Strategic Recovery and Insolvency Proceedings

Programme

9:00 Welcome

9:30 Opening

José Manuel Aroso Linhares (President of the UCILeR Coordinating Board)

9:45 I Panel

Moderator: Alexandre de Soveral Martins (UCILeR/FDUC)

Salvija Mulevičienė (Mykolo Romerio Unversitetas/Private Law Institute) - Invoking contractual termination clauses in insolvency

Aldo Laudonio (Università degli Studi Magna Graecia di Catanzaro) – Company officers' liability in insolvency proceedings and private autonomy: from indemnization to collective bargaining?

Juana Pulgar Ezquerra (Universidad Complutense) – Structural changes, Restructuring and Insolvency Law

11:15 Debate/Q&A

11:30 Coffee Break

11:45 II Panel

Moderator: Jorge Coutinho de Abreu (UCILeR/FDUC)

Fátima Reis Silva (Judge of the Lisbon Court of Appeal) – Strategic Insolvencies: The Role of the Judge and its Limits

Nuno Lousa (Lawyer– Linklaters)– Strategic use of insolvency proceedings by the debtor

12:45 Debate/Q&A

13:00 Lunch

14:30 III Panel

Moderator: Inês Oliveira Martins (UCILeR/FDUC)

Gerard McCormack (Professor of International Business Law/University of Leeds/UK) - The UK restructuring plan and a fair distribution of benefits

Carolina Cunha (UCILeR/FDUC) – Creditor strategies in corporate insolvency: walking the line or crossing it?

Alexandre de Soveral Martins (UCILeR/FDUC) – Strategic Pre-insolvency Proceedings in Portugal: an Overview

16:00 Debate/Q&A

16:15 Coffee Break

16:30 IV Panel

Moderator: Carolina Cunha (UCILeR/FDUC)

Alexandre Dias Pereira (UCILeR/FDUC) - Exclusion and limitation of liability clauses in the event of insolvency

Inês Oliveira Martins (UCILeR/FDUC) - Shareholders’ agreements and insolvency

Ana Sequeira (UCILeR/UA) – Conservation of debtor’s assets after a revitalization proceeding

18:00 Debate/Q&A

18:15 Closing - Alexandre de Soveral Martins (UCILeR/FDUC)