Seminar on International Insolvency and 2026 Seminar Series on the Reform of the Brussels I bis Regulation (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)

The Área de Derecho Internacional Privado of the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) announces two initiatives of particular interest for scholars and practitioners of private international law.

1. Seminar: Nuevas perspectivas de la insolvencia internacional: reestructuraciones preconcursales y concursales

On Friday, 6 March 2026 (12:45), a seminar will be held at the Faculty of Law of UAM (Seminario II) in the framework of the research project “Nuevas perspectivas de la insolvencia internacional: reestructuraciones preconcursales y concursales” (PID 2022-140017OB100), coordinated by Professors Iván Heredia Cervantes and Elisa Torralba Mendiola.

On this occasion, Prof. Ángel Espiniella Menéndez (Universidad de Oviedo) will deliver a lecture entitled:

“Práctica relativa a los procedimientos territoriales de insolvencia”

The seminar addresses the practice of territorial insolvency proceedings, a topic of particular relevance in the evolving landscape of European and international insolvency law.

Venue:
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Facultad de Derecho – Seminario II

Date and time:
Friday, 6 March 2026 – 12:45

2. Seminario Julio D. González Campos 2026

Reform of Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis)

Throughout 2026, the Área de Derecho Internacional Privado of UAM will host the Seminario Julio D. González Campos, dedicated to the reform of Regulation (EU) 1215/2012 (Brussels I bis).

Both the above-mentioned insolvency seminar and the present seminar series will be held in Spanish. Only Sessions 2 and 3 of the present series will be conducted in English.

All sessions will take place at the Faculty of Law (Seminario V – J.D. González Campos, 4th floor), from 12:30 to 14:00.

The programme is as follows:

Session 1 – 13 March 2026
La revisión del ámbito de aplicación del RBIbis
Speaker: Rafael Arenas García (UAB)
Discussant: Miguel Virgós Soriano (UAM)

Session 2 – 24 April 2026 (in English)
The European Commission’s report on the application of the Brussels I bis Regulation
Speaker: Laura Liubertaite (European Commission)
Discussant: Elena Rodríguez Pineau (UAM)

Session 3 – 26 June 2026 (in English)
Issues relating to recognition and enforcement
Speaker: Costanza Honorati (Università di Milano-Bicocca)
Discussant: Elisa Torralba Mendiola (UAM)

Session 4 – 18 September 2026
Acciones colectivas en el RBIbis
Speaker: Fernando Gascón Inchausti (UCM)
Discussant: Francisco Garcimartín (UAM)

Session 5 – 30 October 2026
Revisión de los foros de competencia judicial internacional ¿a la luz de la jurisprudencia del TJUE?
Speaker: Marta Requejo Isidro (Court of Justice of the European Union)
Discussant: Iván Heredia Cervantes (UAM)

Session 6 – 11 December 2026
Digitalización de la economía y revisión de las reglas de competencia judicial
Speaker: Pedro de Miguel Asensio (UCM)
Discussant: José Ignacio Paredes Pérez (UAM)

This seminar series offers a comprehensive and forward-looking discussion of the potential reform of Brussels I bis, addressing questions of scope, jurisdiction, collective litigation, recognition and enforcement, the case law of the CJEU, and the challenges posed by digitalisation.