(1) YANIL launches Academic Prize for innovative and outstanding research
The Younger Academic Network of Insolvency Law (YANIL) is pleased to announce the launch of the YANIL Research Prize for Innovative and Outstanding Research. With this Prize, YANIL aims to put the limelight on the excellent research produced by younger academics in the field of European insolvency and restructuring law.
YANIL, a branch of the INSOL Europe Academic Forum, provides a lively and supportive network for younger academics to grow their academic talents. In pursuit of its objectives, various initiatives to present and publish research have been developed in recent years.
A new challenge pressing YANIL is to ensure that the research of younger academics enjoys the attention it deserves and is disseminated as widely as possible. The refreshing ideas of younger academics, thanks to new questions, methods, or solutions proposed, are considered crucial for the development of the academic debate. With this new Prize, YANIL aims to raise awareness of their research and support them in pursuing an academic career.
Presenting the main findings in short video’s
In order to raise the awareness for the research, the Prize involves several opportunities to present the research. This includes creating a short video in which the main findings of the research are presented. The video will be submitted by the applicants along with their research output. The videos of the winning applicants will be considered for publication on the YANIL/INSOL Europe and BWILC website, along with an abstract of their paper.
Three Prizes for younger academics
The jury of this first edition of the Prize is comprised of the board of YANIL (Gert-Jan Boon, Giulia Ballerini, David Ehmke, Emilie Ghio, Jonatan Schytzer and Eugenio Vaccari) and the chair of the IEAF (Prof. Rodrigo Rodriguez).
For this year’s edition, three prizes may be awarded: 1st place EUR 750; 2nd place EUR 500; 3rd place EUR 250.
The winners will also be invited to present their paper at an online YANIL research seminar that will take place at the beginning of 2024.
Participating
The deadline for the submission is 4th November 2023. This edition welcomes submission for research that has been published (or is under review) in the period January 2022 to September 2023.
This prize is made possible with the financial support of the Foundation Bob Wessels Insolvency Law Collection (BWILC).
More information on the YANIL Prize for Innovative and Outstanding Research can be found below. The elibility and rules are found here.
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(2) Insolvency News
First Steps towards a New European Insolvency Instrument announced
The European Commission has announced the first steps in a possible new instrument in insolvency law. Building on the success of the European Insolvency Regulation Recast 2015 and the recently introduced Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks 2019, DG Justice is takin the lead on a project arising from the work of the Expert Group on Restructuring and Insolvency and has identified possible avenues to pursue towards the convergence of insolvency law rules within the EU.
As part of the first phase (stakeholders consultation), feedback on a "Roadmap" (or Impact Assessment) has been sought by DG Justice. This is a great opportunity to help determine the shape of the next insolvency law measure and European insolvency law overall, as well as the desirability of the proposal outlined by the European Commission. To this end, INSOL Europe members in all jurisdictions, but especially those in recent EU accession and candidate countries, can help by filling out the online questionnaire.
As part of the first phase (stakeholders consultation), feedback on a "Roadmap" (or Impact Assessment) has been sought by DG Justice. This is a great opportunity to help determine the shape of the next insolvency law measure and European insolvency law overall, as well as the desirability of the proposal outlined by the European Commission. To this end, INSOL Europe members in all jurisdictions, but especially those in recent EU accession and candidate countries, can help by filling out the online questionnaire.
The questionnaire can be found here.
Deadline: 9 December 2020
(3) YANIL Virtual Coffee Breaks
If you would like to present your research at one of our coffee breaks or attend the YANIL Virtual Coffee Breaks, please get in touch at yanil@insol-europe.org to be informed of the Zoom details for the event.2021:
- Wednesday 8 December - Showcasing Research - The Rise of Claims in Insolvency Law [Dr. Jonatan Schytzer (University of Uppsala) and Dr. Jennifer L.L. Gant (University of Derby)]
- Wednesday 13 October - Restructuring and Insolvency in the Reverse [Dr. Maurits den Hollander (Tilburg University) and Prof. em. Bob Wessels (Leiden University)]
- Wednesday 24 June 2021 - Recognition and enforcement of preventive restructuring proceedings (post-Brexit) [Prof. Jessica Schmidt (University of Bayreuth) and Dr. Eugenio Vaccari (Royal Holloway, University of London)]
- Wednesday 21 April 2021 - Research Methodologies: Empirical Restructuring and Insolvency Research [Jessie Pool (PhD, University of Leiden) and Georg Wabl (PhD, University of Vienna; Binder Grösswang)]
- Wednesday 17 February 2021 - Preventive Restructuring in Cross-Border Proceedings: European Insolvency Regulation or Brussels I bis Regulation? [Walters Nijnens (Hochschule Fulda) and Chiara Lunetti (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne)]
- Wednesday 16 December 2020 - A Happy New Restructuring Year? [David Ehmke (Greenberg Traurig) and Nicoló Usai (University of Florence)]
- Wednesday 21 October 2020 - The Publishers' and Editors' View on Publishing Your Research [Iram Satti (Edward Elgar; Emerald Publishing) and Jennifer Gant (University College Cork)]
- Wednesday 26 August 2020 - APR and RPR: Directivons for Europe [Giuilia Ballerini (Bocconi University) and Axel Krohn (Martin-Luther Halle-Wittenberg University)]
- Wednesday 17 June 2020 - Kick-Starting Academic Collaborations [Gert-Jan Boon, (Leiden University), Eugenio Vaccari (University of Essex); Jennifer Gant (University College Cork); Emilie Ghio (Birmingham City University)]
