The recent literature on law and finance has drawn attention to the importance of creditor rights in influencing the development of financial systems and in affecting firm corporate governance and financing patterns. Recent financial crises have also highlighted the importance of insolvency...

Many private infrastructure projects mix regulation that subjects the private company to considerable risk, a government or regulator that is reluctant to see the company go bankrupt, and high leverage on the part of the company. If all goes well, equityholders make a profit, debtholders are...

Im Januar 2021 trat das StaRUG in Kraft und schuf erstmals einen rechtlichen Rahmen für Sanierungen außerhalb des Insolvenzverfahrens. Neben den Regelungen zum Restrukturierungsplan enthält das Gesetz auch Bestimmungen zur Sanierungsmoderation und zum Sanierungsvergleich, die zunächst...

Wettbewerbsrecht und Insolvenzrecht lassen sich anhand der jeweiligen Regelungsbereiche voneinander abgrenzen. Während das Wettbewerbsrecht Verfälschungen des Wettbewerbs vermeiden soll, ist die effektive Bereinigung des Marktes von nicht wettbewerbsfähigen Akteuren Aufgabe des...

Creditor-friendly laws are generally associated with more credit to the private sector and deeper financial markets. But laws mean little if they are not upheld in the courts. The authors hypothesize that the effectiveness of creditor rights is strongly linked to the efficiency of contract...

Whereas conventional wisdom argues that markets shut down during crises, with sellers struggling to find buyers, we find that markets continue to operate during financial turmoil, even in narrow and volatile emerging economies. Simple event studies indicate that both trading volume and trading...