Insolvency Event - INSOL Academic Forum - Cross-Border Crisis Management in the Banking Sector - University of Leiden, 1-2 July 2010

Dr Paul Omar, the secretary of the INSOL Europe Academic Forum, has sent out details of a forthcoming insolvency event at the University of Leiden entitled: "Cross-Border Crisis Management in the Banking Sector." Dr Omar notes:

"The Academic Forum of INSOL Europe is an association of academic lawyers researching and teaching in insolvency law. In conjunction with the Centre for European Company Law of the University of Leiden, the Academic Forum will be organising a conference at Leiden in the Netherlands on the theme of Cross-Border Crisis Management in the Banking Sector. The meeting, to be held over two days (1-2 July 2010) will feature presentations, given by members of the academic and practitioner community in Europe and elsewhere. As part of the proceedings, there will also be a Reception and Dinner for delegates. An interim conference schedule is available below:

Thursday 1 July
13.00 – 13.30	Registration – Coffee
13.30 – 13.35	Welcome to the Conference	Patricia Godfrey, Nabarro LLP Professor Bob Wessels, Leiden Law School
13.35 – 13.45	Welcome to Leiden Law School Internationalisation of education and research in law in Leiden	Professor Carel Stolker, Dean, Leiden Law Faculty
13.45 – 14.55	Session 1: Supervision and Early Intervention by Supervisors Chair: Paul Omar, University of Sussex
13.45 – 14.05	Beyond the Banking Crisis: strategic responses to risk management and level and quality of capital	Michiel Boots, Deputy Head of Financial Stability, Ministry of Finance, The Netherlands
14.05 – 14.25	Renewed approaches to supervision of the banking sector in the EU	Prof. Dr. Rogier Raas, Partner, Stibbe; Professor of Banking and Securities Law, Leiden Law School
14.25 – 14.45	Commentary	TBC
		Martine Gerber, Partner Oostvogels Pfister Feyten, Luxembourg
14.55 – 15.15	Coffee/Tea Break
15.15 – 17.30	Session 2: Supervision and Early Intervention by Supervisors (continued) Chair: Eric Selander, Swedbank, Sweden
15.15 – 15.30	Response to Commentary	Michiel Boots Rogier Raas
15.30 – 15.50	Role and Function of the European Banking Authority	TBC
15.50 – 16.10	Early intervention measures	TBC
16.10 – 16.30	Commentary	Martin E. Lybecker, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
16.30 – 16.45	Response to Commentary	TBC
16.45 – 17.10	Complexities of a cross-border crisis: the case of Kaupthing	Peter Spratt, Global Head of Business Restructuring Services, PriceWaterhouseCoopers, London
17.10 – 17.30	Q&A from the floor
17.30 – 18.00	Drinks Reception in Academy Building
18.45 – 21.15	Dinner, Woods Restaurant (18.15 Coach departs from Witte Singel near the Patersbrug; 21.30 Coach return to Leiden Molen, Molenwerf)	Guest Speaker: TBC
Friday 2 July
08.15 – 09.00	Registration – Coffee
09.00 – 10.10	Session 3: Resolution and Insolvency in Cross-border Banking Cases Chair: Sijmen de Ranitz, Past President Insol International
09.00 – 09.25	The present EU legislative framework on reorganisation and winding-up of banks	Professor Bob Wessels, Leiden Law School
09.25 – 09.50	The case of Fortis bank	Prof. Steef M. Bartman, Professor Corporate Law, Leiden Law School
09.50 – 10.00	Commentary	TBC
10.00 – 10.10		Klaus Pannen, Pannen and partners, Hamburg
10.10 – 10.30	Coffee
10.30 – 12.30	Session 4: Resolution and Insolvency in Cross-border Banking Cases (continued) Chair: Tomas Richter; Lecturer, Institute of Economic Studies, Charles University, Prague
10.30 – 10.55	Banking resolution tools	TBC
10.55 – 11.05	Commentary	TBC
11.05 – 11.30	Mechanisms for cross-border sharing of information and cooperation	Reinhard Dammann, Partner Clifford Chance LLP, Paris
11.30 – 11.40	Commentary	Carlos Mack, White & Case LLP, München
11.40 – 12.05	What should be the Central Bank response to cases such as Icesave and DSB Bank?	Prof. Helene M. Vletter-Van Dort, Professor Securities Law Groningen
12.05 – 12.15	Commentary	TBC
12.15 – 12.30	Q&A from the floor
12.30 – 13.45	Lunch
13.45 – 15.15	Session 5: Towards a harmonised insolvency regime for banks? Chair: Prof. Stefania Bariati, Professor of Private International Law, University of Milan
13.45 – 14.15	The problems in practice: Landsbanki / Icesave	Jasper Berkenbosch, assistant to the Administrators of Icesave (Dutch branch Landsbanki), Partner DLA Piper, Amsterdam
14.15 – 14.45	The problems in practice: Kaupthing Norway	Siv Sandvik, administrator Kaupthing, DLA Piper, Oslo
14.45 – 15.15	The problems in practice: Lehman Brothers Treasury Co. B.V.	Rutger Schimmelpennick, administrator Lehman Brothers Treasury Co. B.V.; Houthoff Buruma, Amsterdam
15.15 – 16.10	Session 6: Round-Table Chair: Patricia Godfrey, Nabarro LLP Speakers: 1. Martin E. Lybecker 2. TBC 3. TBC 4. TBC 5. TBC
16.10 – 16.15	Closing Remarks	Professor Bob Wessels, Leiden Law School

A registration brochure and details of the conference fee will be published in due course. Further information about the academic conference and the work of the Academic Forum can also be obtained via the Academic Forum website at: http://www.insol-europe.org/academic/ or from the Secretary via e-mail at: paulo@sussex.ac.uk."

Picture Credit: INSOL Europe.