Subjects:

Banking and Finance

Contents:

Part 1: General

1. Introduction

2. Comparison of work-outs judicial rescues and liquidations

Part 2: Jurisdictions of the World

3. Legal families of the world

4. Indicators of insolvency law

5. Anglo-American common law jurisdictions

6. Napoleonic jurisdictions

7. Roman-Germanic jurisdictions

8. Other groups of jurisdictions

Part 3: Insolvency Topics

9. Entry criteria for insolvency proceedings, stays on claimants

10. Management of insolvency proceedings

11. The bankruptcy ladder of priorities

12. Bankrupts property and trusts, publicity

13. Non-consensual trusts and tracing

14. Security interests

15. Insolvency Set-off

16. Contracts, leases and forfeitures

17. Avoidance of preferences

18. Selected preference laws

19. Director liability

20. Shareholder and other third party liability

Part 4: Work-outs and reorganisations

21. Private restructuring agreements (work-outs)

22. Lender Liability

23. Judicial reorganisation plans

Part 5: Special debtors

24. Bank insolvencies

25. State insolvency

26. Insolvency of individuals and other debtors

Part 6: Conflict of laws

27. Insolvency conflict of laws: introduction and jurisdiction

27. Recognition of foreign insolvency stays and representatives

28. Applicable law

29. EU Insolvency Regulation and bank and insurance directives

30. UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency

Volume 1 in the Law & Practice of International Finance Series

This volume provides the most comprehensive and advanced study of insolvency law and practice in the world, providing the reader with a comparative overview of the law and practice in nearly all the world’s jurisdictions. Together with detailed analysis of substantive bankruptcy laws in the world’s major jurisdictions and snapshots of insolvency laws worldwide, it contains comparative studies of:

• Judicial reorganisations and plans
• Private restructuring agreements and workouts
• Liquidations
• The liabilities of corporate directors and lender liability
• Conflict of laws on insolvency, including the EU Insolvency Regulation and the UNCITRAL Model Law
• Voidable preferences
• Priorities, trusts and custodianship
• The impact of insolvency on contracts and leases
• Bank insolvencies and state insolvencies