This article argues for updating and reform of the liquidation duty under Chinese corporate law. It adopts an evolutionary perspective on corporate law in the sense of asking whether the corporate laws co-evolve with, and adapt to the changing conditions of a country, rather than whether laws...

In 2017, Singapore introduced wide-ranging reforms to its insolvency and restructuring laws with a view to enhancing its attractiveness as an international centre for debt restructuring. Central to these reforms is the transplantation (with modification) of certain provisions from Chapter 11 of...

Financially distressed companies are more likely to be rescued as going concerns if they enter into debt restructuring early whilst still high up on the ‘demise curve’. In Hong Kong, early-stage non-consensual debt restructuring is effected via the scheme of arrangement. Yet, despite the...

This report, commissioned by the European Commission DG Justice, documents a comparative study on substantive insolvency law throughout the EU. It also includes an analysis of the EC Recommendation on a new approach to business failure and insolvency and its implementation in Member States. The...

This report, commissioned by the European Commission DG Justice, documents a comparative study on substantive insolvency law throughout the EU. It also includes an analysis of the EC Recommendation on a new approach to business failure and insolvency and its implementation in Member States. The...