Alastair Beveridge
President of
INSOL Europe

Our 2019 EECC Conference in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 6-7 June is now only one week away.

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Aside from the technical programme, on 6 June (Thursday) there is a pre-conference networking dinner at the restaurant Gostilna na Gradu in the Castle grounds during which the guests can have a taste of both Slovenia’s culinary and music traditions.

On Friday evening there is the Young Members drinks reception at the Vander Hotel Rooftop Terrace Bar, with limited spaces, so booking in advance is essential by contacting one of the Young Members Group chairs, Anne Bach or Georges-Louis Harang.

We hope you will take up the many opportunities to enjoy our conference in Ljubljana and we look forward to seeing you there!

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INSOL Europe
Annual Congress 
Copenhagen, Denmark 
26-29 September 2019

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On Thursday 16 May, Evert Verwey (co-chair of the INSOL Europe EECC) and Emmanuelle Inacio (co-chair of the INSOL Europe High-Level Course on Insolvency) co-moderated the INSOL Europe panel session devoted to the implementation of a rescue culture. The panellists invited to join the INSOL Europe panel were Christina Fussi (Co-Chair of the Insolvent Financial Institutions Subcommittee of the IBA Insolvency Section), Carrie-Ann James (Vice-President of the Insolvency Practitioners Association), Edward Olevinsky (head of the Advisory Council of the Russian Union of Self-Regulated Organizations of Arbitration Managers) and Artur Trapitsyn (member of the Board of the Russian Union of Self-Regulated Organizations of Arbitration Managers and chairman of the Self-Regulated Organization of Arbitration Managers "Merkuriy").

After a presentation of INSOL Europe, the panel took the form of a discussion where the participants identified the main elements of the pre-insolvency procedures in their own jurisdictions and presented the future directive on preventive restructuring frameworks as an opportunity to seize not only to harmonise the rescue culture in the European Union but beyond, which was greatly welcomed by our Russian hosts.

INSOL Europe was proud to be present at the 2018 and 2019 SPBILF which has emerged as a foremost international platform for discussing a broad range of urgent questions confronting the contemporary international community of legal professionals.

The One Day Seminar jointly organised by INSOL International and INSOL Europe on Wednesday 22 May 2019 drew together in the beautiful city of Stockholm, 81 registered delegates from ten jurisdictions, namely Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Belgium, France, The Netherlands, the UK and Australia, reports Emma Inacio, INSOL Europe Technical Officer.

Despite the sunny weather and temperatures reaching 30°C degrees outside, the delegates did not quit the Seminar room of the Grand Hôtel due to the topical programme prepared by the chair and main organising Committee.

The welcome speech was given by the president of INSOL Europe, Alastair Beveridge (AlixPartners, UK). Following on from the successful seminars in 2017 in Tel Aviv and in 2018 in Helsinki, Alastair announced that INSOL International and INSOL Europe were delighted to organise their 2019 Joint One Day Seminar in Stockholm with the support of restructuring professionals from across the Nordic region. Indeed, the cooperation between both organisations which act at a global and local level is indispensable and should be maintained for the future.

A full report will be published in the next edition of Eurofenix.

By its order of 10 October 2018, the Supreme Court of Estonia refused permission to appeal in Civil Matter No.2-17-17487, thereby approving the order of the Tallinn District Court dated 27 July 2018. In this matter, the bankruptcy of an individual was declared in Estonia, despite the fact that the debtor argued that his centre of main interests (“COMI”) was in the United Arab Emirates. The Estonian courts took the position that the debtor could not rely on the Recast EIR in cases where the COMI of the debtor lies outside the EU. 

As a result, the Estonian courts declared the bankruptcy of the debtor in Estonia by applying the Estonian Bankruptcy Code and the Code of Civil Procedure without determining the COMI, relying on the argument that the debtor lived in Estonia. Overall, the outcome is unusual. On the one hand, Estonian courts found that COMI was outside the EU and that the EIR was inapplicable, but, on the other hand, they nonetheless opened a main insolvency procedure in Estonia by declaring the bankruptcy of the debtor in Estonia. Anto Kasak, Partner, Advokaadibüroo Kasak & Missik, Tallinn reports on this contradictory case. Read the full Inside Story and other articles here.

If you would like the opportunity to have your Inside Story published in a future edition, please email Communications Manager, Paul Newson for details.

At the end of March INSOL Europe’s Council approved the formation of a new wing “Legal Tech & Digital Assets” and appointed Frank Heemann (bnt attorneys in CEE), José Carles (Carles Cuesta Abogados) and Laurent Le Pajolec (Exco A2A Polska) as its co-chairs. The wing is currently in its set-up phase. Members interested in joining and contributing to the wing’s activities are invited to contact one of the three co-chairs.

The new wing will operate as specialized working group bundling and developing know-how and expertise in the field of legal technology and digital assets, thus enabling INSOL Europe to successfully implement its goals and strategies in times of an ever increasing impact of modern technology. 

The general goals of the wing are to:

• Study & develop the legal framework for legal tech & digital assets
• Educate & train members (e.g. by way of conference panels, seminars, a new column in eurofenix dedicated to legal tech & digital assets)
• Attract new members (including new type of members from the legal tech industry)

At the beginning, the wing will focus on the following two projects:

Associations / Organizations / contact persons on a national level
We will screen and collect information about associations & organizations that have been formed and are active on a national level in the area of legal tech & digital assets. The aim is to create a database of relevant organizations & associations with contact persons in order to enable INSOL Europe and our wing to approach these players for information sharing and future projects.

Monitoring and informing about developments, products, services, providers
We will establish a process to monitor the developments in the field of legal tech & digital assets and to inform INSOL Europe members on developments, products, services, providers. A new column for legal tech & digital will be one of the communication channels for this purpose. 

Other projects will also depend on the composition of the wing and the involvement of its members. More information will follow regarding the wing's activities.

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