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CJEU on centre of main interests (COMI) and its subsequent transfer (and Brexit) under the Insolvency Regulation 2015 in the case Galapagos BidCo, C-723/20

Under the Insolvency Regulation 2015, a transfer of the centre of main interests (COMI) of the debtor after lodging of the request for opening of insolvency proceedings affects the exclusive jurisdiction of the court seised with that application prior to the transfer?

This is the legal issue that the Court addresses in the judgement delivered this morning in the case Galapagos BidCo, C-723/20.

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Three-day seminar “Populism and the New Foreign Relations Law: Between Public International Law, ‘External Public Law, and Conflict of Laws.” June 8-10

The Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law (Heidelberg) and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law (Hamburg) are pleased to announce an intensive three- day seminar on “Populism and the New Foreign Relations Law: Between Public International Law, ‘External Public Law, and Conflict of Laws.”

The seminar will take place in Heidelberg on June 8-10, 2022, and will be co-directed by Prof. Anne Peters, Director, MPIL Heidelberg; Prof. Ralf Michaels, Director, MPI Hamburg; and Prof. Karen Knop, University of Toronto and Max Planck Law Fellow.

Costs for transportation (economy train or flight in Europe, lump sum for overseas), accommodation and meals in Heidelberg will be provided.

The seminar will host 20 Doctoral, Post-Doctoral and graduate researchers in law or other related fields. Application deadline: April 24, 2022

More information here.

9th CPLJ Webinar – 1 April 2022

Comparative Procedural Law and Justice (CPLJ) is a global project of the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law, with the support of the Luxembourg National Research Fund (019/13946847), involving more than one hundred scholars from all over the world.

CPLJ is envisioned as a comprehensive study of comparative civil procedural law and civil dispute resolution schemes in the contemporary world. It aims at understanding procedural rules in their cultural context, as well as at highlighting workable approaches to the resolution of civil disputes.

In this framework, the Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law will host its 9th CPLJ Webinar on 1 April 2022, 3:00 – 5:00 pm (CET).

The programme reads as follows:

Russell Miller – Senior Research Fellow and Head of Max Planck Law, J.B. Stombock Professor of Law (W&L University – Virginia)

          Comparing Comparisons: A Survey of Approaches to Comparative Law

The webinar is an open event. For more information and to register see here.

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