Objective

The purpose of this course is to introduce lawyers to practical aspects of cross-border insolvency proceedings. Insolvency laws, EU legislation and major CJEU case law will be presented.

Key topics

• Recast EU Insolvency Regulation, inter alia
• Centre of main interest (COMI) and forum shopping
• Coordination of proceedings
• Insolvency, cross-border security and rights in rem
• New Directive on insolvency, restructuring and second chance
• Brexit and insolvency

Who should attend?

Lawyers practising or intending to practise in the field of insolvency law and insolvency administrators seeking an introduction to cross-border insolvency law.

Speakers

Rowan Aspinwall, Legal Director, DLA Piper, London

Florian Bruder, Rechtsanwalt, Counsel, DLA Piper, Munich

Jens Haubold, Partner, Thümmel, Schütze & Partner, Stuttgart

Björn Laukemann, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law

Clara Mara-Marhuenda, Partner in the Dispute Resolution and Commercial & Insolvency Practices, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg

Grégory Minne, Partner in the Banking & Financial Services, 
the Bank Lending & Structured Finance and the Commercial & Insolvency Practices, Arendt & Medernach, Luxembourg

Nicolaes W.A. Tollenaar, Partner, RESOR, Amsterdam

Patrick Wautelet, Professor at the University of Liège

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Social programme
After a day's intensive training, enjoy our varied social programme: the course dinner with fellow participants, wine-tasting in the Mosel vineyards and a tour of the historic city of Trier.

Language: English

Organiser: Academy of European Law (ERA), Dr Angelika Fuchs

Event number: 118B04