Description
On 10 and 11 June 2020, Hong Kong Commercial and Maritime Law Centre (HKCML), School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) organized a two-day conference entitled the “Restructuring of Companies in Financial Distress: Global and Asian Perspectives”. Considering the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the conference was virtually conducted as a precursory for HKCML online activities.In the last two decades, many jurisdictions around the world have reformed or are considering reforming their insolvency and restructuring laws in order to promote, among others, legal regimes that are conductive to restructuring viable companies and to facilitate the coordination of cross-border restructuring framework. However, there remains a wide divergence on what should be the optimal restructuring framework.
The conference is organized with the purpose of bringing together international scholars, practitioners and policy makers from US, Europe and Asia-Pacific Region, in analyzing current trends and future challenges on restructuring models and reforms around the world. It likewise sought to offer an academic forum for discussions in a comparative, practical and policy-oriented perspective to gain new insights.
| Period | 10 Jun 2020 |
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| Event type | Conference |
| Location | Hong Kong, Hong Kong, ChinaShow on map |
| Degree of Recognition | International |