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When I flagged the book ‘Corporate Restructuring and Insolvency in Asia 2020’ last April, I commented on the book. It’s a pleasure to do so again, on the occassion of what promisses to be my first self produced vlog (in English). For me, this is a memorable moment, having produced my first blog 14 years ago, in September 2006 (on… Read More »2020-09-doc2 Corporate restructuring in Asia

During the last decade, in Dutch Law Schools, in the field of private law (including corporate and insolvency law), gradually an emphasis has been placed on empirical legal studies. Traditionally, the nature of the study of law is rather descriptive (what is the law?) and normative (what should it be?). Empirical legal science mainly concerns the consequences of the application… Read More »2020-07-doc4 Making sense of business failure

A major achievement in Asia in the first half year of 2020 was the publication of the Asian Principles of Business Restructuring. It is the result of a study undertaken by the Asian Business Law Institute (ABLI) and the International Insolvency Institute (III), and I have been reviewing closely its development as a member of its Advisory Committee. With this… Read More »2020-06-doc5 Asian Principles of Business Restructuring.

Oxford University Press has published the edited volume based on the European Law Institute’s (ELI) project ‘Rescue of Business in Insolvency Law’. The project ran from 2013 to 2017 under the auspices of the ELI. It was conducted by professor Bob Wessels (emeritus University of Leiden) and professor Stephan Madaus (Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg). They were assisted by Gert-Jan… Read More »20220-06-doc2 Publication of book on Rescue of Business in Europe