Insolvency, Restructuring and Creditors' Rights Links

International Organisations

Global Insolvency Database (ABI/INSOL)
A joint project of the American Bankruptcy Institute and INSOL International.  It serves as a source of information both on current issues in international insolvency and restructuring law and on the legal framework for insolvency and restructuring around the world.  The site includes international cases of note, material on international insolvencies, including cross border protocols, and links to member associations.

INSOL
The INSOL International website has links to INSOL publications and conference information as well to the websites of member associations.

International Insolvency Institute
The International Insolvency Institute's primary objectives include improving international co-operation in the insolvency area and achieving greater co-ordination among nations in multinational business reorganizations and restructurings.  The website contains links to international insolvency resources such as cross border insolvency orders and protocols, selected legislation, international insolvency treaties and links to international insolvency organisations.

International Association of Young Lawyers' Insolvency Commission (AIJA)
The AIJA's Insolvency Law Commission studies transnational aspects of insolvency/bankruptcy, and compares and studies differences and similarities between the various jurisdictions in this area of law.  Website links to member organizations.

IWIRC - International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
An international professional association that works to enhance the professional status and reputation of women in insolvency practice.

Country and Regional Sites

Africa

Asia -Pacific
All China Lawyers Association
Forum on Asian Insolvency Reform (FAIR)
Insolvency Asia Site
Insolvency Asia professionals and organizations site
Insolvency Practitioners Association of Singapore
Inter-Pacific Bar Association Insolvency Committee

Australasia

Europe
European Insolvency Regulation Database
GRIP 21 ((Group for research on insolvency and its prevention)
INSOL EUROPE
Germany - German Insolvency Practitioners Association
Germany -  Insolnet
Germany - Working Group on German Insolvency Law
Netherlands - Netherlands Insolvency Practitioners Association
UK - The Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3)

North America

United States
American Bar Association Business Bankruptcy Section
The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI)
The American College of Bankruptcy
The International Association of Insurance Receivers
The National Bankruptcy Conference
The National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges
The Turnaround Management Association

Canada
The Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals
Canadian Bar Association (National Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section)
Canadian Insolvency Foundation
The Insolvency Institute of Canada
Ontario Bar Association (Insolvency Law Section)

South America

Regulators

International Association of Insolvency Regulators
The International Association of Insolvency Regulators (IAIR) is an international body that brings together the expertise of government insolvency regulators from jurisdictions around the world. Links to all IAIR member country websites: Australia, British Virgin Islands, Canada, China, Finland, Hong Kong , India, Ireland, Jersey, Malaysia. Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Thailand, United Kingdom and United States.

International Institutions

Asian Development Bank
Home Page
The Asia –Pacific Insolvency and Restructuring Guide 2006
ADB Law and policy reform  site
ADB law and policy reform publications

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Home Page
EBRD insolvency site
EBRD Draft Insolvency Office Holder Principles 2007

International Monetary Fund
Home Page

Organisations for Economic Cooperation and Development
Home Page
OECD - Forum for Asian Insolvency Reform (FAIR)
OECD – FAIR 2006 and links
Asset Management Companies and Non Performing Assets- The Asian Experience (presentation at OECD-FAIR 2003)

United Nations
Home Page
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Insolvency texts.
UNCITRAL WG-V (Working Group on Insolvency)
UNCITRAL WG-VI (Working Group on Security Interests)

World Bank
Home Page
World Bank Global Insolvency Law Database
World Bank Insolvency Initiative Events
World Bank / UNCITRAL/ INSOL  - Judicial Colloquium 2007

Academic Institutions and other information sources 

Cornell University Law School Bankruptcy Website
An overview of US Bankruptcy procedures with links to key related internet sources including judicial decisions.

Daily Bankruptcy News

Global Turnaround 
A leading monthly international  magazine for company rescue and bankruptcy specialists. It is a unique forum for people who want to know how to operate in different insolvency regimes and covers the whole spectrum of subjects related to troubled businesses, including restructuring, turnaround, insolvency, bankruptcy, workout, receivership, Chapter 11 and distressed investing.

Internet Bankruptcy Library

Radbound University Nijmegen Insolvency Studies and Research
Excellent overview of insolvency resources, organisations and institutions around the world.

Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law Bankruptcy Research Guide and Bibliography (Spring 2002)
Provides a comprehensive research guide for US Bankruptcy law

World Legal Information Institute Insolvency and Bankruptcy Database