing and revising what finally resulted in the European Insolvency Regulation (recast), which will be effective law as of June 2017, I had a conversation about the topic whether the European Union itself should adopt the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-border Insolvency. INSOL Europe had suggested it in 2012, and as we all know, the proposal… Read More »2016-10-doc12 Should the EU Adopt UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-border Insolvency?

2016-10-doc8 Judicial Insolvency Network Initiated by Supreme Court of Singapore

Last week, in Singapore, 11 insolvency judges from 8 jurisductions met in Singapore for the inaugural Judicial Insolvency Network (‘JIN’). JIN, as a network of insolvency judges from around the world, aims to encourage communication and cooperation amongst national courts by pulling together the best practices in cross-border restructuring and insolvency to facilitate cross-court communication and cooperation, which has become… Read More »2016-10-doc8 Judicial Insolvency Network Initiated by Supreme Court of Singapore

2016-10-doc3 Three paradigm shifts in recent bank insolvency law

Three Paradigm Shifts in Recent Bank Insolvency Law is the title of my latest article, with Matthias Haentjens as co-author. It will be published in (2016) 31 Journal of International Banking Law and Regulation, pp. 396-400. See its proof-print as attachment. haentjens_wessels_2016_jiblr_issue_7_press_proof.pdf We identify three paradigm shifts underlying recent developments in bank insolvency law. The ‘new normal’ of bank insolvency… Read More »2016-10-doc3 Three paradigm shifts in recent bank insolvency law

2016-10-doc1 COMI of Cloudiax

Although one would expect that under the EU Insolvency Regulation (EIR) after some fifteen years the concept of center of main interest (COMI) would be rather be clear, time and again a COMI controversy pops up. In a Dutch case, decided by the Court of Appeal Arnhem-Leeuwarden 15 August 2016, ECLI:NL:GHARL:2016:6546, this Court and the District Court of Gelderland (location… Read More »2016-10-doc1 COMI of Cloudiax

2016-09-doc12 Towards China’s Inter-regional Cross-border Insolvency Arrangement (CICIA)

A doctorat for Xinyi Gong, that was the result after the defense of her PhD ‘A Balanced Way for China’s Inter-Regional Cross-Border Insolvency Cooperation’. This all took place at the University of Leiden, last Tuesday. I acted as her supervisor (promotor). Earlier on this blog (2016-09-doc8) I explained that her research analyses the rather peculiar situation that the People’s Republic… Read More »2016-09-doc12 Towards China’s Inter-regional Cross-border Insolvency Arrangement (CICIA)

2016-10-doc7 Book reviews EIR Recast

Recently published in European Company Law (no. 4, 2016) my review of two recent books on the EU Insolvecy Regulation (recast): Reinhard Bork and Renato Mangano, European Cross-border Insolvency Law, and Gabriel Moss, Ian F. Fletcher and Stuart Isaacs (eds.), The EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings, 3rd. ed, both published by Oxford University Press 2016. See eucl_wessels_13-4.pdf

2016-09-doc10 Raadsheer-plv Hof Den Haag; enkele herinneringen

Raadsheer-plaatsvervanger Gerechtshof Den Haag; enkele herinneringen, door Bob Wessels, professor emeritus Internationaal insolventierecht Universiteit van Leiden; Raadsheer-plaatsvervanger Gerechtshof Den Haag (1988-2016) ‘Shall we meet at 9 a.m. in front of the hotel?’, vroeg ik begin dit jaar aan een bevriende Italiaanse rechter. We waren uitgenodigd om the spreken over communicatie en samenwerking tussen rechters die in verschillende landen moeten oordelen… Read More »2016-09-doc10 Raadsheer-plv Hof Den Haag; enkele herinneringen