The Luso-Spanish Congress: The Transposition of Directive 2019/1023 receives paper proposals until May 6, 2022.
See the submission rules in the Call for Papers of the event.
Participation in the event is free of charge, but registration is mandatory. The Congress will take place in the Chapel of the Trindade College on 3 June 2022.
Programme
9.00 a.m. (PT) - Secretariat opening
9.30-9.45h (PT) - Opening
João Nuno Calvão da Silva
Vice-Rector of the University of Coimbra
Jónatas Machado
Director of the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
José Manuel Aroso Linhares
President of the University of Coimbra Institute for Legal Research
9.45am-10.15pm (PT) - "The harmonisation of Insolvency Law in Europe"
Initiative "Strengthening the convergence of insolvency laws"
Ondrej Vondracek
EC Directorate General Justice and Consumer Affairs
10.15h-11.15h (PT) - "The transposition of Directive 2019/1023 in Spain and Portugal. Overall comment"
Moderator - Carlos Gómez Asensio Associate Professor, University of Valencia
10.15h- 10.35h (PT) - Situation in Portugal
Catarina Serra
Associate Professor with Agregação/Escola de Direito da Universidade do Minho. Counselling Judge at the Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal)
10.35-10.55 am (PT) - Situation in Spain
Ana Belén Campuzano
Full Professor of Commercial Law, CEU San Pablo University
10.55-11.15am (PT) - Debate
11.15-11.30h (PT) - Coffee break
11.30-12.30h (PT) - Suspension of enforcement measures and preparation of the recovery plan
Moderator - Alexandre Dias Pereira
Director of the University Press. Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
12.10h-12.30h (PT) — Debate
12.30h (PT) — Lunch
14.00h-15.00h (PT) - Papers
Moderators
Carlos Gomez Asensio
Associate Professor at the University of Valencia
Inês Serrano de Matos
Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
3.00 p.m. - 4.40 p.m. (PT) - Restructuring and approval of the plan Moderator
Paulo Mota Pinto
Full Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
3.00 p.m.- 3.20 p.m. (PT) - Restructuring and approval of the recovery plan in the PER
Paulo de Tarso Domingues
Associate Professor and Director of the Faculty of Law of the University of Oporto. Lawyer, Abreu Advogados
3.20h-15.40h (PT) - Restructuring and M&A in Spain
Edgar Saíz Aznar
Assistant Professor VIU. Lawyer, Andersen
15.40h-16.40h (PT) - Duties of directors prior to insolvency
3.40 p.m.-4.00 p.m. (PT) - Situation in Portugal
Jorge Manuel Coutinho de Abreu
Professor at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra
16.00h-16.20h (PT) - Situation in Spain
Eva Recaman Graña
Associate Professor at Complutense University of Madrid
16.20h-16.40h (PT) - Debate
16.40h-17.00h (PT) - Coffee break
17.00-18.00 (PT) - Exoneration of remaining liabilities Moderator
Edgar Saíz Aznar
Assistant Professor VIU. Andersen Lawyer
17.00h-17.20h (PT) - Situation in Portugal
Maria de Fátima Ribeiro
Associate Professor, Catholic University of Porto
17.20h-17.40h (PT) - Situation in Spain
Álvaro Sendra Albiñana
Assistant Professor at the University of Castellón. Insolvency Administrator. Lawyer. President of the Insolvency Section of the Valencia Bar Association.
17.40h-18.00h (PT) - Debate
18.00 (PT) - Closing
Maria João Antunes
Coordinator of the Risk, Transparency and Litigiousness