INSOL International Academics’ Group

2015 Colloquium: March 21-22, San Francisco

Draft Programme (as at 25.11.2014)

The draft programme which appears below indicates the speakers who have already offered to deliver papers in San Francisco, with their proposed titles (where settled).

Insolvency and human rights

This session is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jan van Apeldoorn (1946-2014), a long-standing member of the Academics’ Group whose passionate commitment to the study of human rights culminated in the publication in 2012 of his book, Human Rights in Insolvency Proceedings, based upon the thesis for which he was awarded his Doctorate by the University of Tilburg.

Human Rights in Insolvency Proceedings

and the European Convention on Human Rights

Professor Georg Kodek, University of Vienna

The relationship between the European Insolvency Regulation

and the Right to Property

Nicolas Croquet, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP, Brussels

Revision of the European Insolvency Regulation – where are we now?

(Title to be confirmed) Samantha Bewick, KPMG; Fellow, INSOL International

Comparison and harmonisation of insolvency laws – within Europe and elsewhere

Harmonisation of EU insolvency law and path dependency theory

Professor Irene Lynch-Fannon, University College Cork

Shall we borrow a leaf from the UK?

Directors’ liability in insolvency – Canada and UK in context

Wendy Akpareva, Nottingham Trent University

Special focus on US bankruptcy law – potential reform of Chapter 11, and other issues

Recent developments under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code

and what they tell us about the Model Law

Professor Adrian Walters, Chicago Kent University

American exceptionalism and Chapter 15

of the Bankruptcy Code: a view from England

Professor Gerard McCormack, University of Leeds

The treatment of intangible property – including IP rights – in insolvency

The importance of valuing intangible assets in corporate reorganisations

Professor Jassmine Girgis, University of Calgary

The effect of life and other insurance policy benefits on the property of an insolvent person – comparing the old with the new

Zingapi Mabe, UNISA, Pretoria

Can a debtor waive rights to property envisaged in s.82(6) of the Insolvency Act 1936 in application for voluntary surrender?

Professor Roger Evans, UNISA, Pretoria

Rescue and Resolution: New visions for corporates and financial institutions

Rethinking the law of corporate distress

Dr. Sarah Patterson, LSE, London

"Effective Corporate Rescue Needs a Sniper, not a Shotgun":Forum Shopping for Corporate Restructurings in Europe from a German Perspective

Dr. Annika Wolf, European University Institute, Florence

Post-commencement financing within the Commonwealth

and beyond – trawling for inspiration

Dr. Bolanle Adebola, UCL, London

Studies in convergence? Post-crisis effects on corporate rescue and the influence of social policy – the EU and the USA

Jennifer Gant, Nottingham Trent University

“Bank resolution” (title to be confirmed)

Professor Christoph Henkel, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Miss.

Consumer insolvency – fresh approaches

The fresh start policy and the Great Recession: policymakers’ unconvincing commitment to household debt relief in Ireland’s new Personal Insolvency Act

Dr. Joseph Spooner, LSE, London

Consumer over-indebtedness, responsible lending and the insolvency of natural persons: the need for a comprehensive reform

Dr. Federico Ferretti, Brunel University, UK

UNCITRAL projects, including insolvencies of SME’s; jurisdiction in closely-related proceedings

The new UNCITRAL projects - enforcement of judgements,

international groups, directors’duties in a group context

Dr. Irit Mevorach, World Bank (TBC)

Recognition and enforcement of foreign

Insolvency-derived judgments: an Australian perspective

Professor Ros Mason, Queensland University of Technology

The promise of Cambridge Gas – a SAAD deflation?

Professor Paul Omar, Nottingham Trent University

Insolvency practitioners: remuneration; regulation; recognition

The costs and benefits of regulating the market for insolvency practitioner fees

Dr. Jennifer Dickfos, Griffith University, Queensland

The regulation of the insolvency practitioner in Australia – expectations and reality

Dr Colin Anderson and Catherine Brown,

Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane

Recent trends in remuneration of insolvency

practitioners in Australia – are we going the right way?

Jim Johnson, Frederick Jordan Chambers, Sydney

Insolvency practitioners as officers of the court, and the Rule in Ex Parte James Professor David Brown, University of Adelaide

Insolvency practitioner fees in the UK – an empirical study

Professor Peter Walton, University of Wolverhampton

Research forum: presentations on current research projects by Group members and by their research students

Project for an historical study of corporate law and policy

Professor Harry Rajak, University of Sussex (TBC)

Research into directors’ liability

Luca Pappalardo, PhD student,

University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy.

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