Foreign and comparative lawBy Heidi Chui (Stevenson, Wong & Co)IntroductionHong Kong maintains a distinct common law legal system as a special administrative region of China (HKSAR) under the ‘one country, two systems’ principle. It has numerous financial…
Cross-border insolvency, Singapore insolvency and restructuring lawBy Scott Atkins and Kai Luck (Norton Rose Fulbright)AbstractThe paper outlines the growth of the Singapore International Commercial Court (“SICC”) as the forum of choice for debtors and creditors in international restructuring matters in…
Foreign and comparative lawBy Kenneth Ayotte (UC Berkeley School of Law) and Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez (Singapore Management University)SynopsisThe ability of viable but financially distressed firms to obtain new financing to keep operating and pursuing value-creating…
Foreign and comparative lawBy Steven T. Kargman (Kargman Associates)In recent years, China has undertaken large-scale infrastructure development both at home and abroad. Overseas, China has undertaken massive infrastructure development around the globe under the umbrella…
Foreign and comparative lawBy Hiroshi Kasuya, Yoshihiro Bartlett-Imadegawa and Masayoshi Kobayashi (Baker McKenzie)IntroductionOn 7 June 2024, the National Diet of Japan enacted the Act on the Promotion of Cash Flow-Based Lending (“Act”). The effective date of…
Insolvency and technologyBy Dr. Akshaya Kamalnath (The ANU College of Law) The conversation about how artificial intelligence (AI) might affect various areas of law (and other areas of life) has, in recent months, centred around ChatGPT which is just one…
WorkoutsLatin American Principles for Out-of-Court WorkoutsBy Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez (Singapore Management University) and Adolfo Rouillon (World Bank) I. IntroductionOn 2 October 2024, during the 7th Annual Conference of the Ibero-American…
Foreign and comparative lawThe End(s) of Bankruptcy Exceptionalism: The Future of Mass Tort Reorganization After Purdue Pharma
By Jonathan C. Lipson (Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law) and Pamela Foohey (University of Georgia School of Law)
Introduction…
Cross-border insolvencyA Commitment Rule for Insolvency Forum: A Response to CriticsAnthony J. Casey (University of Chicago Law School), Aurelio Gurrea-Martinez (Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law) and Robert K. Rasmussen (USC Gould School of…
Foreign and comparative lawSmall and State Funded: An Empirical Study of Liquidations in Scotland
Jonathan Hardman (University of Edinburgh) and Alisdair MacPherson (University of Aberdeen)
Introduction
There is a significant degree of uniformity between…
