INSOL Europe Annual Congress<br> Sorrento, 3 - 6 ottobre 2024
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VENERDI’ 4 OTTOBRE 2024
09.00-09.10: Opening remarks by the Joint Facilitators, President and Technical Committee Co-Chairs
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Giorgio Corno, Studio Corno Avvocati, Italy / INSOL Europe President
Rita Gismondi, Gianni & Origoni, Italy / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Bart De Moor, Strelia, Belgium / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
09.10-09.40: Keynote Speech 1
Prof. Stefania Bariatti, University of Milan, Italy
09.40-10.10: Keynote Speech 2
Massimo Comparini, Deputy CEO, Senior Executive Vice President Observation, Exploration and Navigation, Thales Alenia Space / CEO, Thales Alenia Space Italia
10.10-11.00: When sustainability meets restructuring and insolvency law
• Corporate social responsibility: Duty of the Director in a likelihood of insolvency? Duty of the Insolvent Director? Duty of the PIFOR and IP?
• Corporate governance and ESG criteria as an early warning tool.
Panel leader:
Prof. Patrizia Riva, Piemonte Orientale University, Italy / INSOL Europe Council member
Panellists:
Jean Baron, CBF Associés, France / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Jan Bech, Horten Law Firm, Denmark
Justice Catherine Burton, Insolvency and Companies Court, UK
Prof. Alessandro Danovi, University of Bergamo, Italy
11.00-11.30 Delegate coffee break
4 Break-out-sessions:
I. Insolvency Issues in Real Estate
• Current trends on the real estate market in the Nordics, Germany and Southern Europe
• Legal framework concerning realisation of distressed assets in different jurisdictions
• Recent case studies of distressed assets from respective markets
• Expected progress of the real estate market in coming years
Panel leader:
Jan Lilius, Hannes Snellman Attorneys, Finland / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Panellists:
Florian Bruder, DLA Piper, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Anja Droege Gagnier, BMH Avocats, France
Kristoffer Ståhlbröst, Alvarez & Marsal, Sweden
Matthias Prior, Abel Rechtsanwälte, Austria / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
II. Directors' Duties in the Twilight Zone
• Case study featuring a UK distressed retail business with stores in various EU countries
• Practical points and similarities
Panel leader:
Klaudia Fratczak-Kospin, WKB, Poland / INSOL Europe YMG Co-Chair
Panellists:
Cristian Fischetti, Dentons, Italy
Robert Paterson, Wedlake Bell, UK
Miriam Simsa, Schönherr Attorneys, Austria
III. Digital assets in insolvency: practical aspects
• Insolvency as a tool for combatting DA fraud
• Exploring provisional liquidations, bringing claims for groups of creditors
• Judgment enforcement
Panellists:
Carmel King, Grant Thornton, UK / INSOL Europe Co-opted Director & Anti-Fraud
Forum Co-Chair
David Orsula, bnt attorneys-at-law, Slovak Republic / INSOL Europe Insolvency Tech & Digital Assets Wing Co-Chair
John Adams, Penningtons Manches Cooper, UK
IV. Innovation Amidst Adversity: European Perspectives on Distressed Startups
• Situation of startups across Europe
• Insolvency law and startups
• Key considerations
• Case Studies
Panel leader:
Johannes Chrocziel, Anchor, Germany
Panellists:
Georges-Louis Harang, Addleshaw Goddard (Europe), France / INSOL Europe Co-opted Director, Country Coordinator & EECC Co-Chair
Sarah Ilic, Mishcon, UK
Antonia Mottironi, Ardenter Law, Switzerland / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
12.10-12.20: Change of break-out-rooms
12.20-13.00: Repeat of Break-out-sessions I, II, III & IV
13.00-14.00: Delegate lunch
14.00-15.00: Recognition of Cross-Border Restructuring and Insolvency Proceedings
• Application of the EIR
• Impact of the UNCITRAL Model Law where the EIR does not apply
• Cross-border Insolvency Protocols
Panel leader:
Justice Caterina Macchi, Civil Court of Milan, Italy
Panellists:
Justice Richard Snowden, Court of Appeal, UK
Justice Karin Sonntak, Harju County Court, Estonia
Justice Elsbeth de Vos, District Court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands / INSOL Europe Judicial Wing Co-Chair
15.00-15.30: Delegate coffee break
15.30- 16.15: Preventive Restructuring: New Challenges in voting plans
• Class formation
• Cross-class cram-down
• Financial innovations & restructuring
Panel leader:
Prof. Renato Mangano, University of Palermo, Italy
Panellists:
Tomáš Richter, JŠK, advokátní kancelář / INSOL Europe Honorary member, The Czech Republic
Christel Dumont, Dentons, Luxembourg / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
David Sequeira Dinis, Uria Menéndez Abogados, Portugal / INSOL Europe Council member
16.15-17.00: Formal & informal negotiation asap!
• Italy: Composizione Negoziata della Crisi
Panel leader:
Justice Luciano Panzani, INSOL Europe Judicial Wing member, Italy
Panellists:
Christina Fitzgerald, Isadore Goldman, UK
Daniel Lowenthal, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, US
Nicolas Partouche, Peltier Juvigny Marpeau et Associes, France
17.00-17.30: Bank liquidation proceedings Panellists:
Prof. Ignacio Tirado, UNIDROIT
Additional panellist to be announced
17.30-17.35: Closing remarks of the day by the Joint Facilitators
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
SABATO 5 OTTOBRE 2024
09.00-09.05: Opening remarks by the Joint Facilitators
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
09.05-09.30: Keynote speech
Prof. Elbano de Nuccio, President, National Association of Chartered-Accountants, Italy
09.30.-10.00: Keynote Interview
Giorgio Brandazza, CEO, Corneliani, Italy
by Giorgio Corno, Studio Corno Avvocati, Italy /INSOL Europe President
10.00-10.30: An AI Boost for Bankruptcy and Insolvency Professionals Using the powers of modern chat bots in the legal field to your advantage
Tom Braegelmann, Annerton, Germany
10.30-11.00: Delegate coffee break
11.00-11.40: Law & Economics analysis of extra-judicial agreements
Panel leader:
Bart De Moor, Strelia, Belgium / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Panellists:
Prof. Jocelyn Martel, ESSEC, France
Paolo Rinaldi, AlixPartners, Italy
Adrian Thery, J & A Garrigues, Spain / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
11.40-12.20: Pre-packs repackaged?
• Latest developments and recent cases
• European Court of Justice rulings on pre-packs
• Pre-pack proceedings under the Proposal for a Directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
Panel leader:
Rita Gismondi, Gianni & Origoni, Italy / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Panellists:
Ilan Spinath, Resor, The Netherlands
Christophe Thevenot, Thevenot Partners, France / INSOL Europe TRIP Group Co-Chair
Fedra Valencia, Cuatrecasas, Spain
12.20-13.00: European Union Insolvency Harmonisation Update
• Transposition of the Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency
• Update on the adoption of the Proposal for a Directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
Ondrej Vondracek, Civil Justice Unit, DG JUST, European Commission
Prof. Antonio Leandro, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
13.00-13.10: Closing of the day by the Joint Facilitators, President and Technical Committee Co-Chairs
Handover
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Giorgio Corno, Studio Corno Avvocati, Italy / INSOL Europe President
Rita Gismondi, Gianni & Origoni, Italy / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Bart De Moor, Strelia, Belgium / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Alice van der Schee, Van Benthem & Keulen, The Netherlands / INSOL Europe Deputy President & Membership Development Leader
2024 Sorrento Congress Technical Committee Co-Chairs:
Bart De Moor, Strelia, Belgium / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Rita Gismondi, Gianni & Origoni, Italy / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
2024 Sorrento Congress Technical Committee members:
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Giorgio Corno, Studio Corno Avvocati, Italy / INSOL Europe President
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Klaudia Fratczak-Kospin, WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr, Poland / INSOL Europe YMG Co-Chair
Jan Lilius, Hannes Snellman Attorneys, Finland / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Justice Catarina Macchi, Civil Court of Milan, Italy / INSOL Europe Judicial Wing member
Prof. Patrizia Riva, Studio Patrizia Riva, Italy / INSOL Europe Council member
Prof. Rodrigo Rodriguez, Universität Luzern, Switzerland / INSOL Europe Co-opted director & Academic Forum Chair
Sabina Schellenberg, Froriep, Switzerland / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
09.00-09.10: Opening remarks by the Joint Facilitators, President and Technical Committee Co-Chairs
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Giorgio Corno, Studio Corno Avvocati, Italy / INSOL Europe President
Rita Gismondi, Gianni & Origoni, Italy / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Bart De Moor, Strelia, Belgium / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
09.10-09.40: Keynote Speech 1
Prof. Stefania Bariatti, University of Milan, Italy
09.40-10.10: Keynote Speech 2
Massimo Comparini, Deputy CEO, Senior Executive Vice President Observation, Exploration and Navigation, Thales Alenia Space / CEO, Thales Alenia Space Italia
10.10-11.00: When sustainability meets restructuring and insolvency law
• Corporate social responsibility: Duty of the Director in a likelihood of insolvency? Duty of the Insolvent Director? Duty of the PIFOR and IP?
• Corporate governance and ESG criteria as an early warning tool.
Panel leader:
Prof. Patrizia Riva, Piemonte Orientale University, Italy / INSOL Europe Council member
Panellists:
Jean Baron, CBF Associés, France / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Jan Bech, Horten Law Firm, Denmark
Justice Catherine Burton, Insolvency and Companies Court, UK
Prof. Alessandro Danovi, University of Bergamo, Italy
11.00-11.30 Delegate coffee break
4 Break-out-sessions:
I. Insolvency Issues in Real Estate
• Current trends on the real estate market in the Nordics, Germany and Southern Europe
• Legal framework concerning realisation of distressed assets in different jurisdictions
• Recent case studies of distressed assets from respective markets
• Expected progress of the real estate market in coming years
Panel leader:
Jan Lilius, Hannes Snellman Attorneys, Finland / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Panellists:
Florian Bruder, DLA Piper, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Anja Droege Gagnier, BMH Avocats, France
Kristoffer Ståhlbröst, Alvarez & Marsal, Sweden
Matthias Prior, Abel Rechtsanwälte, Austria / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
II. Directors' Duties in the Twilight Zone
• Case study featuring a UK distressed retail business with stores in various EU countries
• Practical points and similarities
Panel leader:
Klaudia Fratczak-Kospin, WKB, Poland / INSOL Europe YMG Co-Chair
Panellists:
Cristian Fischetti, Dentons, Italy
Robert Paterson, Wedlake Bell, UK
Miriam Simsa, Schönherr Attorneys, Austria
III. Digital assets in insolvency: practical aspects
• Insolvency as a tool for combatting DA fraud
• Exploring provisional liquidations, bringing claims for groups of creditors
• Judgment enforcement
Panellists:
Carmel King, Grant Thornton, UK / INSOL Europe Co-opted Director & Anti-Fraud
Forum Co-Chair
David Orsula, bnt attorneys-at-law, Slovak Republic / INSOL Europe Insolvency Tech & Digital Assets Wing Co-Chair
John Adams, Penningtons Manches Cooper, UK
IV. Innovation Amidst Adversity: European Perspectives on Distressed Startups
• Situation of startups across Europe
• Insolvency law and startups
• Key considerations
• Case Studies
Panel leader:
Johannes Chrocziel, Anchor, Germany
Panellists:
Georges-Louis Harang, Addleshaw Goddard (Europe), France / INSOL Europe Co-opted Director, Country Coordinator & EECC Co-Chair
Sarah Ilic, Mishcon, UK
Antonia Mottironi, Ardenter Law, Switzerland / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
12.10-12.20: Change of break-out-rooms
12.20-13.00: Repeat of Break-out-sessions I, II, III & IV
13.00-14.00: Delegate lunch
14.00-15.00: Recognition of Cross-Border Restructuring and Insolvency Proceedings
• Application of the EIR
• Impact of the UNCITRAL Model Law where the EIR does not apply
• Cross-border Insolvency Protocols
Panel leader:
Justice Caterina Macchi, Civil Court of Milan, Italy
Panellists:
Justice Richard Snowden, Court of Appeal, UK
Justice Karin Sonntak, Harju County Court, Estonia
Justice Elsbeth de Vos, District Court of Amsterdam, The Netherlands / INSOL Europe Judicial Wing Co-Chair
15.00-15.30: Delegate coffee break
15.30- 16.15: Preventive Restructuring: New Challenges in voting plans
• Class formation
• Cross-class cram-down
• Financial innovations & restructuring
Panel leader:
Prof. Renato Mangano, University of Palermo, Italy
Panellists:
Tomáš Richter, JŠK, advokátní kancelář / INSOL Europe Honorary member, The Czech Republic
Christel Dumont, Dentons, Luxembourg / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
David Sequeira Dinis, Uria Menéndez Abogados, Portugal / INSOL Europe Council member
16.15-17.00: Formal & informal negotiation asap!
• Italy: Composizione Negoziata della Crisi
Panel leader:
Justice Luciano Panzani, INSOL Europe Judicial Wing member, Italy
Panellists:
Christina Fitzgerald, Isadore Goldman, UK
Daniel Lowenthal, Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler, US
Nicolas Partouche, Peltier Juvigny Marpeau et Associes, France
17.00-17.30: Bank liquidation proceedings Panellists:
Prof. Ignacio Tirado, UNIDROIT
Additional panellist to be announced
17.30-17.35: Closing remarks of the day by the Joint Facilitators
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
SABATO 5 OTTOBRE 2024
09.00-09.05: Opening remarks by the Joint Facilitators
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
09.05-09.30: Keynote speech
Prof. Elbano de Nuccio, President, National Association of Chartered-Accountants, Italy
09.30.-10.00: Keynote Interview
Giorgio Brandazza, CEO, Corneliani, Italy
by Giorgio Corno, Studio Corno Avvocati, Italy /INSOL Europe President
10.00-10.30: An AI Boost for Bankruptcy and Insolvency Professionals Using the powers of modern chat bots in the legal field to your advantage
Tom Braegelmann, Annerton, Germany
10.30-11.00: Delegate coffee break
11.00-11.40: Law & Economics analysis of extra-judicial agreements
Panel leader:
Bart De Moor, Strelia, Belgium / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Panellists:
Prof. Jocelyn Martel, ESSEC, France
Paolo Rinaldi, AlixPartners, Italy
Adrian Thery, J & A Garrigues, Spain / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
11.40-12.20: Pre-packs repackaged?
• Latest developments and recent cases
• European Court of Justice rulings on pre-packs
• Pre-pack proceedings under the Proposal for a Directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
Panel leader:
Rita Gismondi, Gianni & Origoni, Italy / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Panellists:
Ilan Spinath, Resor, The Netherlands
Christophe Thevenot, Thevenot Partners, France / INSOL Europe TRIP Group Co-Chair
Fedra Valencia, Cuatrecasas, Spain
12.20-13.00: European Union Insolvency Harmonisation Update
• Transposition of the Directive on Restructuring and Insolvency
• Update on the adoption of the Proposal for a Directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law
Ondrej Vondracek, Civil Justice Unit, DG JUST, European Commission
Prof. Antonio Leandro, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy
13.00-13.10: Closing of the day by the Joint Facilitators, President and Technical Committee Co-Chairs
Handover
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Giorgio Corno, Studio Corno Avvocati, Italy / INSOL Europe President
Rita Gismondi, Gianni & Origoni, Italy / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Bart De Moor, Strelia, Belgium / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Alice van der Schee, Van Benthem & Keulen, The Netherlands / INSOL Europe Deputy President & Membership Development Leader
2024 Sorrento Congress Technical Committee Co-Chairs:
Bart De Moor, Strelia, Belgium / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Rita Gismondi, Gianni & Origoni, Italy / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
2024 Sorrento Congress Technical Committee members:
Andri Antoniou, CRI Group, Cyprus / INSOL Europe Country Coordinator
Giorgio Corno, Studio Corno Avvocati, Italy / INSOL Europe President
Incoronata Cruciano, Schiebe und Collegen, Germany / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Klaudia Fratczak-Kospin, WKB Wierciński, Kwieciński, Baehr, Poland / INSOL Europe YMG Co-Chair
Jan Lilius, Hannes Snellman Attorneys, Finland / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator
Justice Catarina Macchi, Civil Court of Milan, Italy / INSOL Europe Judicial Wing member
Prof. Patrizia Riva, Studio Patrizia Riva, Italy / INSOL Europe Council member
Prof. Rodrigo Rodriguez, Universität Luzern, Switzerland / INSOL Europe Co-opted director & Academic Forum Chair
Sabina Schellenberg, Froriep, Switzerland / INSOL Europe Council member & Country Coordinator