Developments in International Insolvency Law: Trends and Challenges
A special issue of Laws (ISSN 2075-471X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2025) | Viewed by 3540
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
International insolvencies have seen many interesting developments in recent years, including:
- In the development of restructuring tools, including prepacks, and cross border insolvency processes in recent years;
- Many developments at EU level including an ambitious programme of harmonisation of selected areas, as well as work by other international groupings and organisations;
- There have been common issues around crypto insolvencies, insolvencies of wide public impact, including distressed local public entities, and controversies around third-party releases;
- There have been different approaches to the treatment of stakeholders in insolvencies and efforts to develop normative frameworks to balance different rights, including in cross border insolvencies;
- There have been significant efforts to tailor insolvency laws for micro, small and medium enterprises.
- Emerging technologies have also presented opportunities and challenges for insolvency laws.
These are just a few potential areas that illustrate some of the trends and challenges of insolvency law in an international context. This Special Issue will offer an open-access platform indexed in Scopus and other databases. It will provide an excellent platform to showcase quality work and based on previous editions it will gain a wide readership.
You may already be busy with other writing commitments and won’t have a suitable project for this but do let me know if there is anyone else who might be interested.
Prof. Dr. Rebecca Parry
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- insolvency law
- bankruptcies
- cross-border insolvencies
- stakeholders
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