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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON APPLICABLE LAW IN CROSS-BORDER INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS

Zagreb, 18th-19th September 2020

Venue: National and University Library in Zagreb

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FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER


09.00 - 10.00

Registration

 

10.00 - 10.30

Welcome Address

Prof. Dr. Igor Gliha, Dean of the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb

Ms Salla Saastamoinen, acting Director General, DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission

Ministry of Justice and Administration of the Republic of Croatia

Prof. Dr. Paul Omar, INSOL Europe

Moderator: Ms Nataša Šarić Maloseja, Ministry of Justice and Administration of the Republic of Croatia

 

10.30 – 11.35

Session 1.

Panel Leader: Mr Pál Lajos Szirányi, Legislative Officer, Civil Justice Unit in DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission

 

10.30 – 10.45

Prof. Dr. Ignacio Tirado, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain, Secretary-General UNIDROIT

Applicable Law to Rights in Rem in Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings

 

10.45 – 11.00

Mag. Miha Žebre, LL.M, Legal and Legislative Officer, Civil Justice Unit in DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission

Applicable Law to Contracts of Employment in Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings

 

11.00 – 11.15

Prof. Dr. Paul Omar, INSOL Europe

Recognition and Enforcement of Insolvency-Related Judgments

 

11.15 – 11.35

Discussion

 

11.35 – 12.00

Coffee break

 

12.00 – 13.05

Session 2.

Panel Leader: Prof. Dr. Hrvoje Sikirić, Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, Croatia


12.00 – 12.15

Prof. Dr. Andreas Piekenbrock, Faculty of Law of the University of Heidelberg, Germany

International Jurisdiction for Insolvency Law Avoidance Actions

 

12.15 – 12.30

Prof. Dr. Jasnica Garašić, Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, Croatia

Applicable Law for Insolvency Law Avoidance

 

12.30 – 12.45

Prof. Dr. Francisco Garcimartin, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Applicable Law to Current Contracts to Which the Debtor is Party in Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings, Including Termination and Acceleration (Ipso Facto) Clauses in Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings

 

12.45 – 13.05

Discussion

 

13.05 – 14.00

Lunch break

 

14.00 – 15.05

Session 3.

Panel leader: Prof. Dr. Nina Tepeš, Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, Croatia

 

14.00 – 14.15

Prof. Dr. Edward Janger, Brooklyn Law School, USA

Choice of Law and Entitlement Baseline in Rescue

 

14.15 – 14.30

Prof. Dr. John Pottow, Law School of the University of Michigan, USA

Normative Consideration on the Protection of Local Interests in Cross-Border Insolvency

 

14.30 – 14.45

Bartosz Groele, Partner, Tomasik & Pakostewicz & Groele, Kraków, Poland

Effects of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings on Arbitral Proceedings in the State of Recognition

 

14.45 – 15.05

Discussion

 

15.05 – 15.30

Coffee break

 

15.30 – 16.35

Session 4.

Panel leader: Prof. Dr. Vesna Lazić, T.M.C. Asser Institute, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

 

15.35 – 15.45

Zoltan Fabok, Special Counsel, DLA Piper Posztl, Nemescsói, Györfi-Tóth & Partners Law Firm, Budapest, Hungary

Effects of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings on Enforcement Proceedings in the State of Recognition

 

15.45 – 16.00

Dr. Miodrag Đorđević, Vice-president of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia, Slovenia

Legal Position of a Foreign Insolvency Practitioner in the State of Recognition According to the European Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings

 

16.00 – 16.15

Hon. Leif M. Clark, US Bankruptcy Judge (retired), San Antonio, Texas, USA

Legal Position of a Foreign Insolvency Representative in the State of Recognition According to the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency and the USA Bankruptcy Code

 

16.15 – 16.30

Ms. Catherine Zoller Bridge, EBRD

 

16.30 – 16.45

Discussion

 

17.30 – 19.00

Sightseeing - Zagreb

 

20.00 – 23.00

Dinner

 

 

SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER

 

10.00 – 10.50

Session 5.

Panel leader: Prof. Dr. Paul Omar, PINSOL Europe/em>

 

10.00 – 10.15

Simeon Gilchrist, Partner, Edwin Coe LLP, London, UK

The Post Brexit Landscape: The Known Unknown: Choice of Law and Applicable Law Issues

 

10.15 – 10.30

Prof. Dr. Renato Mangano, University of Palermo, Italy

Applicable Law for Lodging, Verification and Admission of Claims in Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings

 

10.30 – 10.50

Discussion

 

10.30 – 11.10

Coffee Break

 

11.10 – 12.00

Session 6.

Panel leader: Mag. Miha Žebre, LL.M, Legal and Legislative Officer, Civil Justice Unit in DG Justice and Consumers, European Commission

 

11.10 – 11.25

Prof. Dr. Rodrigo Rodriguez, Faculty of Law of the University of Lucerne, Switzerland

Efects of Foreign Insolvency Proceedings on Pending Lawsuits in the State of Recognition

 

11.25 – 11.40

Prof. Dr. Gerry McCormack, School of Law of the University of Leeds, UK

Applicable Law to Insolvency Law Set-Off and the European Insolvency Regulation

 

11.40 – 12.00

Discussion

 

12.00 – 12.30

Coffee break

 

12.30 – 13.30

Session 7.

Prof. Dr. Renato Mangano, University of Palermo, Italy

Views of International Organizations

Mr. Mahesh Uttamchandani, World Bank

Mr. João Ribeiro-Bidaoui, HCCH

Ms. Kathleen Lannan, UNCITRAL

Prof. Dr. Paul Omar, INSOL Europe

Jennifer Marshall, INSOL International

 

13.00 – 13.15

Closing Remarks

 

13.15 – 14.15

Lunch
 

 

Programme subject to alteration.