Harmonisation of insolvency laws has been a the top of the EU institutions' agenda for the last decade. This frenzy precipitated in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. European institutions have been prolific in creating a comprehensive EU-wide framework. These efforts culminated with...

In 2019, the EU adopted the Preventive Restructuring Directive to introduce harmonisation enabling viable enterprises and entrepreneurs that are in financial difficulties to have access to effective national preventive restructuring frameworks a so that they can continue operating. A harmonised...

While traditionally (continental) Europe has not been known for a particularly debtor- or restructuring-friendly insolvency practice, in recent decades, important reforms were implemented that would foster restructurings in Europe. In this article, we comparatively look at the status quo of...

Harmonisation of insolvency laws has been at the top of the EU institutions’ agenda for the last decade. This frenzy precipitated in the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis. European institutions have been prolific in creating a comprehensive EU-wide framework

The COVID-19 crisis, which hit the world with full force in 2020, represents one of the greatest health and economic crises in recent history. The pandemic paralysed the world economy, forcing many countries around the globe to take emergency measures. Countries’ emergency responses to the...

In 2009, Prof. Em. Bob Wessels and Dr. Myriam Mailly took the initiative to establish the Younger Academics Network of Insolvency Law (YANIL). It is a branch of the INSOL Europe Academic Forum (IEAF) which brings together postgraduate and PhD students along with early career academics. The...