Recasting the Insolvency Regulation

<div><div>This book comprises contributions relating to the Insolvency Regulation Recast,</div><div>which recently entered into force. The authors analyse the changes introduced and</div><div>give their views on the improvements that are thereby achieved. In other words, they</div><div>assess to what extent the amendments have mitigated the disadvantages of the previous</div><div>Insolvency Regulation.</div><div><br></div><div>Three of the chapters concentrate on the issues pertaining to jurisdiction, such as</div><div>the problem of forum shopping by re-locating the debtor’s centre of main interests.</div><div>Furthermore, the extent to which the parties have the freedom to contract within</div><div>the framework of the Insolvency Regulation Recast is discussed. Also, the relevance</div><div>and consequences of recent developments in corporate law for the current crossborder</div>insolvency framework, as well as the jurisdictional issues concerning approval</div><div>requirements are amongst the matters addressed. Aside from the jurisdictional matters,</div><div>the question of the law applicable to so-called ‘avoidance actions’ is analysed and crossborder</div><div>cooperation between national authorities in the field of insolvency is touched</div><div>upon. To conclude, this book covers a range of specific and intriguing topics brought</div><div>up by the Insolvency Regulations Recast.</div><div><br></div><div>This third volume in the Short Studies in Private International Law Series is primarily</div><div>aimed at legal academics dealing with cross-border insolvency, but it will also prove</div><div>useful to insolvency judges and practitioners, as well as those specialised in financial</div><div>and fiscal law. Finally, advanced students as well as those with a general interest in</div>insolvency law will also find it of added value.</div><div><b><br></b></div><div><b>Vesna Lazić</b> is Senior Researcher at the T.M.C. Asser Institute and Associate Professor</div><div>of Private Law at Utrecht University in The Netherlands. <b>Steven Stuij</b> is an expert in</div><div>private international law and PhD Candidate at the Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam.</div></div>