Table of Contents

Introduction 7
Marcel Willems
Kennedy Van der Laan NV

Cash pooling and the EU Insolvency Regulation 9
Bart de Man
Jeroen Postma
Kennedy Van der Laan NV

Argentina 17
Tomás M Araya
M&M Bomchil Abogados
Mario Benjamín Terán
Lawyer
Daniela A Bianchi
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal

Austria 35
Arno Brauneis
bkp Rechtsanwälte

Australia 45
Ian Walker
Minter Ellison

Belgium 59
Tom Geudens
Yves Lenders
Pieter Meeus
Lydian

Canada 75
Mary Arzoumanidis
Jeffrey Carolan
Royal Bank of Canada

China 89
Rogier van Bijnen
Kathleen Cao
R&P China Lawyers

Cyprus 105
Venetia Argyropoulou
Alexandra Pelaghias-Christodoulou
Pelaghias, Christodoulou, Vrachas LLC

Czech Republic 121
Ernst Giese
Mária Piacˇková
Giese & Partner, vos

Denmark 135
Carsten Ceutz
Thomas Frøbert
Morten Krogsgaard
Bech-Bruun

England 151
Charles Kerrigan
Olswang LLP

Estonia 173
Martin Mäesalu
Raino Paron
Tõnis Vahesaar
Raidla Ellex

Finland 185
Pekka Jaatinen
Anna-Kaisa Remes
Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd

France 199
Amélie Dorst
Anja Droege Gagnier
BMH Avocats

Germany 213
Daniela Mader
Kirsten Schümann-Kleber
GÖRG

Greece 229
Constantinos N Klissouras
Christina K Papachristopoulou
KP Law Firm

Hungary 243
Melinda Pelikán
Zsófia Polyák
János Tóth
Wolf Theiss

Ireland 257
Daragh Bohan
Frank Flanagan
Mayson Hayes & Curran

Italy 281
Flavio A Acerbi
5Lex
Silvio Cavallo
Domenico Gioia
Paolo Manganelli
Paul Hastings
Cosimo Pennetta
RCC Lex

Japan 323
Naoya Ariyoshi
Maya Ito
Shinsuke Ushirobira
Nishimura & Asahi

Latvia 339
Dia¯na Balkena
BDO Legal

Lithuania 347
Liudgardas Maculevicˇius
Rödl & Partner

Luxembourg 355
Franz Fayot
Laurent Fisch
FischFayot

Mexico 371
Darío U Oscós
Oscós Abogados

Netherlands 379
Marcel Willems
Kennedy Van der Laan NV

Norway 395
Børge Grøttjord
Kari Amalie Pettersen
Grette DA

Portugal 417
Miguel de Avillez Pereira
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Hugo Teixeira
Abreu Advogados

South Korea 429
Sang-Jin Ahn
Keum-Ho Lee
Steve Sunghwa Song
Kim and Chang

Spain 441
Maria Luisa de Alarcón
Agustín Bou
Carlos Pol
Jausas

Sweden 459
Kristina Einarsson
Mathias Winge
Setterwalls

Switzerland 471
Benedict F Christ
David Jenny
Nadia Tarolli Schmidt
VISCHER AG

United States 483
Judith Elkin
Judith Elkin PLLC
Kourtney P Lyda
Arsalan Muhammad
Kelli Stephenson Norfleet
Haynes and Boone, LLP

About the authors 505

Reviews

Review for first edition: This practical handbook is a welcome guide for in-house counsel or advisers in banking and finance, as well as for insolvency practitioners.
*Professor Bob Wessels*