ABI/ INSOL EUROPE UPDATED INFORMATION

I - FUTURE EVENTS

  • INSOL Europe Eastern European Countries Committee Conference

Date: 07/05/2010 - 08/05/2010

Location: Timisoara, ROMANIA

Organisation:INSOL Europe

Covering:

• Learning from the financial crisis – lessons from Eastern & Western Europe

• Cross border issues

• Restructuring & turnaround in Eastern Europe

• Chapter 11 – implications for Eastern Europe

• Teamwork – bringing together different professional skills

• Case studies and panel discussions

  • 30th INSOL Europe Annual Congress

Date:13/10/2010 - 17/10/2010

Location:Vienna, AUSTRIA

Organisation:INSOL Europe

  • 31st INSOL Europe Annual Congress

Date22/09/2011 - 25/09/2011

LocationVenice, ITALY

OrganisationINSOL Europe

For more information please visit:

II - PUBLICATIONS

  1. EUROFENIX

Eurofenix is the official quarterly journal of INSOL Europe. It is essential reading for INSOL Europe members, licensed insolvency practitioners and all professionals involved in business recovery throughout Europe. Eurofenix is sent to all INSOL Europe members providing unique access to Europe’s leading insolvency professionals and academics.

Eurofenix has a truly pan-European approach, with an editorial board drawn from a variety of jurisdictions and backgrounds. News, interviews and features are written by insolvency practitioners and representatives of wider interest groups, eg bankers and lenders, from all jurisdictions. Regular content includes:

  • Cross-jurisdictional surveys and analysis of key issues
  • Legal news and commentary
  • Jurisdiction case studies, including EU accession countries
  • Technical insights from the INSOL Europe Academic Forum
  • INSOL Europe news, reviews and events

Note that non members have access to previous editions.

If you are interested in the latest edition, please complete the following application form available at:

  1. EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

The Insolvency Law of Central and Eastern Europe

Twelve Country Screenings of the New Member and Candidate Countries of the European Union and Russia:A Comparative Analysis

Jens Lowitzsch (Ed.)

INSOL:

Nottingham (2007)

ISBN: 3-929619-43-1

Order enquiries: Caroline Taylor

email:

This book offers valuable insights, not only for new or ongoing legal reform and consolidation in the respective countries, but also for insolvency experts from countries with a longer insolvency tradition.

III - ACADEMIC FORUM

  1. PUBLICATIONS
  1. GUIDELINES

European Communication & Cooperation Guidelines for Cross-border Insolvency

Developed under the aegis of the Academic Wing of INSOL Europe by Professor Bob Wessels and Professor Miguel Virgos (July 2007)

For more information:

  1. PAPERS FROM THE INSOL EUROPE ACADEMIC FORUM:
  • Joint Insolvency Conference at Leiden (5 - 6 June 2008), on the theme of "Crossing (Dutch) Borders in Insolvency"
  • Annual Conference (1 - 2 October 2008), on the theme of "The Intersection of Company and Insolvency Law"

The publications contain papers delivered by speakers and panellists at those conferences. Ancillary texts (draft laws and rules) debated at the conferences are also included. The texts form a comprehensive report of the conferences and contain accounts of recent research in the insolvency field that will be useful for academics and practitioners alike.

For more information:

  1. NEWS FROM THE ACADEMIC FORUM

70 registered delegates from 19 jurisdictions attended to the Academic Forum’s Annual Conference on 30thSeptember to 1stOctober 2009 in Stockholm. Two themes were on the Conference Programme, including “Updates on the European Insolvency Regulation (‘EIR’)” as well as “State Aids and Insolvency”. They would be published as two new additional Technical Series Publications arising from events organized by the INSOL Europe Academic Forum as well as the Joint Insolvency Conference at Brighton, UK (26-27 March 2009) on the theme of “Celebrating the 30 years since Publication of the Cork Report”.

Papers from past INSOL Europe Academic Forum events are available for members at:

IV - TURNAROUND WING

A discussion paper regarding legal remedies, either out-of-court (consensual) restructurings or in-court-restructurings, provided by domestic legislations for insolvency practitioners facing ailing business is published on the website of INSOL Europe at:

Remarks and comments on this discussion paper are welcome.

As INSOL members, note that you can find more information on turnaround matters and take advantage of the special discount for the monthly international newsletter for company rescue and bankruptcy specialists, Global Turnaround, at:

V - EU RESEARCH NEWSLETTERS

EU Research Monthly Publications provide information which must be considered as an early warning for the INSOL Europe members. Reports are published on a monthly basis and available on the INSOL Europe website at:

VI – TECHNICAL SUBJECTS

  1. GLOSSARIES
CHANNEL ISLANDS
  • Channel Islands at October 2008
GERMANY
  • Introduction to Glossary of Insolvency Expressions for Germany
  • GERMANY GLOSSARY AT APRIL 2006
  • Germany glossary (German translation)
GIBRALTAR
  • Gibraltar glossary
GUERNSEY
  • Channel Islands at October 2008
ITALY
  • Introduction to Glossary of Insolvency Expressions for Italy At March 2007
  • GLOSSARY OF THE ITALIAN INSOLVENCY LAW AT MARCH 2007
  • Italian glossary (Italian translation)
JERSEY
  • Channel Islands at October 2008
LITHUANIA
  • REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA ENTERPRISE BANKRUPTCY LAW
SWITZERLAND
  • Introduction to Glossary of Insolvency Expressions for Switzerland At November 2006
  • Switzerland Glossary
  • Swiss glossary ( French translation)
  • Swiss glossary (German translation)
  • General introduction to the restructuring and insolvency legal framework in Switzerland
UNITED KINGDOM
  • Introduction to Glossary of Insolvency Expressions for England and Wales At August 2007
  • Glossary of Insolvency Expressions for England and Wales At August 2007
  • English glossary (French translation)
B.STATES REPORTS
  • NETHERLANDS state reports
  • ITALY state reports
  • LATVIA state reports
  • GERMANY state reports
  • POLAND state reports
  • ROMANIA state reports
C.EIR - ARTICLES 21 & 22

Please find Member States' procedures for publication and registration regarding the application of Articles 21 and 22 of the European Insolvency Regulation:

Please contact Chris Laughton () with amendments to, or questions or comments on this guidance.

VII. SPONSORSHIP AND ADVERTISING

Eurofenix is the most effective means for marketing your business to insolvency professionals across Europe.

  • Promote your organisation, products and services to decision makers throughout Europe
  • Access practitioners at the leading edge of their profession, including company partners and directors, consultants/ entrepreneurs, academics, judges and government officials
  • Published quarterly throughout the year
  • Online versions published in English and French

There is no comparable opportunity for regular access to Europe’s leading practitioners.

VIII. JOIN INSOL EUROPE TODAY

Benefits of membership include:

  • Glossary of terms and expressions used in member countries.
  • Access to forums to discuss changes in EU legislation
  • Access to commissioned articles
  • Access to the latest copy of Eurofenix

If you want to become a member, please complete the following application form: