Principles of International Insolvency

Philip R Wood (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

1100 Seiten

2007 | 2nd edition
Sweet & Maxwell (Verlag)
978-1-84703-210-2 (ISBN)

Infos

This title covers the essentials of international insolvency with a very practical slant, providing the reader with a comparative overview of insolvency law and practice in the key jurisdictions of the world. The intention is to illustrate how the concepts and analyses raised throughout #The Law and Practice of International Finance# series may be applied in a real world setting.

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Practical guidance on insolvency law for international financial transactions

* Provides comparative studies of key areas of international insolvency law, including: judicial reorganisations and plans, private restructuring agreements and workouts, liquidations, the liabilities of corporate directors and lender liability, voidable preferences, priorities, trusts and custodianship, the impact of insolvency on contracts and leases as well as bank insolvencies and state insolvencies
* Provides snapshots of insolvency laws worldwide
* Discusses conflict of laws on insolvency, including the EU Insolvency Regulation and the Uncitral Model Law

Inhalt

Part one # General. Introduction. Comparison of work-outs, judicial rescues and liquidations. Part two # Jurisdictions of the World. Legal families of the world. Indicators of insolvency law. Anglo-American common law jurisdictions. Napoleonic jurisdictions. Roman-Germanic jurisdictions. Other groups of jurisdictions. Part three # Insolvency Topics. Entry criteria for insolvency proceedings; stays on claimants. Management of insolvency proceedings. The bankruptcy ladder of priorities. Bankrupt#s property and trusts; publicity. Non-consensual trusts and tracing. Security interests. Insolvency set-off. Contracts, leases and forfeitures. Avoidance of preferences. Selected preference laws. Director liability. Shareholder and other third party liability. Part four # Workouts and reorganisations. Private restructuring agreements; work-outs. Lender Liability. Judicial reorganisation plans. Part five # Special debtors. Bank insolvencies. State insolvency. Insolvency of individuals and other debtors. Part 6 - Conflict of laws. Insolvency conflict of laws: introduction and jurisdiction. Recognition of foreign insolvency stays and representatives. Applicable law. EU Insolvency Regulation. UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.6.2007
• Zusatzinfo: col. Illustrations, col. maps
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• ISBN-10: 1-84703-210-9 / 1847032109
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84703-210-2 / 9781847032102
• Zustand: Neuware