International Insolvency Institute

This episode, part of a new sub-series ofpodcasts focused on recent publications by our members, features an interviewwith Dr. Lydia Tsioli on her book, Viabilityin Corporate Debt Restructuring Law (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025). This book presents the first holistic and comprehensive analysis of corporate debt restructuring law through the lens of viability. In the accompanying podcast, Lydia ex...

This episode, part of a new sub-series of podcasts focused on recent publications by our members, features an interview with  Prof. Laura N. Coordes  (Arizona State University) and  Dr. Eugenio Vaccari  (Royal Holloway, University of London) on their latest book,  Municipalities in Financial Distress: An Environmental, Social and Governance Critique  (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025). The book is av...

This episode, the first one of a new sub-series of podcasts focused on recent publications by our members, features an interview with Dr. Ilya Kokorin (Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets) on his latest book, Intra-Group Financing and Enterprise Group Insolvency (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025). Ilya’s book explores common intra-group financial transactions—such as intra-group loans and cross...

This episode features a conversation with Jo Tay. Jo is Partner at Allen & Gledhill in Singapore as well as a III NextGen member. Jo specialises in cross-border restructuring and insolvency. This episode offers an in‑depth exploration of the complex interaction between arbitration and insolvency, using the Sapura Fabrication case as a central point of reference. In that matter, the Singapore c...

This episode features a conversation with Sabrina Becue, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of São Paulo, and Eugenio Vaccari, Associate Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. Both Sabrina and Eugenio are III NextGen members. The podcast explores the complex cross-border legal fallout of the Samarco dam collapse, bringing together Brazilian and UK perspectives on one of the m...

This episode features a conversation with Alex Huang , a legal scholar and Global Academic Fellow at the Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong, and the winner of the Gold Medal for the III Prize in International Insolvency Studies in 2025. The Evergrande case illustrates the dynamics of the Chinese property market bubble, in which residential property came to be treated primarily as an inves...

This episode features a conversation with Andrew Kissner and Kat Burke. Andrew is of counsel at Morrison Foerster, as well as a III NextGen member. He has represented debtors, ad hoc groups, official committees, and individual investors in large chapter 11 and chapter 15 filings. Kat recently set up her own law firm, Burke Legal. A III member, she is a Dublin-based cross-border restructuring and i...

This episode features a conversation with Martha Wyrick , counsel in the Restructuring Practice Group in the Dallas office of Haynes Boone, and Eugenio Vaccari , Associate Professor at Royal Holloway, University of London. Both Martha and Eugenio are III NextGen members. The podcast examines the Protopapas litigation through both US and English lenses, exploring how cross‑border mass‑tort disputes...

This episode features a conversation with  Roberto Villaseca , III NextGen Member, Partner of Carey LL.P. and Civil Law professor at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In this episode, Roberto offers a detailed and candid analysis of Chile’s 2023 MSME insolvency reform, emphasising that while the new simplified reorganisation and liquidation procedures reduce costs and accelerate timelines,...

This episode features a conversation with Daniel Liu , III Member and Partner in the Restructuring & Insolvency and Special Situations Advisory Practices of Wong Partnership. Singapore’s simplified insolvency programme for micro and small enterprises (MSEs), introduced in the wake of the COVID‑19 pandemic, aims to facilitate the restructuring of liabilities and business operations through a co...

This episode features a conversation with Kotaro Fuji , Partnerat Nishimura & Asahi in Tokyo, on the Japanese law and practice around the restructuring of SMEs. Japan’s approach to SME restructuring differs from other jurisdictions that have created SME-specific statutory restructuring regimes. Japan does not have an SME-specific insolvency or restructuring statute. Instead, what Japan has is...

This episode features a conversation with Harry Lawless, a III NextGen member and Senior Associate at Norton Rose Fulbright Australia. The discussion explores the distinctive features of the Australian corporate framework for MSEs in financial distress. Harry explains the eligibility requirements, examines the advantages and limitations of the short moratorium regime and the types of creditors to...

This episode features a conversation with José Carles, a III member, a Spanish lawyer, chartered economist, and court-appointed insolvency practitioner, as well as co-founder of the legal boutique CARLES | CUESTA, on the recent reforms to the Spanish’s insolvency framework for MSEs. The discussion highlights the peculiarities of the Spanish corporate framework, and the innovations introduced by th...

This episode features a conversation with Ishana Tripathi, a III NextGen member affiliated with SAM & Co., where she is Director of Research & Innovation, and Adjunct Professor at both NALSAR University of Law and Jindal Global Law School in India, on the recent reforms to Indian’s insolvency law. The discussion highlights the peculiarities of the Indian corporate and insolvency regime. Du...

This episode features a conversation with Lee Jun Yee, Partner at Allen & Gledhill in Myanmar, on the recent reforms to Myanmar’s insolvency law. The discussion highlights the enhanced role of mediators and the adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, before turning to the specific implications for micro and small enterprises (MSEs). The episode explores the options now a...

This episode features a conversation with Will Paterson, a III member as well as a Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank Group, where he advises client countries on insolvency and debt resolution frameworks. The discussion focuses on the need for rules that are simple—yet not merely simplified—to govern the liquidation and reorganisation of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in fina...

This episode explores the work of UNIDROTI, with a specific focus on the newly enacted Legislative Guide on Bank Liquidation. This podcast was jointly organised by III and INSOL Talks, an initiative by INSOL International. The podcast features the participation of Prof. Ignacio Tirado (UNIDROIT’s Secretary General, Professor at the Universidad Autónoma of Madrid, III Member) and Ms Myrte Thijssen...

This episode features a discussion with Mandip Englund, III NextGen member and Partner and Head of the Restructuring and Insolvency Group at Travers Smith, and Professor Rebecca Parry of Nottingham Trent University. Together, they explore the development and growing use of restructuring plans in England and Wales, comparing them with other insolvency and restructuring tools such as schemes of arra...

This episode explores the topic of financial sustainability and climate change. Our speakers include Prof. Juanitta Calitz, who is Professor at the University of Johannesburg and a III member; Mr Harry Lawless, who worked as a financial sector specialist at the World Bank on a report on the interaction between insolvency and climate change; and Dr Eugenio Vaccari, Senior Lecturer at Royal Holloway...

In this episode of the International Insolvency Institute’s Global Perspectives podcast, we delve into consensual restructuring procedures in Europe. This podcast features insights from Prof. Annika Wolf (University of Applied Sciences in Emden/Leer), David Ehmke (lawyer, Germany) and Frederic Verhoeven (Hauthoff, the Netherlands). The discussion highlighted the key differences between consensual...

We are excited to announce the release of a new episode of Global Perspectives, the International Insolvency Institute’s podcast series. This episode explores the evolving role and practice of insolvency practitioners (IPs), with a particular focus on their involvement in cross-border disputes. Dr. Elizabeth Streten, Lecturer at Queensland University of Technology and author of a recent publicatio...

In this episode of the International Insolvency Institute’s Global Perspectives podcast, we were joined by leading international insolvency judges including Hon. Elizabeth Stong , Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of New York; Hon. Aidan Xu , Judge of the High Court of Singapore; and Hon. Kazimbe Chenda , Judge of the High Court, Commercial Division in Zambia. Th...

In this episode of the International Insolvency Institute’s Global Perspectives podcast, we are joined by expert panelists Okorie Kalu (Partner, PUNUKA Attorneys & Solicitors); Judy Muigai (Partner, DLA Piper Africa IKM Advocates); and Prof Wesley Rosslyn-Smith (Associate Professor, University of Pretoria) who discuss developments in insolvency law and practice in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our speak...

In this episode of the International Insolvency Institute ’s Global Perspectives podcast, we delve into consensual restructuring procedures in key jurisdictions such as Singapore, India and France. Our expert panelists, Vasile Rotaru (Ph. D. Candidate, University of Oxford), NextGen Member Ishana Tripathi (Associate Professor, Jindal Global Law School) and NextGen Member Jo Tay (Partner, Allen &am...

In this episode of the ⁠International InsolvencyInstitute⁠ ’s Global Perspectives podcast, we explore hybrid insolvency procedures and workouts in Latin America to gain practical insights into how these mechanisms are implemented in real-world scenarios. Our distinguished panelists, The Hon. Adolfo Rouillon and Andrés Martinez , offered their expertise on this timely topic. Our speakers discussed...