Joining Instructions. ILA Academic Forum and Annual Conference. 18 and 19 March 2016

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1 Joining Instructions ILA Academic Forum and Annual Conference 18 and 19 March 2016 Date Event Location Time Page Friday 18 March Academic Forum Macdonald Randolph Hotel & Spa 9.30am 2 Friday 18 March Saturday 19 March Friday Evening Reception AGM and Annual Conference Malmaison 7.00pm 4 Macdonald Randolph Hotel & Spa 8.30am 5 Saturday 19 March Gala Dinner Rhodes House 7.00pm 6 CPD points A CPD register will be available each day for you to sign on arrival. The provider s ID number is Directions Directions from Macdonald Randolph to both Malmaison and Rhodes House can be found on pages 7 and 8 of these joining Instructions. Emergency contact on the day Tara Beck, Event Manager, Linklaters LLP Mobile +44 (0)

2 ILA Academic Forum 2016 Technical Programme Macdonald Randolph Hotel & Spa in Oxford Friday 18 March 2016 Harmonisation of Insolvency Law in Europe: Trends and Prospects 9.30am am 10.00am 10.10am 10.10am 10.30am 10.30am 11.30am 11.30am to 12pm 12pm 1pm 1pm 2pm 2pm 3pm 3pm 3.30pm 3.30pm 3.50pm Registration and refreshments Welcome and introduction to the ILA Academic Forum Prof. Louise Gullifer, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Oxford Harmonisation of Insolvency Laws in the European Union: Challenges and Ways forward Dr Ondřej Vondráček PhD, Legal and Policy Officer, Directorate-General of Justice & Consumers of the European Commission Regulating Corporate Insolvency in the European Union: The Capital Cost of Insolvency, Regulatory Principles and the Way Forward Dr Felix Steffek, University Lecturer in Comparative Commercial Law, University of Cambridge Discussant: Dr Irit Mevorach, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham Coffee break An EU Study on a New Approach to Business Failure and Insolvency Prof. Andrew Keay, Professor of Corporate and Commercial Law, University of Leeds Prof. Gerard McCormack, Professor of International Business Law, University of Leeds Lunch Achieving Effective Restructuring Law Reform in the EU, and the European Commission's Recommendation Dr Kristin van Zwieten, Clifford Chance Associate Professor of Law and Finance, University of Oxford Discussant: Professor Francisco Garcimartin, Chair of Private International Law, Universidad Autónoma of Madrid and Consultant, Linklaters Harmonisation of European Insolvency and Security Law: Towards a Harmonised Application of the Cape Town Convention s Remedies in Practice Thomas Traschler, DPhil Candidate, University of Oxford 2016 ILA Academic Forum Competition Winner Tea break 2

3 3.50pm 5pm 5pm 5.15pm 5.15pm Panel Session: Harmonisation of Restructuring and Insolvency Law in Europe - the Future Chair: Sarah Paterson, Assistant Professor of Corporate Insolvency, London School of Economics Panellists: Nicholas Blaney, Assistant Director, Policy, Insolvency Service Dr Ondřej Vondráček PhD, Legal and Policy Officer, Directorate-General of Justice & Consumers of the European Commission Nigel Ward, Ashurst LLP Andrew Wilkinson, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Closing remarks Prof. Louise Gullifer, Professor of Commercial Law, University of Oxford Academic Forum Ends 3

4 ILA Annual Conference Friday Evening Reception ILA Conference and Academic Forum delegates are cordially invited for informal drinks and canapés Friday 18 March 2016, 7.00 pm until late Malmaison, Oxford Castle, 3 New Road, Oxford, OX1 1AY The ILA is very grateful to the following chambers for their generous sponsorship of this reception:

5 Saturday 19 March 2016 ILA Annual Conference 2016 Technical Programme Macdonald Randolph Hotel & Spa in Oxford 8.30am 9.30am 9.00am 9.30am 9.30am 9.45am 9.45am 10.30am 10.30am 11.15am 11.15am 11.45am 11.45am 12.00pm 12.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm 2.00pm 2.00pm 3.15pm 3.15pm 3.45pm 3.45pm 4.30pm 4.30pm 5.15pm 5.15pm 5.30pm Registration and refreshments ILA Annual General Meeting (Members only) Welcome and introduction to the conference Conference Chair: Mr Justice Snowden, High Court judge A view from the Insolvency Service David Ereira OBE, Chair of the Insolvency Service s Board and Partner, Paul Hastings Aspects on recovery of unlawful dividends and other antecedent transactions Linden Ife, Enterprise Chambers James Pickering, Enterprise Chambers Coffee break Third party financing of insolvency litigation Steven Cooklin, CEO, Manolete Partners Mena Halton, Associate Director, Manolete Partners Gibbs v EU Regulation: Does giving effect to a foreign insolvency under the EU Insolvency Regulation or Cross Border Insolvency Regulation mean the discharge of an English law contract? Mark Phillips QC, South Square Lunch Schemes: fair game or an extreme sport? Debate Chair: Mr Justice Snowden Speakers include Philip Hertz, Partner, Clifford Chance and Peter Arden QC, Erskine Chambers Ben Larkin, Partner, Jones Day and Felicity Toube QC, South Square Coffee break After the global financial crisis: state of English insolvency law Daniel Bayfield QC, South Square and Euan Clarke, Partner, Linklaters After the global financial crisis: the IP s perspective Russell Downs, Partner, PwC Closing remarks Conference Chair 5

6 ILA Annual Conference Gala Dinner ILA Annual Conference delegates and their guests are invited to attend the ILA Annual Conference Gala Dinner Saturday 19 March pm Reception 8.00 pm Dinner Dress code Black tie Rhodes House, South Park Road, Oxford, OX1 3RG Gala Dinner transfer - A transfer will be available to the Gala Dinner which will depart from the lobby of The Macdonald Randolph Hotel at 18:45. We will be screening on delayed feed, after dinner, the England v France rugby match at Rhodes House. Return transfers will be available from the lobby of Rhodes House at 22:00, 23:00 and midnight. 6

7 Maps Macdonald Randolph Hotel to Malmaison 7

8 Macdonald Randolph Hotel to Rhodes House 8