Corporate Insolvency and Rescue

Description

Corporate Insolvency and Rescue, Third Edition provides a full description and analysis of Irish corporate insolvency law, comprehensively updated from the publication of the second edition of this text in 2012 to the present. In particular, it is updated to the Companies Act 2014, which has transformed company law in Ireland. The book provides detailed consideration of the law relating to all insolvency processes and corporate restructuring, including examinership, receivership and winding-up. It examines the rights and liabilities of the parties involved in the winding-up process - company directors, shareholders, and secured and unsecured creditors - and also addresses the issue of fraudulent and reckless trading. The third edition is a user-friendly guide for busy insolvency practitioners to this complex and evolving area of law with up to date analysis of legal developments in the field of corporate insolvency and rescue.

Professor Irene Lynch-Fannon has taught Company Law and Employment Law in the Department of Law at UCC since 1987. Gerard Murphy is a practising barrister.

This book is comprehensive, current, practical and relevant for any individual advising in the ever-developing area of corporate insolvency and rescue...[It] is an indispensable tool for all insolvency practitioners of all levels of experience. -- Andrea Brennan, A&L Goodbody Law Society Gazette, Nov 2012 Informative, lucid and authoratitive: these were among the words of praise heaped on this book when the first edition was published in 1996. This second edition deserves these tributes in equal measure, in fact more so... If you're any way involved with cross-border insolvency, you'll find this book a mine of information and knowledge. -- Phillip Taylor MBE Professor Irene Lynch-Fannon and Gerard Nicholas Murphy have produced an impressive addition to the list of essential texts for Irish insolvency practitioners, legal advisors, lenders and for those outside Ireland requiring a detailed reference work on the operation of Irish insolvency law and practice...The authors are to be congratulated for their significant achievement in producing this exceptional work. INSOL World