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ERA Summer Courses: Cross-Border Insolvency Proceedings and Cross-Border Civil Litigation
ERA Summer course on cross-border insolvency proceedings
Trier, 11-13 June 2018
This intensive course on insolvency law will introduce lawyers to practical aspects of cross-border insolvency proceedings: different national insolvency laws, EU legislation and major CJEU case law will be presented.
The course will focus on the recast EU Regulation No 2015/848 on insolvency proceedings, including the following key topics:
- Centre of main interest (COMI) and forum shopping
- Coordination of proceedings
- Insolvency, cross-border security and rights in rem
Following an introduction to different insolvency law systems within the EU, participants will discuss the recent proposal for a Directive on insolvency and post-Brexit implications for insolvency and restructuring. Participants will be able to deepen their knowledge through case studies and workshops.
Cross-border civil litigation: summer course
Trier, 2-6 July 2018
“How do I recover money owed to me by my business partner residing abroad?” This is a problem that many companies and individuals are facing nowadays. The ERA summer course will provide you with answers. Get to know Brussels Ia, Rome I, Rome II, the European Account Preservation Order, the European Enforcement Order, the European Payment Order, the Small Claims Regulation, the Regulation on service of documents and taking of evidence, and the EU framework on mediation, ADR & ODR – and find out which path best to take!
You will learn:
- …which court is competent to hear your case
- …how to serve a judicial document
- …how to take evidence abroad
- …to advice on how to enforce a judgment abroad
- …to apply the recent CJEU case law in the field
- …which way to choose to recover money owed to your client
- …to provide guidance on how to efficiently freeze monies in foreign bank accounts
- …how to best apply the Rome I & II Regulations
- …what is the added value of ADR & mediation
This course will provide you with hands-on experience on cross-border civil litigation cases and the recent jurisprudence of the European Court of Justice. All relevant EU instruments will be presented and analysed, both by way of lectures and case studies. You will profit from daily workshops where active participation is encouraged.
Draft Withdrawal Agreement 19 March 2018: Still a Way to Go
Today, the European Union and the United Kingdom have reached an agreement on the transition period for Brexit: from March 29 of next year, date of disconnection, until December 31, 2020. The news are of course available in the press, and the
A European Law Reading of Achmea
Written by Prof. Burkhard Hess, Max Planck Institute Luxembourg. An interesting perspective concerning the Achmea judgment of the ECJ
The Brussels jurisdictional regime at 50. A conference at Leuven on 23 March.
Sharing from GAVC LAW In 2018 we celebrate the 50th year since the adoption of the 1968 Brussels Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters. The 1968 attempt to facilitate the free movement of judgments in the EU, helped lay the foundations for the exciting developments in European private […]
The domino effect of international commercial courts in Europe – Who’s next?
Written by Georgia Antonopoulou and Erlis Themeli, Erasmus University Rotterdam (PhD candidate and postdoc researchers ERC project Building EU Civil Justice) On February 7, 2018 the French Minister of Justice inaugurated the International Commercial Chamber within the Paris Court of Appeals following up on a 2017 report of the Legal High Committee for Financial Markets […]
Issue 2017.4 of Dutch Journal on Private International Law (NIPR)
The fourth issue of 2017 of the Dutch Journal on Private International Law,
International and Comparative Law Quarterly 67 (2018), Issue 1
The most recent issue of the International and Comparative Law Quarterly (ICLQ) features two articles relating to private international law: Louise Merrett, The Future Enforcement of Asymmetric Jurisdiction Agreements, ICLQ 67 (2018), pp. 37-71: Asymmetric jurisdiction clauses are clauses which contain different provisions regarding jurisdiction for each party. They are widely used in international financial […]
Third Issue of 2017’s Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale
(I am grateful to Prof. Francesca Villata – University of Milan – for the following presentation of the latest issue of the RDIPP) The third issue of 2017 of the Rivista di diritto internazionale privato e processuale (RDIPP, published by CEDAM) was just released. It features two articles and three comments.