Expedited Debt Restructuring. An International Comparative Analysis

Foreword. About the Authors. Preface.

1. Introduction: Formal Processes and Alternative Mechanisms of Reorganization in International Initiatives on Insolvency; A. Rouillon.

2. Argentina: Expedited Debt Restructuring under Argentine Law: Acuerdo Preventivo Extrajudicial (APE); R. Olivares-Caminal.

3. Australia: Voluntary Administration Leading to a Deed of Company Arrangement; I. Walker.

4. Brazil: Brazil’s Two New Mechanisms for Out-of-Court Reorganizations: ‘Homologation of Consensus’ and ‘Enforcement of Agreement’; L. F. Valente-de-Paiva.

5. Canada: Canada’s Expedited Debt Restructuring; K. P. McElcheran.

6. England & Wales: Schemes of Arrangement and Company Voluntary Arrangements; S. Bewick, M. Fennessy, D. Marks.

7. France: The Idiosyncracy of the French Judicial System and its Preventive Procedures for Expedited Debt Restructurings; I. Didier.

8. Hong Kong: Corporate Rescue in Hong Kong; C. D. Booth, S. Briscoe, P. Smart.

9. India: The Corporate Debt Restructuring Mechanisms in India; R. Luthra.

10. Italy: Article 182bis of Law 80/2005 and the Code of Conduct to Restructure Debt Issued by the Italian Bank Association; A. Auricchio.

11. Japan: Expedited Corporate Debt Restructuring in Japan; S. Takagi.

12. Poland: Out-of-Court Debt Restructuring in Poland; L. Giliciński.

13. Turkey: Pre-Packaged Corporate Restructuring Mechanism under the Turkish Execution and Bankruptcy Law; S. Simavi.

14A. USA: The United States Expedited Proceedings: ‘Pre-Packaged’ Chapter 11 Plans; L. P. Granfield, A. de la Cruz.

14B. USA: American Bankruptcy Reform and Creativity Prompt the In re Blue Bird Body Company One-Day Pre-Packaged Plan of Reorganization; J. M. Goffman, M. A. McDermott, K. Ramlo.

15. Private International Law Implications of Expedited Corporate Debt Restructurings; G. Arends.

16. The Tax Consequences of Corporate Debt Restructuring; D. Dürrschmidt.

17. Implications of Merger Legislation for Corporate Restructuring; I. Kokkoris.

Annex.