“The Future of Insolvency Law”

Application deadline: 15 January 2025

The colloquium will focus on new trends and developments in insolvency law, as well as general challenges and perspectives on comparative and international insolvency law. We particularly welcome submissions analyzing any of the following topics:
 

• Arbitration, mediation and insolvency
• Valuation and financial issues in corporate reorganizations  
• ESG and insolvency
• Insolvency law in emerging economies
• Corporate groups and insolvency
• Cross-border insolvency
• Distressed M&A 
• Harmonization of insolvency laws, global trends and legal transplants

In any case, any topic potentially dealing with new trends and developments in insolvency law will be considered for presentation. We particularly welcome research papers that adopt a comparative and empirical approaches, as well interdisciplinary studies on insolvency and restructuring that bring insights from different disciplines, including law, economics, finance, psychology, management and social sciences. We also encourage the submission of theoretical papers challenging existing approaches in insolvency law and providing new perspectives that can contribute to the improvement of insolvency law.

How to submit

The Academic Colloquium will be open to full-time academics. Nonetheless, part-time researchers, as well as practitioners, regulators, judges and policymakers interested in participating in the Academic Colloquium can also submit their expressions of interest to present a paper. The expression of interest to present a paper or work-in-progress at the INSOL Academic Colloquium should be sent to Hatty Norman (harriet.norman@insol.org), including the following information:
 

• Name, affiliation and contact details of the author/presenter
• Bio (no more than 150 words)
• Tentative title of the paper/presentation
• Abstract (no more than 300 words)

The expression of interest, along with the accompanying information mentioned above, should be submitted by 15 January 2025. Papers accepted for presentation will be notified by 15 February 2025. Early submissions are strongly encouraged.

Download call for papers

Early career scholars are encouraged to submit proposals to the INSOL ERA Annual Workshop that will precede the Academic Colloquium. You can find the ERA Call for Papers here.