Past events


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Academic Forum Online Lecture: Professor N. Bermejo

Academic Forum Online Lecture: Professor N. Bermejo

Date
20-05-2021
Location
Zoom

Registration now open!

Session time: 16:00 - 17:20 CET


INSOL Europe's Academic Forum is excited to announce an online lecture by esteemed Professor N. Bermejo, on the topic of "Public Creditors in Preventive Restructuring Frameworks: Considerations in the light of the Pandemic Crisis", to be held online on 20 May 2021.

Nuria Bermejo is Professor on Commercial Law (“Profesora Titular”) at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain) since 2008. From March 2008 to October 2015, she was Legal Secretary (“Référendaire”) at the EU General Court (Luxembourg). She has lectured in other Spanish universities, as well as in European higher education institutions and South-American universities.

About Professor N. Bermejo
She obtained her Law Degree (1994) and PhD Degree (2000) from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. She is an active member of different Research Projects related to Insolvency and Corporate Law.

Since the publication of her first book (Créditos y quiebra, Civitas, Madrid, 2002), she has published widely in scientific journals and books in these fields. She is one of the scientific editors of the Revista de Derecho Concursal y Paraconcursal and Member of the Instituto Iberoamericano de Derecho concursal.

Her most recent work includes the following publications: with F. Garcimartín, “Involving Secured Creditors in Restructuring Proceedings”, in P. Omar/J. Gant (eds.) Research Handbook on Corporate Restructuring, (E. Elgar, 2021, forthcoming), “El apoyo público a la solvencia empresarial y el privilegio del crédito público (o lo que cabe esperar de este privilegio)”, Anuario de Derecho Concursal (2021); “Los protocolos en la reestructuración de los grupos de sociedades”, Anuario de Derecho Concursal (2021) and “Protocols in the Restructuring of Groups of Companies” (Springer, 2021, forthcoming); “Set-off and Insolvency in the Context of Intermediated Debt Securities: the Spanish Approach”, Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (2020); “Separación de activos, garantías intragrupo e insolvencia”, in Las reestructuraciones de las sociedades de capital en crisis (Thomson-Reuters, 2019); “La prenda de créditos futuros y los contratos pendientes de ejecución en el concurso”, InDret (2018).

She has also edited the book “Las reestructuraciones de las sociedades de capital en crisis (Thomson-Reuters, 2019), with Professors Martínez-Flórez and Recalde.
 
The Academic Forum is pleased to announce the generous support of Edwin Coe LLP.

 
Experiences, evolutions and perspectives in business law in the post-pandemic era

Experiences, evolutions and perspectives in business law in the post-pandemic era

Date
13-05-2021
Location
Online

The International Conference on Business Law on 13-15 May 2021 is organized by the Romanian Institute of Commercial Law, INSOL Europe and the Faculties of Law of Babeș-Bolyai University, Romanian-American University, Nicolae Titulescu University and Titu Maiorescu University. 

The conference aims to bring together leading academic scholars and proffesionals, to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Business Law. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Business Law.
 
The presentations and discussions of renowned speakers will focus on both technical aspects and "policy" approaches in all areas of business law, to provide current solutions to business law issues.

During the INSOL Europe panel, on 13 May, from 13:30 to 15:00, Prof. Christoph G. Paulus, Prof. Paul J. Omar and Prof. Tomáš Richter, together with the moderator, Prof. univ. dr. Gheorghe Piperea will discuss the implementation of Directive 2019/1023.
 
The conference will be broadcasted live on the main page of JURIDICE.ro
For more details visit the conference website.

For more details email INSOL Europe's EECC Co-Chair, Niculina Somlea, or: office@irdc.ro

Conference Report

Read a report of the conference by Niculina Somlea here.
Joint INSOL Europe and INSOL International Online Seminar

Joint INSOL Europe and INSOL International Online Seminar

Date
15-04-2021
Location
Online
 

INSOL International and INSOL Europe will present an online seminar on 15 April 2021 with speakers drawn from across the sector.


The seminar will address global hot-topics, looking at digital assets and insolvency and Covid-19 national temporary legislation. This is a great opportunity to focus on the things that matter most in the global economy right now and hear from thought leaders from across the globe.

The virtual seminar will be held on Zoom over two sessions, the first starting at 9am – 10:30am BST and the second at 6pm – 7:30pm BST.

Registration Fees
INSOL International and INSOL Europe Members: £30.00
Non-Members: £50.00

Further information
If you have any questions, please contact:
Harriet Norman (INSOL International), harriet.norman@insol.org 
or Harriet Taylor (INSOL Europe), harriet@insol-europe.org

We look forward to an exciting event.


With thanks to our Sponsors

Main Sponsors

www.ogier.com
Download Ogier's 'At a glance guide to Restructuring and Corporate Recovery'


www.hfw.com


Session Sponsor
bnt attorneys in CEE - www.bnt.eu
 

If you would like information about the sponorship opportunities for this event, please contact Sponsorship Manager, Hannah Denney for details.

INSOL Europe: Spring Online Conference 2021

INSOL Europe: Spring Online Conference 2021

Date
04-03-2021
Location
Online

Registration now open - download the full programme here!

Online Sessions: 4 & 18 March 2021
Session Time: 12:25 - 14:05 CET


We are pleased to announce that our new Spring Online Conference is now being prepared for March 2021. Conference Co-Chairs Clarissa Nitsch (Co-Chair of the Young Members Group / Binder Groesswang Attorneys at Law, Austria) and John Briggs (South Square, UK) have prepared a fascinating programme for INSOL Europe which is not to be missed! 

There will be two sessions (4 & 18 March) held on Zoom, each lasting 1.5 hours, both facilitated by Chris Laughton (Mercer & Hole, UK). Each session will feature a Keynote speaker and two live panels with a hand-picked selection of international experts speaking on a range of highly relevant and important topics including:

  • EU Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency (update on transposition)
  • Aviation in crisis: recent cases
  • Jurisdiction, recognition and enforcement under Brexit: the UK and the EU
  • Experiences on the front line – insolvency practice in the pandemic.

We are very pleased to announce the following Keynote Speakers for this conference:

William Keegan is a British journalist and author. He was Economics Editor of The Observer from 1977 to 2003, and continues to contribute to the paper as a Senior Economics Commentator. In 2009 Keegan received a CBE for services to journalism.
Professor Georg E. KodekWU - Vienna University of Economics and Business; Judge of the Austrian Supreme Court since 2006 and professor for Civil and Commercial Law at the Vienna School of Economics and Business Administration since 2007.

Registration will be €50+VAT for members or €75+VAT for non-members.

Further information
More details will be posted here when available. If you have any queries, please contact Event Manager, Harriet Taylor. In the meantime, keep your diary free for these special events!

Certificate of Attendance
A certificate of attendance will be provided after the conference on application to
Harriet Taylor which participants can use as evidence of training to apply for CPE points.
 

With thanks to our Sponsors

Main Sponsors

www.moonbeever.com



abreuadvogados.com

Session Sponsors

South Square - www.southsquare.com

 
Joint Virtual Fraud Conference

Joint Virtual Fraud Conference

Date
02-02-2021
Location
Online

The Fraud Advisory Panel, R3 and INSOL Europe will be holding a joint virtual conference on 2 and 3 February 2021.

This virtual conference will focus on topics related to global financial crime, tackling rogue companies, UK compensation orders, asset tracing, cryptocurrency fraud, and digital forensics, with speakers from international police agencies, insolvency and fraud specialists, academics and many more.

The full programme has now been added to the event website at www.thefraudconference.com

Discounts for members:
INSOL Europe members should request a special discount code from Hannah Denney.
We are also offering a free fourth place for any firm registering three places. Please contact Hannah Denney for details.