International Insolvency

Alexandria, Va. — The American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI) will hold its Fourteenth Annual International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium in Milan, Italy, Oct. 17-18 at the Rosa Grand. The educational program has been developed to provide attendees with an interactive learning experience led by a faculty of prominent international insolvency practitioners. Dr. Ulriike Guérot, founder and director of the European Democracy Lab, will present a keynote on Europe's future. The program will also feature discussions on recent cases by U.S. Bankruptcy Judges Shelley Chapman (S.D.N.Y.) and Kevin Carey (D. Del.). The advisory board for the program is chaired by Ian G. Williams of RSM Restructuring Advisory LLP (London, England).

Sessions at the Symposium will include:

• Asset-Tracing in International Insolvencies
• From Nonperforming Loans to “Unlikely to Pay”: The Next Frontier
• Schemes of Arrangement: A Comparative Analysis
• Towards a Eurocentric Model Law
• Impact of Insolvency on Cryptocurrency, Smart Contracts and Initial Coin Offerings
• What Effect Will Trade Wars Have on Industries and Restructurings?
• Westinghouse, a Truly International Chapter 11: From Atomic Start to Smashing Success in Only 363 Days
• The Growing Convergence of International Insolvency Regimes

For more information on attending ABI's Fourteenth Annual International Insolvency & Restructuring Symposium, please click here. For members of the press looking to attend the Symposium, please contact John Hartgen at (+1) 703-894-5935 or jhartgen@abiworld.org.

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 12,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abiworld.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/events.