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2016-02-doc11 4th ed. Int’l Insolvency Law Part I

Wessels International Insolvency Law Part I. Global Perspectives on Cross-Border Insolvency Law, 4th ed., 2015, is one of my latest books. Take a peek view at its contents in this flyer: folder-insolvencylaw-a4.pdf For ordering it (for non-Dutch persons) send an e-mail to marc.ten.buuren@wolterskluwer.com, and mention Company name and contact person, Billing and shipping address, Number… Read More »2016-02-doc11 4th ed. Int’l Insolvency Law Part I

2016-02-doc6 Nordic-Baltic Recommendations on Insolvency Law

The Nordic-Baltic Insolvency Network was established in 2010. The network contains five EU Member States (Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) and two other countries: Norway and Denmark. The main reason for its establishment was the financial crisis that the Baltic States had endured. It revealed that there were considerable… Read More »2016-02-doc6 Nordic-Baltic Recommendations on Insolvency Law

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

2015-12-doc13 Shareholders and their position in insolvency

The treatment of shareholders in the insolvency of companies is a current research project co-led by the Bank of Italy and the World Bank. Research areas are (1) Shareholders’ Liability for the Distress of the Company, (2) Shareholders’ Powers over the Management During Insolvency Proceedings, and (3) The Treatment of… Read More »2015-12-doc13 Shareholders and their position in insolvency

2015-12-doc11 CJEU 10 December 2015, C-594/14 (Kornhaas v Dithmar)

The numbers say that over 10,000 English limited companies (Ltd’s) operate in Germany. The company director is registered in the Companies register in England, but with a branch active in Germany, which is reistered in German company registers. On 10 December 2015 the Court of Justice of the European Union… Read More »2015-12-doc11 CJEU 10 December 2015, C-594/14 (Kornhaas v Dithmar)