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A developing country's perspective: Reforming insolvency laws to encourage their usage

International Insolvency Review, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 517-545, Winter 2025.
Abstract Opportunities in developing countries draw multinational companies, which include but are not limited to low‐cost labour and abundant raw materials. As with any enterprise in any part of the world, there is a risk of business failure when multinational companies operate in developing countries.
Phoebe Gatoto
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The Role of International Rules in Blockchain-Based Cross-Border Commercial Disputes [PDF]

, 2019
[excerpt] The concept of online dispute resolution (ODR) is not new. 1 But, with the advent of Web 3.0, the distributed web that facilitates pseudonymous and cross-border transactions via blockchain\u27s distributed ledger technology, 2 the idea of, and ...
Evans, Tonya M.
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BG Group and “Conditions” to Arbitral Jurisdiction [PDF]

, 2016
Although the Supreme Court has over the last decade generated a robust body of arbitration caselaw, its first decision in the area of investment arbitration under a Bilateral Investment Treaty was only handed down in 2014. BG Group v.
Bjorklund, Andrea K., Rau, Alan S.
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Ipso facto clauses in cross‐border insolvency: From STX Pan Ocean to Hanjin Shipping and beyond

International Insolvency Review, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 793-821, Winter 2025.
Abstract This article examines the enforceability of ipso facto clauses in cross‐border insolvency, with a focus on the landmark STX Pan Ocean case. This case highlighted divergent judicial approaches and the critical role of legal frameworks in conflict‐of‐laws scenarios, as evidenced by the contrasting outcome in the Hanjin Shipping case.
WooJung Jon
wiley   +1 more source

The UNIDROIT Principles as Global Background Law [PDF]

, 2014
After twenty years of existence, it becomes apparent that the role actually played by the UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts (PICC) is quite different from the one originally intended.
Michaels, Ralf
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China's instrumentalist greenisation of the new‐generation IIAs

Review of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 550-565, July 2025.
Abstract In the context of the global trend of greening international investment agreements (IIAs) after Rio+20, China is taking a more active role in greening its IIAs than before, albeit with inconsistent patterns. This article analyses the driving factors for its change after Rio+20 and argues that China's IIA greenisation is instrumentalist at ...
Shixue Hu
wiley   +1 more source

The New Qatar Arbitration Law No. (2) of the year 2017 (Pros and Cons)

International Review of Law, 2017
The Qatari economy is considered as one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing economies in the world. Consequently, the State of Qatar has become one of the main countries attracting foreign investors.
أحمد سيد أحمد محمود
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The 28th insolvency law: Reflections on a lex concursus europaea

International Insolvency Review, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 428-447, Summer 2025.
Abstract More than ever before the global situation and Europe's position in it let it appear advisable to speed up harmonsation processes. The present authors present a plea for a EU Regulation which offers a complete insolvency law as an option that can be chosen by certain European companies from a certain size on.
Francisco Garcimartin, Christoph Paulus
wiley   +1 more source

UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-border insolvency: background, purpose and the scope of application

RUDN Journal of Law, 2008
The present article is dedicated to UNCITRAL Model Law on cross-border insolvency, the basic stages of its preparation and scope of application. The provisions of Model Law, concerning coordination of parallel proceedings within the case of cross-border ...
N V Kalinina
doaj  

Credit Creation: Reconciling Legal and Regulatory Incentives [PDF]

, 2018
As international organizations adopt new legal standards to promote access to credit through the modernization of national secured transactions law, the lack of coordination with regulatory standards for banking institutions thwarts the effectiveness of ...
Castellano, Giuliano G., Dubovec, Marek
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