Principles of International Insolvency 2nd ed

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