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Flattening the Filing Curve for SMEs: Lessons from Colombia’s Insolvency Reform

To mitigate the economic consequences of the Covid19 pandemic, corporate insolvency law has been temporarily amended in multiple jurisdictions. The main objective of these reforms is to ensure...

30 April 2020

Alvaro Pereira

Directors’ Duty under UK Law to Promote the Success of the Company during the COVID-19 Pandemic

As the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19) puts the corporate world under strain, those in positions of corporate control must navigate the pressure to mitigate COVID-19’s impact, while also remaining compliant...

30 April 2020

Philip Gavin

Corporate Power and Legitimacy in the Post-Covid-19 Age: A Model of Sovereign Control

Questions of corporate power have permeated corporate law scholarship for a long time. They have historically informed broader political discussions on the extent to which the concentration of...

29 April 2020

Vincenzo Bavoso

Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings? Of Uncertainty in Times of a Pandemic

My aim in this blog post is to reflect on an underlying aspect of the pandemic: that is, uncertainty affecting policy makers and regulators. I am of course not the...

28 April 2020

Pierre Schammo

Covid-19: Should We Close Stock Exchanges?

The global financial system has experienced a month of unprecedented anarchy as the Covid-19 pandemic is spreading and bringing western capitalism to its limits. Companies and investors are turning to...

24 April 2020

Alexandra Andhov

The Quest for a Common Fiscal Response to Fight COVID-19: Is the Eurogroup Rescue Package Sufficient?

After tough negotiations between 7 and 9 April—including a 16-hour marathon session— the Eurogroup proposed a comprehensive rescue package. The European Council will discuss its implementation...

23 April 2020

Julian Pröbstl

GCGC/ECGI Global Webinar Series - How Banks and Fintechs Can Help Small Businesses Survive COVID-19

Small business assistance has been a central focus of the government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis, and for good reason. Small businesses underlie the vitality of our neighborhoods, spark innovation,...

22 April 2020

Todd H. Baker

Kathryn Judge

GCGC/ECGI Global Webinar Series - Extreme times, Extreme Measures: Pandemic-Resistant Corporate Law

It's a pandemic. There are no rules (Seth Meyers)These are exceptional times. Almost everywhere, policymakers are taking exceptional measures. Most of these measures are in the domains of public health,...

22 April 2020

Luca Enriques

Evaluating Some Strategies for Preventing Insolvency Proceedings in the Wake of the COVID-19 Crisis

In wake of the COVID-19 pandemic various countries are taking steps to modify the application of their insolvency laws. Many countries have taken steps to prevent the initiation of insolvency...

21 April 2020

Shreya Prakash

Managing the Insolvency Curve in Australia

As with many countries trying to handle the current COVID-19 pandemic (on which see already this comparative analysis by Aurelio Gurrea-Martínez), and as but one measure to limit...

20 April 2020

Michael Murray

Jason Harris

Flattening the Filing Curve for SMEs: Lessons from Colombia’s Insolvency Reform

Directors’ Duty under UK Law to Promote the Success of the Company during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Corporate Power and Legitimacy in the Post-Covid-19 Age: A Model of Sovereign Control

Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings? Of Uncertainty in Times of a Pandemic

Covid-19: Should We Close Stock Exchanges?

The Quest for a Common Fiscal Response to Fight COVID-19: Is the Eurogroup Rescue Package Sufficient?

GCGC/ECGI Global Webinar Series - How Banks and Fintechs Can Help Small Businesses Survive COVID-19

GCGC/ECGI Global Webinar Series - Extreme times, Extreme Measures: Pandemic-Resistant Corporate Law

Evaluating Some Strategies for Preventing Insolvency Proceedings in the Wake of the COVID-19 Crisis

Managing the Insolvency Curve in Australia

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