24th Annual IBA Global Insolvency and Restructuring Conference
6 May - 8 May 2018
Session information
The long arm of insolvency proceedings: the extraterritorial reach of domestic avoidance provisions
Tuesday 8 May (0900 - 1200)
Committee(s)
Insolvency Section
(Lead)
Insolvency Section
Legal Practice Division
Description
In an interactive panel session scholars, judges and legal practitioners will discuss current issues regarding the extraterritorial reach of domestic avoidance provisions. The session will present a handful of hypotheticals derived from ‘real life’ cases in order to enable a discussion on the treatment of ‘inbound’, and ‘outbound’ cases of avoidance actions in the United States, Asia and Europe. The results of the discussion will be put into perspective with the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Model Code and the UNCITRAL recommendations contained in recommendations 87 to 99 of the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Andreas Bauer | GSK Stockmann, Munich, Germany; Chair, Creditors' Rights Subcommittee |
| Hon Sarah Cave | United States Magistrate Judge, New York, New York, USA; Annual Conference Officer, Insolvency Section |
Speakers
| Leonard H Gilbert | Holland & Knight, Tampa, Florida, USA; World Bank Liaison Officer, Insolvency Section |
| Professor Bruce Markell | Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Thomas Rohner | Pestalozzi Attorneys at Law Ltd, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Yuri Sugano | Nishimura & Asahi, Tokyo, Japan |
| Luciana Tornovsky | Demarest Advogados, São Paulo, Brazil; Special Projects Officer, Closely Held Companies Committee |