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It’s a Restructuring Life: Monday, June 13, 2011: 11th Annual International Insolvency Institute (III) Conference
June 13-14, 2011 Columbia University, Jerome Greene Hall, Room 104, 435 West 116th Street New York, NY Hotel: Le Parker Meridien 118 West 57th Street New York, NY 10019 http://www.cvent.com/events/international-insolvency-institute-11th-annual-conference/invitation-776c08ce33d74c5c8e249ddcd67b7f67.aspx
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Trainer: International Insolvency Institute Ninth Annual Conference June 18 …
Accredited media interested in attending the conference or obtaining more information may contact Kelli Wight, Director of Business Development, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP, 416-860-6761 or kwight@casselsbrock.com or Teresa Donia at iAMBIC …
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Verfassungsblog › Crisis Talk at Humboldt University
Some of the participants are directly involved in the ongoing crisis management. Among them Ludger Schuknecht, economist at the Ministry of Finance, who stood in for Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble. His speech did not surprise – the essence being: We are on the right track – dealing with the current crisis as well as preventing and addressing future crises. He stressed the importance of avoiding a disorderly default and the need for a more rule-based governance – the latter to be achieved through the European Stability Mechanism and reforms to the Stability and Growth Pact’s preventive and corrective arms, including the new fiscal compact. His optimism also extended to the ongoing negotiations on private sector involvement (i.e. the voluntary taking of losses by private investors) in the handling of the Greek crisis which were likely to be concluded successfully (on Friday evening successful conclusion still was not in sight). The crisis countries themselves had to address the root causes of the crisis by reducing public debt and budget deficits and increasing their competitiveness. This required structural reforms including spending cuts and flexibilizing labour markets. With respect to the narrower conference topic, Schuknecht pointed to the decision of the European Council of 26 March 2011 to include collective action clauses in all new euro area government securities from July 2013.
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New Collection in the Archives: Samuel Bufford Papers (Biddleblog)
The Archives considers the Bufford papers to be an important part of the National Bankruptcy Archives (NBA), a national repository of materials relating to the history of debtor-creditor relations, bankruptcy, and the reorganization of debt. These papers chronicle the activities of a judge who has greatly influenced the field of bankruptcy law. The finding aid for the Samuel L. Bufford papers is located here. If you are interested in learning more about this collection, contact biddlearchives@law.upenn.edu or stop by the Archives.
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Nominations Sought for 2011 Santa Ana College Hall of Fame
Introduced in 1955, the SAC Hall of Fame documents the contributions made by more than 170 outstanding SAC alumni in many fields. The SAC Foundation welcomes nominations of any alumni who have made significant contributions to their profession and/or to the local or global community. Recipients will be honored at an induction ceremony on Friday, May 20, and will also be recognized at the college’s spring commencement ceremony.
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Top Insolvency & Restructuring Trio Joins Pillsbury
Andrew Troop and Christopher Mirick have also received accolades for their work. Most recently, Legal 500 recognized Troop for being “extremely capable, effective and creative,” and IFLR1000 reported that clients praise Mirick for demonstrating “tremendous leadership skills” and having “very innovative solutions.” Troop and Mirick focus their practices on business reorganizations and debtors’ and creditors’ rights. Troop’s practice includes representing nonprofit organizations within his primary focus of debtors’ and creditors’ rights. He received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and his B.A. from Amherst College. Mirick has represented private equity clients in connection with acquiring, selling and reorganizing both domestic and international portfolio companies. He has also counseled mezzanine lenders and private equity investors in defending fraudulent-transfer and breach-of-duty claims asserted in connection with companies to which they have extended credit or invested equity. A graduate of Amherst College, he holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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General audience: Pope remembers trip to Cyprus
June 9, 2010. Dear Brothers and Sisters, In my Apostolic Journey to Cyprus this past week, I walked in the footsteps of Saints Paul and Barnabas, who first brought the Gospel to that island, and visited the small but lively Catholic communities of the island. I thank the Authorities for their warm hospitality, and I particularly thank the Holy Synod of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus and His Beatitude Archbishop Chrysostomos the Second for their fraternal welcome. In my celebrations with the Maronite and Latin Catholic communities I witnessed their strong faith and traditions, and the vitality of their educational and charitable institutions. In Cyprus and throughout the Middle East, Christians are called to overcome divisions and to persevere in their witness to the Gospel in those lands. At Sunday Mass in Nicosia I consigned the working document for the forthcoming Special Assembly for the Middle East of the Synod of Bishops. Let us pray that the Synod will strengthen those ancient Christian communities in communion and hope, and help them to build a future of peace throughout the Middle East. I offer a warm welcome to the ecumenical study group from the School of Theology at Seton Hall University, and to the members of the International Leadership Programme for LaSallian Universities. My cordial greetings also go to the scholars and experts taking part in the international conference sponsored by the International Insolvency Institute. I greet the many student groups present, and I thank the choirs for their praise of God in song. Upon all the English-speaking visitors present at today’s Audience, especially those from Ireland, the Philippines and the United States, 1 invoke Almighty God’s blessings ofjoy and peace.
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Partners: James F. Davidson
Jim Davidson brings business acumen that is representative of his broad and deep experience. He is a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor (CIRA), Certified Turnaround Professional (CTP), Certified Mergers and Acquisitions Advisor (CM&AA) and Certified Corporate Director. He is also a licensed Certified Public Accountant with financial forensics specialization credentials (CFF, CFS, and FCPA), and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He integrates diverse experience from public accounting, auditing, and consulting and as an executive and member of boards of director in private industry to provide expert advice in the areas of insolvency, bankruptcy, financial and operational restructurings, turnarounds, and profitability improvement. Jim uses his expertise to assist with issues of fraud, forensics, and litigation support, mergers and acquisitions, strategic planning, and corporate governance. His combined experience and professional qualifications fulfill the financial expert requirements defined by Sarbanes-Oxley, NYSE, and NASDAQ. He also serves on the Financial Executives International Committee for Small and Mid-Sized Public Companies.
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A Memorial for Mel Zwaig: Article from “Risk”
Published on: 4/8/2006 Mel Zwaig, founder president of Zwaig Consulting Inc. (“Zwaig”), has provided insolvency advice since 1961.He specializes in Financial Restructuring, Statutory Insolvency Services.Forensic Accounting, Litigation Consulting, and Corporate Finance. Credentials Melvin C. Zwaig, the founder president of Zwaig Consulting Inc., is: A Trustee in Bankruptcy A member of The Canadian, Quebec, Ontario and Alberta Institutes of Chartered Accountants A Fellow of the Quebec and Ontario Institute of Chartered Accountants A member of the Canadian Association of Insolvency and Restructuring Professionals A founding director and member of the Insolvency Institute of Canada A founding director, member and Treasurer of the International Insolvency Institute A Certified Fraud Examiner A member of the Institute of Arbitration and Mediation An International Director of the Turnaround Management Association An International Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy …Mel Zwaig was an important participant in the revisions to the 1997 Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act.Since then he has represented the interests of thousands of unsecured creditors in the revisions to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, and the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act that will come into effect in June, 2006. Zwaig has worked with suppliers to ensure that their best interests are taken into consideration and protected.Zwaig has also worked with debtors in negotiating settlements with their suppliers that resulted in the suppliers taking ownership positions in companies.The suppliers’ money was recovered when the restructured insolvent companies were nursed back to financial health…. Zwaig provides experience, creativity and integrity. __________________________________________________ From Concordia Magazine, September 2002, “Class Acts” Melvin Zwaig, S BCom, is a highly respected accountant and insolvency professional and a founding partner of Zwaig Consulting Inc. in Toronto. Melvin was among 37 fellows inducted into the American College of Bankruptcy in a ceremony in the Great Hall of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., March 15. He lives in North York.
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In Memoriam – International Arbitration Expert Professor Hans Smit (1927
One of Hans’s numerous accomplishments was the founding of the Columbia-Leiden-Amsterdam Summer Program in 1963. In 1965, when I was an assistant lecturer at the Law Faculty of Leiden University, I was fortunate to attend this month-long course in American law. This led to an invitation to work with Hans and his colleague Richard C. Pugh (currently professor emeritus at the University of San Diego Law School) on the Project of European Legal Institutions at Columbia Law School.
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Schweitzer International Bookstore
Have I recommended the Schweitzer legal bookshop in Munich before? I’ve only been once and they had an eclectic selection of law books in English in the basement. Don’t know if that’s still the case. More interesting was a list of books, for example German law in English, which I got hold of years ago. What I didn’t realize is that its successor and various materials are now available online. Schweitzer Fachinformationen If you click on International Bookstore, you will find a number of links to newsletters, including special editions of newsletters, in the form of PDFs with details on relevant literature: Spezial-Ausgaben des ILFB-Newsletters / Newsletter – special edition ILFB Spezial: Arbitration ILFB Spezial: Germany ILFB-Spezial: Contracts – Forms – Drafting ILFB-Spezial: Insolvency Sonderheft: International Corporate Reporting ILFB-Spezial: Intellectual Property ILFB-Spezial: Securities Law & Regulations ILFB-Spezial: Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances ILFB-Spezial: Estate Planning – Trusts ILFB-Spezial: Private Equity ILFB-Spezial: Islamic Business & Finance ILFB-Spezial: Business Crime ILFB-Spezial: Company Law Reform Act The newsletters relate to books on law, economics and tax, and you can subscribe to them. From the special newsletter on Germany (August 2011), here is a typical book description from page 37 (I have this book by Singh and it looks very good – English texts on administrative law are not so easy to get – but I haven’t got round to mentioning it yet). German Administrative Law in Common Law Perspective Singh, Mahendra P., 2nd edition 2001 ISBN 3540423656, 377 p. (Springer Verlag) Hardback,€ 85,55 A thoroughly revised edition of the author’s book on German Administrative Law, first published in 1985. From the perspective of a common law jurisdiction the author presents the basic framework of German administrative law, along the lines administrative law is understood in the English speaking world. It covers all the essential elements of German administrative law. It is updated to include the latest developments and the impact of EC law in different spheres. Contents: Nature, Scope, Growth of German Administrative Law. Legislative Powers of the Administration: Delegated Legislation. Administrative Powers: Administrative Act. Administrative Powers: Contracts, Private-Law Acts, Real Acts, and Planning. General Principles of Judicial Review. Judicial Review of Discretionary Powers. Administrative Courts. Judicial Remedies & Procedure. Liability of the Public Authorities. The Basic Law Grundgesetz). Law on Administrative Proceedings of 25 May 1976 (VwVfG). Code of Administrative Court Procedure (VwGO). An Illustrative Judgment. Great work by Bettina Kube. There’s a bookshop from the same chain in Nuremberg, but it doesn’t have a brilliant selection on international law. Maybe others do.
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