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Book SynopsisCross-border insolvency is an increasingly topical issue and cross-border insolvency practice continues to develop rapidly. Cross-Border Insolvency: A Commentary on the UNCITRAL Model Law (Fourth Edition) is an updated, enhanced edition covering the national implementation of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency. Written by specialists from each jurisdiction, this new edition provides an in-depth, article-by-article analysis of the local enactment and application of the model law in each of the jurisdictions concerned, alongside consideration of the relationship between the model law and any existing cross-border insolvency jurisprudence. Each chapter adopts essentially the same format for ease of reference, addressing key concepts such as the centre of main interests, court-to-court communication, enforcement of security interests and the protection of debtors and creditors. New to the fourth edition are chapters on Chile, Gibraltar and the Philippines with an expanded South African chapter to include the OHADA countries.This major new edition is an invaluable guide to the local application and comparative analysis of the model law for anyone dealing with cross-border insolvency issues. Lawyers in private practice or in-house, insolvency practitioners, government authorities, academics and students will find this expanded edition an essential addition to their library.
Trade ReviewReview for previous edition: The book is a must-read for judges. -- Professor Bob Wessels
In summary, this is an invaluable reference text on how the Model Law has thus far been adopted. It serves as a useful aide-mémoire to the status of the text in the jurisdictions covered and is thus of great utility to a range of potential users. -- Paul Omar
Table of ContentsIntroduction 7 Marcel Willems Kennedy Van der Laan NV Cash pooling and the 9 EU Insolvency Regulation Bart de Man Jeroen Postma Kennedy Van der Laan NV Argentina 17 Tomás M Araya M&M Bomchil Abogados Mario Benjamín Terán Lawyer Daniela A Bianchi Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal Austria 35 Arno Brauneis bkp Rechtsanwälte Australia 45 Ian Walker Minter Ellison Belgium 59 Tom Geudens Yves Lenders Pieter Meeus Lydian Canada 75 Mary Arzoumanidis Jeffrey Carolan Royal Bank of Canada China 89 Rogier van Bijnen Kathleen Cao R&P China Lawyers Cyprus 105 Venetia Argyropoulou Alexandra Pelaghias-Christodoulou Pelaghias, Christodoulou, Vrachas LLC Czech Republic 121 Ernst Giese Mária Piacˇková Giese & Partner, vos Denmark 135 Carsten Ceutz Thomas Frøbert Morten Krogsgaard Bech-Bruun England 151 Charles Kerrigan Olswang LLP Estonia 173 Martin Mäesalu Raino Paron Tõnis Vahesaar Raidla Ellex Finland 185 Pekka Jaatinen Anna-Kaisa Remes Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd France 199 Amélie Dorst Anja Droege Gagnier BMH Avocats Germany 213 Daniela Mader Kirsten Schümann-Kleber GÖRG Greece 229 Constantinos N Klissouras Christina K Papachristopoulou KP Law Firm Hungary 243 Melinda Pelikán Zsófia Polyák János Tóth Wolf Theiss Ireland 257 Daragh Bohan Frank Flanagan Mayson Hayes & Curran Italy 281 Flavio A Acerbi 5Lex Silvio Cavallo Domenico Gioia Paolo Manganelli Paul Hastings Cosimo Pennetta RCC Lex Japan 323 Naoya Ariyoshi Maya Ito Shinsuke Ushirobira Nishimura & Asahi Latvia 339 Diana Balkena BDO Legal Lithuania 347 Liudgardas Maculevicˇius Rödl & Partner Luxembourg 355 Franz Fayot Laurent Fisch FischFayot Mexico 371 Darío U Oscós Oscós Abogados Netherlands 379 Marcel Willems Kennedy Van der Laan NV Norway 395 Børge Grøttjord Kari Amalie Pettersen Grette DA Portugal 417 Miguel de Avillez Pereira Gómez-Acebo & Pombo Hugo Teixeira Abreu Advogados South Korea 429 Sang-Jin Ahn Keum-Ho Lee Steve Sunghwa Song Kim and Chang Spain 441 Maria Luisa de Alarcón Agustín Bou Carlos Pol Jausas Sweden 459 Kristina Einarsson Mathias Winge Setterwalls Switzerland 471 Benedict F Christ David Jenny Nadia Tarolli Schmidt VISCHER AG United States 483 Judith Elkin Judith Elkin PLLC Kourtney P Lyda Arsalan Muhammad Kelli Stephenson Norfleet Haynes and Boone, LLP About the authors 505
