A Symposium on Financial Institutions in Distress: Recovery, Resolution, Recognition

When: Friday, October 20, 2023, 7:30 AM - 12:20 PM
Where: UNIDROIT, Via Panisperna, 28 00184 Rome Italy

Friday, 20 October 2023

8:30 to 13:20 CEST (UTC +2)

A day of discussions and brainstorming regarding strategies and policies to address the distress of financial institutions. The Symposium payed tribute to Professor Alberto Mazzoni, former President of UNIDROIT, Founding President of the UNIDROIT-Queen Mary Institute of Transnational Law and III member

Co-hosted by the III, UNIDROIT, Istituto per la Vigilanza sulle Assicurazioni (IVASS),

University of British Columbia Law Faculty, Warwick Law School, and

UNIDROIT-Queen Mary Institute of Transnational Commercial Law

 

AGENDA  

THURSDAY OCTOBER 19 (Optional Event)

17:15   Guided tour of Palazzo Koch Art Collection, Banca d'Italia, Via Nazionale 91, Rome

FRIDAY OCTOBER 20      UNIDROIT, Via Panisperna, 28 00184 Rome

8:15 - Welcome Coffee and tea

8:40 - Welcome: Professor Maria Chiara Malaguti, President, UNIDROIT

8:45 - Introductory Remarks: Dr Janis Sarra, University of British Columbia, Canada, Member, UNIDROIT Working Group on Bank Insolvency

8:50 - Opening Keynote: Mr Justice Kannan Ramesh, Supreme Court of Singapore, and President, International Insolvency Institute

9:05 - Cross-border Issues for Financial Institutions in Distress: Not Just for Systemically Important Banks

• Chair: Lord Richards, Justice, United Kingdom Supreme Court
• Professor Ignacio Tirado, Secretary General UNIDROIT, Professor of Law, Universidad Autónoma of Madrid
• Monica Marcucci, General Counsel, IVASS, Italy
• Sumant Batra, Founder, India International Insolvency Academy, former President INSOL
• Vivian Grassi Sampaio, Deputy Head of the Department of Resolution and Sanctioning Action, Banco Central do Brasil, and UNIDROIT Working Group on Bank Insolvency

10:15 - The Path Across the Border: A Model Law?

• Chair: Dr Janis Sarra, Professor of Law, University of British Columbia, Canada, Member, UNIDROIT Working Group on Bank Insolvency
• Professor Irit Mevorach, Professor of International Commercial Law, Warwick Law School, University of Warwick, UK, Member of UNIDROIT Working Group on Bank Insolvency and co-Chair of sub-group III
• Professor Hideki Kanda, Emeritus Professor, University of Tokyo, Professor, Gakushuin University Law School (remotely)
• Professor Rosa Lastra, Sir John Lubbock Chair in Banking Law, Queen Mary University of London, UK, Member, UNIDROIT Working Group on Bank Insolvency
• Dr Riz Mokal, Barrister, South Square, London, UK; Honorary Research Fellow, Aberdeen University School of Law

11:30 - Break

11:45 - Safeguards Supporting a Cross-border Resolution Framework

• Chair: Justice Barbara Romaine, Alberta Court of King’s Bench, Canada
• Dr Ronald Davis, Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia Faculty of Law, Canada
• Professor Stefania Bariatti, University of Milano, School of Law, Chair of UNIDROIT Working Group on Bank Insolvency and UNIDROIT Governing Council Member for Italy
• Professor Dr Stephan Madaus, Professor of Law, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany (remotely)

13:00 - Closing Reflections: Lord Richards, Justice, United Kingdom Supreme Court

13:10 - Closing thanks and tribute to Alberto Mazzoni, Professor Ignacio Tirado, Secretary General UNIDROIT

13:20 - Symposium ends

13:30 - Light Lunch