(62) The insolvency law should permit the insolvency representative to determine the treatment of any assets that are burdensome to the estate.

(35) The insolvency law should specify that the estate should include

(80) The insolvency law should specify that the insolvency representative may accept or require performance from the counterparty to a contract prior to continuation or rejection of the contract.

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(72) The insolvency law should specify that the insolvency representative may decide to continue the performance of a contract of which it is aware where continuation would be beneficial to the insolvency estate. The insolvency law should specify that

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J. The insolvency law should provide that, if a holder of a security right in an asset of the insolvency estate has subordinated its priority unilaterally or by agreement in favour of any existing or future competing claimant, such subordination is binding in insolvency proceedings with respect to the grantor.

C. Except as provided in D , the insolvency law should provide that an asset of the estate acquired after the commencement of an insolvency proceeding is not subject to a security right created by the grantor before the commencement of the insolvency proceeding.

(c) any right or interest of the State in the administration of property, such as trust property, the estate of a bankrupt or the property of a company in the event of its winding up.

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(e) In the area of insolvency, the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross Border Insolvency and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law

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(b) Insolvency law

(b) Insolvency law

(46) The insolvency law should specify that, on commencement of insolvency proceedings add a, b, c, d, e

(iii) The insolvency administrator.

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(49) The insolvency law should specify that the measures applicable on commencement of insolvency proceedings remain effective throughout those proceedings until

The insolvency law should provide that an asset of the estate acquired after the commencement of an insolvency proceeding with respect to the grantor is subject to a security right created by the grantor before the commencement of the insolvency proceeding to the extent the asset is proceeds (whether cash or non cash) of an encumbered asset which was an asset of the grantor before the commencement of the proceeding.

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The other three, the International Statement of United States Bankruptcy Law, International Statement of Canadian Bankruptcy Law, and International Statement of Mexican Bankruptcy Law describe the bankruptcy laws of the three NAFTA States, and set out principles governing multinational insolvency cases which involve assets located in one or more of the three NAFTA countries.

The insolvency law should specify that, if a security right is entitled to priority under law other than the insolvency law, that priority continues unimpaired in insolvency proceedings except if, pursuant to the insolvency law, another claim is given priority.

(59) The insolvency law should permit the insolvency representative to use and dispose of cash proceeds if

International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL)

Note to the Working Group See recommendation I in the recommendations of this Guide on Insolvency The insolvency law should specify that, if a security right is entitled to priority under law other than the insolvency law, that priority continues unimpaired in insolvency proceedings except if, pursuant to the insolvency law, another claim is given priority.

3. Recommends that all States give due consideration to the Legislative Guide when assessing the economic efficiency of their insolvency regimes and when revising or adopting legislation relevant to insolvency

Insolvency Guide recommendations

(52) The insolvency law should permit

(b) The appointment of an insolvency representative.

International Insolvency Institute (III)

(31) The insolvency law of the State in which insolvency proceedings are commenced (lex fori concursus) should apply to all aspects of the commencement, conduct, administration and conclusion of those insolvency proceedings and their effects. These may include, for example

This note includes recommendations taken from the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Insolvency Law (the Insolvency Guide), indicated by numbers in parentheses (the numbers reflect the numbers of the Insolvency Guide), and recommendations A K, which are new and therefore additional to the recommendations in the Insolvency Guide.

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Effectiveness of security rights in insolvency

Note to the Working Group As to subordination agreements in the case of the grantor's insolvency, see recommendation J in the recommendations of this Guide on Insolvency The insolvency law should provide that if a holder of a security right in an asset of the insolvency estate has subordinated its priority unilaterally or by agreement in favour of any existing or future competing claimant, such subordination is binding in insolvency proceedings with respect to the grantor.

(66) The law should specify that a security interest over the assets of the estate to secure post commencement finance does not have priority ahead of any existing security interest over the same assets unless the insolvency representative obtains the agreement of the existing secured creditor(s) or follows the procedure in recommendation 67.

Assistance to law reform in the area of insolvency law reform includes the Regional Technical Assistance (RETA) 5975 Promoting Regional Cooperation in Insolvency Law Reforms addressing (a) informal workouts, (b) intersection between insolvency law and secured transactions law and (c) cross border insolvency.

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Until now, bankruptcy has played a second tier role in reform efforts, even though bankruptcy law does for industrial firms much of what regulators want for financial firms. By restructuring a failed industrial firm s debts, saving its profitable businesses, and selling its loss making ones, bankruptcy can minimize a failed firm s knock on costs for its creditors and the economy as a whole.

So, for example, the definition of assets of the debtor is included to explain the scope of the insolvency estate formed on commencement of the insolvency proceedings and thus the assets that will be affected by the commencement of those proceedings.

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