12:00 – 13:15

Registration & Welcome Lunch

13.15 – 13:30

Welcome Address
Rodrigo Rodriguez

13:30 – 15:00

Session One – The Ever-Evolving Landscape of Preventive Restructuring

Session Chair: Rodrigo Rodriguez

Absolute Priority Rule Dilemmas - Case of Slovenia
Jaka Cepek
Abstract available here.

Effectiveness of Discharge of Debt of Entrepreneurs under the EU Law
Remigijus Jokubauskas

The Preventive Restructuring Directive and National Choices of Priority Rules: Sparking Convergence or Entrenching Past Approaches?
Sjur Swensen Ellingsæter
Abstract available here.

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee break

15:30 – 17:00

Session Two – Softer Sides of Corporate Rescue: A Closer Look at Social Fairness and Public Interest

Session Chair: Gert-Jan Boon

The Socio-legal Obstacles to the Rescue Culture
Emilie Ghio & Donald Thomson

Abstract available here.
 

Par Conditio Omnium Creditorum – Is it Just a Legend?
Eleni Moustaira
Abstract available here.

Securities Dominance – Once and Forever?
Paul J Omar & Christoph Paulus
Abstract available here.

17:00 – 18:00

The Gabriel Moss Memorial Lecture 

As the Wheel Turns: On Paradigm Shift and New Dynamics in Europe
Bob Wessels

18:30 – 19:30

Reception

19:30 – late

Academic Dinner

08:30 – 09:00

Retrieval Registration / Morning Coffee

09:00 – 10:30

Session Three – Harmonisation and Coordination in Cross-Border Insolvency and Restructuring 

Session Chair: Rolef de Weijs

The Jam in the Sandwich ― the EIR’s Strengths and Shortcomings in a Crypto-asset Market
Paula Moffatt & Dominik Skauradszun
Abstract available here.

Treatment of Intellectual Property Rights - Trademarks - in Cross-border Insolvency. Protection and Harmonisation through Supranational Statutory Mechanisms and EUIPO Best Practices
Nicoleta Mirela Nastasie

Definition of Insolvency
Michael Veder, Ben Schuijling, & Reinhard Bork
Outline available here.

10:30 – 11:00

Coffee Break

11:00 – 12:30

Session Four – Modern Issues Affecting Corporate Insolvency

Session Chair: Jessica Schmidt

A Principled Approach towards the Disclaimer of Environmental Liabilities: Lessons from Europe (and the Rest of the World)
Eugenio Vaccari & David Ehmke
Abstract available here.

A Sustainable Approach to Insolvency Law. Insights from EU Law and the Italian Model of WBOs
Giulia Pancioli
Abstract available here.

ESG Opportunities in Pre-bankruptcy and Corporate Restructuring: A Comparative Study of the US and the EU Approaches
Lidija Šimunović (co-authored with Christoph Henkel)

Abstract available here.
 

12:30 – 13:30

Lunch

13:30 – 15:00

Session Five – Asset Tracing and Transaction Avoidance

Session Chair: Eugenio Vaccari

Tracing and Attaching Bank Accounts in EU Cross-border Insolvency Proceedings
Antonio Leandro
Abstract available here.

Ukraine vs UK: Limitation Period for Transaction Avoidance: (Un)limiting the Possibilities of Asset Recovery in Insolvency?
Olha Stakheyeva-Bogovyk  
Abstract available here.

Distressed Financing and Transaction Avoidance
Marko Bratković & Antun Bilić
Abstract available here.

15:00 – 15:30

Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00

Session Six – Edwin Coe Practitioners Forum: The Changing Paradigm of Director’ Duties

Session Chair: Jennifer Gant

The Bankruptcy Rush: Rethinking Director Duties in Crisis
Adi Marcovich Gross
Abstract available here.

Between Rescue Culture and Creditor Protection: Current and Possible (Future) European Rules on Directors’ Liability in the Vicinity of Insolvency
Borko Mihajlović
Abstract available here.

The Purpose of Directors’ Duties in the Insolvency Context – a Critical Assessment Based on Empirical Data from Austria and the Netherlands
Jessie Pool & Georg Wabl
Abstract available here.

Harmonization of the Directors´ Duty to Initiate Insolvency Proceedings?
Anna Zemandlová
Abstract available here.

17:00 – 17:15

Closing Address
Rodrigo Rodriguez / Jennifer Gant