To: All Members of the INSOL International Academics Group. Newsletter, February Full programme confirmed

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1 To: All Members of the INSOL International Academics Group Newsletter, February th Colloquium of the Academics Group San Francisco March 2015 Full programme confirmed I am delighted to announce that we have a full and diverse programme of speakers for our 2-day meeting in San Francisco. A total of 29 presentations will be made over the course of 10 technical sessions. The full programme is displayed below. Once again, the administrative arrangements for the colloquium are being handled by Tina McGorman of the INSOL International Office. Tina will be pleased to receive communications from those wishing to register for the conference, and can also provide advice concerning accommodation options. Tina can be contacted at: Tina McGorman tina@insol.ision.co.uk Registrations for this colloquium are already at a high level, but there is still room to accommodate additional registrations at the time of writing. You are strongly advised to act quickly if you wish to join us. Ian Strang Founders Award Inaugural Winner Announced The inaugural competition for the Ian Strang Founders Award, established by INSOL International in memory of its first President, was held in The Award provides an opportunity for a postgraduate researcher in the field of insolvency and turnaround to submit a paper of not more than 10,000 words dealing with areas containing cross-border issues. The panel of judges consisted of Prof Ian Fletcher, University College London (Chair) together with Neil Cooper, Past President, INSOL International, Zolfo Cooper LLP; Prof Rosalind Mason, Queensland University of Technology; and Prof G. Ray Warner, St. John s University School of Law, New York. After careful deliberation the panel were agreed that the Award should be conferred on Jennifer L. L. Gant, PhD candidate of Nottingham Trent University, whose paper was entitled: Studies in Convergence? Post-Crisis Effects on Corporate Rescue and the Influence of Social Policy: The EU and the USA. The panel of judges, and the Academics Group more widely, extend their warm congratulations to Jennifer on her achievement in becoming the first winner of this Award, which will be held annually in future. Jennifer will be presenting her paper at the San Francisco Colloquium, and will also be recognised at the main Conference which she will be attending as a guest of INSOL International. The next competition for this Award will take place in Details will be published in INSOL World, and may also be obtained directly from the INSOL Secretariat. Those interested in entering, or who would like to encourage one of their postgraduate students to do so, should contact the Executive Director, Claire Broughton at the following address: Claire Broughton claireb@insol.ision.co.uk Future leadership of the Academics Group Barring unforeseen contingencies, this will be the last Newsletter which I shall circulate in my capacity as Chairman of the Academics Group. As is now well known, my successor will be

2 Professor Rosalind Mason, who will officially assume the mantle of office at the Business Meeting midway through our San Francisco programme. In the forthcoming issue of INSOL World I have contributed a brief account of the origins of the Academics Group at the Melbourne Congress in 1993, and of its steady development over the intervening 22 years. To all those who have supported the Group in its various endeavours during my time as Chairman I extend my firm and sincere thanks. It has been a privilege, but also a delight, to collaborate with so many good friends who share a common interest in international insolvency matters. I look forward to our continuing association in the future as the Group goes forward under the experienced and capable leadership of Ros Mason. With my very best wishes Professor Ian Fletcher, Chairman ( ) INSOL International Academics Group address: i.f.fletcher@ucl.ac.uk PROGRAMME INSOL International Academics Group, 17 th Colloquium: San Francisco, March 21-22, 2015 The Fairmont Hotel, California Room Saturday 21 March a.m a.m. Delegate Registration Welcome coffee and pastries Technical Sessions: California Room 9.00 a.m a.m. Welcome and opening remarks. [INSOL Representative TBA] Professor Ian Fletcher, University College London Chairman of the INSOL International Academics Group 9.10 a.m a.m. Session 1: Insolvency practitioners: remuneration; regulation; recognition The costs and benefits of regulating the market for insolvency practitioner fees, Dr. Jennifer Dickfos, Griffith University, Queensland. The regulation of the insolvency practitioner in Australia expectations and reality, Dr. Colin Anderson and Catherine Brown, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. Recent trends in remuneration of insolvency practitioners in Australia are we going the right way? Jim Johnson, Frederick Jordan Chambers, Sydney.

3 Insolvency practitioners as officers of the court, and the Rule in Ex Parte James. Professor David Brown, University of Adelaide a.m a.m. Coffee Break a.m noon. Session 1 (continued) Insolvency practitioner fees in the UK an empirical study. Professor Peter Walton and Chris Umfreville, University of Wolverhampton noon p.m. Session 2: Consumer insolvency fresh approaches The new section 8A of the Insolvency Act 1936 does it go far enough? Professor Lienne Steyn, University of Kwazulu-Natal p.m p.m. Session 3: Insolvency and Human Rights This session is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Jan van Apeldoorn ( ), a longstanding member of the Academics Group whose passionate commitment to the study of human rights culminated in the publication in 2012 of his book, Human Rights in Insolvency Proceedings, based upon the thesis for which he was awarded his Doctorate by the University of Tilburg. Human Rights in Insolvency Proceedings and the European Convention on Human Rights, Professor Georg Kodek, Department of Civil and Commercial Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business 1.00 p.m p.m. Delegate Lunch 2.00 p.m p.m. Session 4: Special focus on US bankruptcy law potential reform of Chapter 11, and other issues Reception and resistance: the asymmetric treatment of foreign restructuring plans in the United States and the United Kingdom, Professor Adrian Walters, IIT Chicago-Kent College of Law. American exceptionalism and Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code: a view from England, Professor Gerard McCormack, University of Leeds p.m p.m. Session 5: Revision of the European Insolvency Regulation where are we now? The EU Insolvency Regulation Revisited. Samantha Bewick, KPMG; Fellow, INSOL International. The (to be revised) EU Insolvency Regulation and Third Countries. Professor Alexander Trunk, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel p.m p.m. Coffee Break 4.15 p.m p.m. Session 6: Comparison and harmonisation of insolvency laws within Europe and elsewhere Shall we borrow a leaf from the UK? Directors liability in insolvency Canada and America in context. Wendy Akpareva, Nottingham Trent University.

4 4.45 p.m p.m. Session 7A: Research forum: presentations on current research projects by Group members and by their research students Project for an historical study of corporate law and policy, Professor Harry Rajak, University of Sussex. Regulating against corporate Phoenix activity. Anne Matthew, Queensland University of Technology. [Note: Session 7B is scheduled for p.m. on Day 2] 5.15 p.m p.m. Special Business Meeting of the Academics Group The principal item of business will be the formal handover of the role of Convenor/Chair of the Academics Group to Professor Ros Mason. Other items for the Agenda include: - Forward planning for the 18 th Colloquium (Timing; Venue; Programme) - Recognition of the first winner of the Ian Strang Award (Jennifer Gant, Nottingham Trent University) - Presentation on the possibilities for involvement of members of the Academics Group in INSOL projects (Dr. Sonali Abeyratene, INSOL International) 5.45 p.m. (approx.) Conclusion of Day 1 Free Evening Sunday 22 March a.m a.m. Welcome coffee and pastries Technical Sessions: California Room 8.30 a.m a.m. Session 8: Rescue and Resolution: New visions for corporates and financial institutions Rethinking the law of corporate distress. Dr. Sarah Patterson, LSE, London "Effective Corporate Rescue Needs a Sniper, not a Shotgun": Forum Shopping for Corporate Restructurings in Europe from a German Perspective. Dr. Annika Wolf, European University Institute, Florence. Post-commencement financing within the Commonwealth and beyond trawling for inspiration. Dr. Bolanle Adebola, UCL, London. Studies in convergence? Post-crisis effects on corporate rescue and the influence of social policy the EU and the USA. Jennifer Gant, Nottingham Trent University. The End of the Waterfall: The Role and Systemic Risk of Central Counter Parties in Over- The-Counter Derivative Markets,. Professor Christoph Henkel, Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson, Miss.

5 11.00 a.m a.m. Coffee Break a.m p.m. Session 8 (continued) Creditors schemes of arrangement revisited a view from the antipodes. Jason Harris, University of Technology, Sydney, and Professor Anil Hargovan (University of New South Wales). Corporate restructuring a Spanish perspective. Professor Juana Pulgar Ezquerra, Universidad Complutense de Madrid p.m p.m. Session 7B: Research Forum (continued) Inauguration of a global research project on the regulation of insolvency practitioners. Professor David Burdette, Nottingham Trent University, Professor Andre Boraine, University of Pretoria, Professor Ros Mason Queensland University of Technology, and Professor Michael Veder, Radboud University, Nijmegen, with Commentary by Professor Ignacio Tirado, Universidad Autónoma of Madrid p.m p.m. Delegate Lunch 2.00 p.m p.m. Session 9: The treatment of intangible property including IP rights in insolvency The importance of valuing intangible assets in corporate reorganisations, Professor Jassmine Girgis, University of Calgary. The exclusion of life and disability insurance benefits from the insolvent estate and the effect on third parties comparing South Africa and England Zingapi Mabe, UNISA, Pretoria. Can a debtor waive rights to property envisaged in s.82(6) of the Insolvency Act 1936 in application for voluntary surrender? Professor Roger Evans, UNISA, Pretoria p.m p.m. Coffee Break 3.45 p.m p.m. Session 10: UNCITRAL projects, including insolvencies of SME s; jurisdiction in closely-related proceedings The new UNCITRAL projects - enforcement of judgements, international groups, directors duties in a group context, Dr. Irit Mevorach, World Bank (TBC). The prefixal to incorporated SME insolvencies: abandoned and zombie companies. Professor Chris Symes, University of Adelaide. Recognition and enforcement of foreign insolvency-derived judgments: an Australian perspective, Professor Ros Mason, Queensland University of Technology. The promise of Cambridge Gas a SAAD deflation? Professor Paul Omar, Nottingham Trent University p.m p.m. Chair s closing remarks and conclusion of the conference. [7.30 p.m p.m. INSOL Main Conference Welcome Reception & Dinner]