Recognition & Enforcement of Cross-Border Insolvency : A Guide to International Practice

The global marketplace brings with it significant benefits to businesses, but it also increases the risk of cross-frontier insolvencies. Although there have been steps in recent years towards creating a more uniform system, insolvency practitioners are still finding themselves confronted by the problems of widely differing insolvency regimes on an international scale. The question of access to foreign jurisdictions and recognition of foreign insolvency orders is critical if practitioners are to successfully carry out their appointed tasks. Recognition and Enforcement of Cross-Border Insolvency covers 36 countries and provides a succinct and invaluable practical guide to their policies and laws when dealing with insolvency proceedings originating in another jurisdiction. Each country chapter is uniformly structured around the following headings: ? Under general law ? Assisting legislation ? Insolvency practice ? Examples This expertly constructed approach allows the reader instant access to practical information and actual case studies while pointing out the key sources of the national rules without having to navigate through extensive amounts of time-consuming text. Recognition and Enforcement of Cross-Border Insolvency is essential reading for all insolvency practitioners, both lawyers and accountants, and all financial institutions operating within the international business arena.