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2015 Insolvency and Corporate Reorganisation Report: Ireland

There are a number of principal corporate insolvency and reorganisation proceedings available under Irish law.

May 31 2015

2015 Insolvency and Corporate Reorganisation Report: Brazil

The Brazilian Bankruptcy and Restructuring Law (BRL) establishes three major mechanisms that may apply to troubled companies: (i) judicial reorganisation proceedings; (ii) out-of-court reorganisation proceedings; and (iii) bankruptcy or forced liquidation. As one of its main features, the BRL offers the corporate debtor flexibility and continuity of management and an opportunity for rehabilitation.

May 31 2015

2015 Insolvency and Corporate Reorganisation Report: Hong Kong

Only one formal collective insolvency procedure exists under the Companies (Winding Up and Miscellaneous Provisions) Ordinance (the Act): liquidation.

May 31 2015

Insolvency and Corporate Reorganisation Report 2015

Welcome to this year's Insolvency and Corporate Reorganisation Report, offering jurisdictional analyses and expert commentary on the most significant restructuring and bankruptcy developments from around the world

May 31 2015

EU insolvency rules must harmonise

Robert van Galen, president of Insol Europe, reflects upon developments in European restructuring this year

May 31 2015

Moody's new new bank rating methodology

Carola Schuler, Moody’s managing director of financial institutions in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, discusses its new methodology and the global regulatory environment

May 31 2015

2015 Insolvency and Corporate Reorganisation Report: Japan

There are four types of insolvency proceedings available in Japan for the rehabilitation of companies in financial difficulty: corporate reorganisation proceedings (kaisha kosei); civil rehabilitation proceedings (minji saisei); bankruptcy proceedings (hasan); and, special liquidation proceedings (tokubetsu seisan).

May 31 2015

2015 Insolvency and Corporate Reorganisation Report: Argentina

In Argentina, reorganisation and bankruptcy is governed by Law 24,522 (the Bankruptcy Law), which provides for the following insolvency processes.

May 31 2015

2015 Insolvency and Corporate Reorganisation Report: Norway

There are two main categories of statutory bankruptcy proceedings in Norway both regulated by the Bankruptcy Act 58 of June 8 1984: winding-up proceedings and judicial debt negotiation proceedings. Judicial debt negotiation proceedings can be either voluntary or compulsory, subject to slightly different legislation.

May 31 2015

2015 Insolvency and Corporate Reorganisation Report: Italy

Italian bankruptcy law provides that businesses in distress or that are insolvent can make use of: judicial insolvency processes whose principal purpose is the liquidation of the company's assets, such as winding-up and liquidation, and non-judicial rescue arrangements whose purpose is instead to restore financial stability to the business via a reorganisation with creditor assent, such as a certified rescue plan and debt restructuring agreement.

May 31 2015

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