Advanced Introduction to Cross-Border Insolvency Law

Elgar Advanced Introductions series

Reinhard Bork, Professor of Law, University of Hamburg, Germany; Visiting Professor, Radboud University, the Netherlands and Senior Research Fellow, Commercial Law Centre, Harris Manchester College, The University of Oxford, UK

The Advanced Introduction to Cross-Border Insolvency Law provides a clear and concise overview of cross-border insolvency law with particular focus on the rules that govern insolvency proceedings that occur between and across countries. Increasingly, such proceedings have an international dimension, which may involve, for example, debtors with assets abroad, foreign creditors, contractual agreements with counterparties in different jurisdictions, or companies with offices or subsidiaries in a different country. The book expertly steers the reader through the complex interactions between national and supra-national rules, international model laws, and the principles that underpin them.

‘This latest addition to the very impressive oeuvre of Prof. Reinhard Bork in the field of (cross-border) insolvency law provides a comprehensive, clear and convincing treatise of issues relevant in a cross-border insolvency context. Bork addresses matters of jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition, cooperation and coordination, secondary proceedings, the position of foreign creditors in domestic proceedings and group insolvencies on the basis of both the European Insolvency Regulation and the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency. It is a “must read” for everyone working in or studying insolvency law. I am convinced that it will find its way to and benefit practitioners and scholars around the globe.’
– P.M. (Michael) Veder, Radboud University, the Netherlands