Ross Parsons Centre Law & Business seminar: Reforming creditors’ schemes of arrangement: Lessons from the Netherlands

This webinar will discuss the new creditors scheme of arrangement (WHOA) reforms in the Netherlands that were introduced in 2020. The webinar will provide an overview of the WHOA and discuss what lessons can be learnt from the initial cases decided under the new law. Will the Dutch scheme supplant English schemes post-Brexit as the restructuring tool of choice in Europe? Does the Dutch scheme offer lessons for Australia in reforming our scheme of arrangement procedure?

These questions will be discussed by our expert panel:

Speaker: Johan Jol

Johan works for ABN AMRO Bank NV as part of the Financial Restructuring and Recovery Legal Team and has extensive experience working as legal counsel for a range of banks and law firms in the Netherlands, London and New York. Johan is a member of the Expert Group on Restructuring and Insolvency Law for the European Commission and teaches international and comparative bankruptcy law in the United States as well as teaching at Leiden Law School. Johan is also an INSOL Fellow. Johan’s publications and presentations can be found here: www.legalhoudini.com

Commentator: Leonard McCarthy

Leonard is a special counsel at William James in Sydney, where he practices in insolvency, restructuring and commercial litigation. Leonard acts for insolvency practitioners, creditors and debtors and has acted on some of Australia’s largest insolvencies and restructurings. Leonard is an INSOL Fellow, a member of ARITA and of the TMA.

Chair: Jason Harris, Professor of Corporate Law, Sydney Law School

Webinar via Zoom, Tuesday 15 March 2022, 6-7pm AEDT

Once registered, you will be provided with Zoom details closer to the date of the webinar.

This seminar is sponsored by the Ross Parsons Centre at Sydney Law School.

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