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Informationen zum Autor Vanessa Finch is a Professor of Law Emeritus at the London School of Economics and Political Science where she taught Insolvency Law, Company Law and Corporate Accountability at undergraduate and Masters level. She has published numerous scholarly articles in the insolvency and corporate law fields and she is a subscriber member of R3 and an Honorary Member of the Insolvency Lawyers' Association. Klappentext A new and substantially revised edition which looks critically at the broad effect and conceptual underpinnings of corporate insolvency law. Zusammenfassung This new edition builds on the unique analytical framework from previous editions! outlining the values to be served and the need to further both corporate and broader social ends. Offering a new and contextual approach to corporate insolvency laws and processes! this text is suitable for advanced undergraduate and graduate students! professionals and academics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I. Agendas and Objectives: 1. The roots of corporate insolvency law; 2. Aims! objectives and benchmarks; Part II. The Context of Corporate Insolvency Law: Financial and Institutional: 3. Insolvency and corporate borrowing; 4. Corporate failure; 5. Insolvency practitioners and turnaround professionals; Part III. The Quest for Turnaround: 6. Rescue; 7. Informal rescue; 8. Receivers and their role; 9. Administration; 10. Pre-packaged administrations; 11. Company arrangements; 12. Rethinking rescue; Part IV. Gathering and Distributing the Assets: 13. Gathering the assets: the role of liquidation; 14. The pari passu principle; 15. Bypassing pari passu; Part V. The Impact of Corporate Insolvency: 16. Directors in troubled times; 17. Employees in distress; 18. Cross border insolvency; 19. Conclusion.
