The symposium focuses on comparative and cross-border issues in bankruptcy and insolvency law in its broadest sense
Royal Holloway, University of London is pleased to announce the hosting of the 5th International and Comparative Law Insolvency Symposium. The Symposium was held at Royal Holloway, University of London.
The symposium is organised by Prof. Adrian Walters (IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law), Prof. Christoph Henkel (Drake University Law School), Prof. Laura Napoli Coordes (Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law), Prof. Yseult Marique (University of Essex) and Dr. Eugenio Vaccari (Royal Holloway, University of London).
The symposium took place on 25-27 April 2024. Delegates and speakers were invited to a formal dinner, which was held on Thursday 25 April in the Victorian Picture Gallery and which included a guest lecture by Emer. Prof. Bob Wessels (Universiteit Leiden) (topic: Going Broke in Rembrandt's Days). We are also honoured to announce that the Hon. Mr Justice Antony Zacaroli agreed to deliver a keynote speech at the symposium on Friday 26 April at 11 am (topic: The Role of the Creditor Majority in Restructuring).
The final programme is available here.
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Supporting Material for the Conference
- Thursday 25 April (morning): delegate pack and PPT slides
- Thursday 25 April (afternoon): delegate pack and PPT slides
- Keynote Speech by Prof. Emer. Bob Wessels: available here
- Friday 26 April (morning): delegate pack and PPT slides
- Friday 26 April (afternoon): delegate pack and PPT slides
- Saturday 27 April: delegate pack and PPT slides
- Delegate List - available here
Main Sponsors
We are grateful to our sponsors INSOL International, Whiteford LLP, International Insolvency Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing for their material contribution towards the organisation of this event.
Pictures of the Conference Proceedings
- Thursday 25 April - available here
- Friday 26 April - available here
- Saturday 27 April - available here
Conference Proceedings
The conference was recorded. For those who could not attend all or part of it, we included below the recordings of the key presentations delivered at the conference. The keynote speeches are not included in the recordings.
Thursday 25 April - morning
Thursday 25 April - afternoon
Friday 26 April - morning
Friday 26 April - afternoon
Satursday 27 April
