Insolvency and Directors Duties

The fifth edition of the Insolvency and Directors' Duties Global Guide provides essential reading for lawyers and corporate counsel.

Written by leading lawyers in their respective countries, this reader-friendly guide can be used as a starting point for those not acquainted with the legal particularities of a jurisdiction in connection with insolvency and directors' duties. The guide provides a high-level overview of insolvency law and includes information on corporate insolvency, including insolvency proceedings for corporate groups and international corporate groups, and litigation against company directors and officers.

What's new?

An enlarged group of countries covered. New jurisdictions include: Bermuda, Nigeria and Turkey.

Preface
J WILLIAM BOONE, JAMES BATES BRANNAN GROOVER LLP

Argentina 
FERNANDO DANIEL HERNÁNDEZ AND MARTÍN CAMPBELL
MARVAL, O’FARRELL & MAIRAL

Australia
KAREN O’FLYNN AND FLORA INNES
CLAYTON UTZ

Bermuda
JAN WOLONIECKI AND KEHINDE GEORGE
ASW LAW LIMITED

Brazil
THOMAS BENES FELSBERG, PAULO FERNANDO CAMPANA FILHO, PEDRO HENRIQUE TORRES BIANCHI AND FABIANA BRUNO SOLANO PEREIRA
FELSBERG ADVOGADOS

Canada
JUSTIN R FOGARTY, PAVLE MASIC AND JASON DUTRIZAC
REGENT LAW PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

Cayman Islands
CHRISTOPHER SMITH AND LEE HART
KRYS GLOBAL

Finland
TONI SIIMES AND TUOMAS KOSKINEN
ROSCHIER, ATTORNEYS LTD.

France
PHILIPPE DUBOIS, JOANNA GUMPELSON AND SALIM LEMSEFFER
DE PARDIEU BROCAS MAFFEI A.A.R.P.I

Germany
DR CHRISTOPH SCHOTTE AND BJÖRN GROTEBRUNE
NOERR LLP

 Greece
STATHIS POTAMITIS, ELEANA NOUNOU AND KONSTANTINOS RACHIANIOTIS
POTAMITISVEKRIS

 Hong Kong
JOHN ROBERT LEES,
JLA ASIA LIMITED

India
SAKATE KHAITAN, SATYENDRA SHRIVASTAVA AND JYOTI KRISHNAN
KHAITAN LEGAL ASSOCIATES

 Italy
LUCIO GHIA AND ENRICA MARIA GHIA
DE BRAUW BLACKSTONE WESTBROEK N.V.

 Japan
 MICHIHIRO MORI AND NATSUKI TAIRA
 NISHIMURA & ASAHI

 Malaysia
 RABINDRA S NATHAN
 SHEARN DELAMORE & CO

 The Netherlands
 GERHARD GISPEN AND BARBARA VAN GANGELEN
 HOUTHOFF BURUMA COÖPERATIEF U.A

 Nigeria
ANTHONY IDIGBE
PUNUKA ATTORNEYS & SOLICITORS

Russian Federation
STEFAN WEBER AND EVGENY LISIN
NOERR

 Singapore
PATRICK ANG AND KWAN KIAT SIM
RAJAH & TANN SINGAPORE LLP

 Spain
MIGUEL TORRES AND FERRAN ZARAGOZA
BAKER TILLY ABOGADOS

Switzerland
UELI HUBER AND STEFAN KRAMER
HOMBURGER AG

Turkey
ESRA BICEN
EB LEGAL

UK: England & Wales
LOUISE VERRILL, SABINA KHAN AND GRÉGOIRE HANSEN
BROWN RUDNICK LLP

United States
J WILLIAM BOONE AND DOROTEYA N WOZNIAK
JAMES BATES BRANNAN GROOVER LLP

THE FIRM:

JAMES BATES BRANNAN GROOVER LLP

James-Bates-Brannan-Groover-LLP is a full-service business law firm delivering high-quality, cost-effective legal services for individuals and businesses throughout Georgia.

GENERAL EDITOR:

J William Boone is a partner at James Bates Brennan Groover LLP, who has devoted his law practice on bankruptcy and restructuring related matters. This includes the representation of debtors, unsecured creditors, financial institutions, trustees and indentured trustees in all aspects of significant domestic and international bankruptcy, workouts and reorganisations, including complicated litigation. He has substantial experience assisting both national and international clients in acquiring assets and operating businesses from bankruptcy estates.

• Corporate insolvency proceedings
• Insolvency of corporate groups
• Insolvency proceedings for international corporate groups

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