YANIL is a branch of the INSOL Europe Academic Forum which brings together postgraduate students, PhD candidates, early career academics and young professionals with an interest in academic research in the field of insolvency law. More than 15 years after its establishment, YANIL has now grown to include over 200 members from different jurisdictions, in Europe and beyond.
7th YANIL Research Workshop, Portugal, October 2026.
Since 2019, YANIL has been organising annual workshops which welcome postgraduate and doctoral students who wish to disseminate and discuss their research and insolvency law.
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YANIL Board
The current members of the YANIL Board are:- Prof Giulia Ballerini (YANIL Chair), Assistant professor at the University of Padua, Italy.
- Dr Guillem Gabriel-Pizarro, Assistant Professor of Private International Law at the University of Barcelona, Spain.
- Dr Fabian Kratzlmeier, Senior research fellow at the Max-Planck-Institute Tax Law, Germany.
- Prof Jonatan Schytzer, Associate professor at the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
- Dr Vasile Rotaru, Research fellow at Harvard University, USA.
- Dr Defne Tasman, Researcher at the University of Antwerp, Belgium.
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The past members of the YANIL Board are: Dr. Gert-Jan Boon (2019-2024, immediate past Chair), Dr. David Ehmke (2019-2023), Dr. Jennifer Gant (2019-2021, past Chair), Dr. Emilie Ghio (2019-2024), Dr. Line Langkjaer (2019-2022), Dr. Eugenio Vaccari (2021-2023).
Become YANIL member!
If you wish to become a member of YANIL, please email us at: yanil@insol-europe.org - with your full name, affiliation, and your interests/ research topics. Membership is free!
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Last updated 17 October 2026.