Conference Report: Inaugural Conference on Recent Developments in Insolvency Law Reflections on the Pandemic and Brexit

On 13 May 2022, the University of Leeds School of Law’s Centre for Business Law and Practice (CBLP), directed by Professor Peter Whelan, hosted its Inaugural Conference on Recent Developments in Insolvency Law. The Conference focused on the recent tendencies and developments related to Brexit, in particular from a cross-border perspective, as well as on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on insolvency law and regulation from an interdisciplinary perspective. A keynote talk was followed by three panels on corporate, banking, and sovereign insolvency and debt respectively. The views expressed by the Speakers in this Conference Report reflect those of the Speakers in a personal capacity, and do not necessarily reflect those of their institutions. The editors of this Conference Report, Dr Virág Blazsek, Dr Oriana Casasola, and Dr Karina Patricio Ferreira Lima are very grateful to Ceren Gunes for excellent research assistance, to Beth Hastings-Trew and Amar Sandhu for excellent technical assistance as well as to Professor Peter Whelan for his leadership in the course of this conference project, and the School of Law, University of Leeds community for the support. The transcripts of the Q/A sessions following each Panel are not included in this Conference Report. A recording of the event is available Online.