Cross-border Security and Insolvency

This volume analyzes the legal and practical issues that arise in cross-border transactions involving the taking and enforcement of security over movable and intangible property. Having analyzed the domestic law of security in the UK, US, France and Germany, it then focuses upon the private international law and insolvency law issues. Contributions come from leading legal, insolvency and banking specialists drawn from the relevant jurisdictions, providing a comparative perspective on each topic discussed. Coverage includes a focused, practical, case-study plus input from banking and insolvency professionals. Contributors to this volume - Hamish Anderson, Partner, Norton Rose, London Professor Michael Bridge, Professor of Law, University College, London; Director of Research, Norton Rose, London Richard F Broude, Former Partner with Mayer, Brown & Platt, New York Richard Calnan, Partner, Norton Rose, London Professor Ulrich Drobnig, Max Planck Institute for Foreign and Private International Law, Hamburg Professor Ian Fletcher, Herbert Smith Professor of International Commercial Law, University College, London Martin Gdanski, Norton Rose, Paris Professor Sir Roy Goode, St John's College, Oxford University Mark Homan, PricewaterhouseCoopers Dr Burkhard Jakel, Partner, Gleiss Lutz Hootz Hirsch, Frankfurt am Main Professor Catherine Kessedjian, Professor at University of Paris II, Pantheon-Assas Charles W Mooney Jun, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor of Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School Robert Stevens, Barrister, Fellow and Tutor in Law, Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University Lindsay J Town, Head of Asset Finance, Halifax Group Treasury and Wholesale Banking