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International Organizations & Institutes

American Bankruptcy Institute
The American Bankruptcy Institute is the nation’s largest association of bankruptcy professionals, made up of over 12,000 members in multi-disciplinary roles, including attorneys, auctioneers, bankers, judges, lenders, professors, turnaround specialists, accountants and others. ABI is committed to serving our members with high-quality conferences, comprehensive continuing education, effective legal research, and dynamic networking opportunities.

INSOL: International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals
INSOL International is a world-wide federation of national associations of accountants and lawyers who specialise in turnaround and insolvency. There are currently over 44 Member Associations with over 10,000 professionals participating as members of INSOL International. Individuals who are not members of a member association join as individual members.
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INSOL with its Member Associations will take the leadership role in international turnaround, insolvency and related credit issues; facilitate the exchange of information and ideas, encourage greater international co-operation and communication amongst the insolvency profession, credit community and related constituencies.
Conferences and Seminars
One of INSOL's most important functions is organising and sponsoring conferences and seminars for the discussion of international insolvency and turnaround issues. These events are attended by professionals from many different countries and from the various disciplines which work together in insolvency and recovery situations.
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Each of these delegates brings knowledge and experience from his or her own country and particular field of expertise, contributing to a rich and diverse atmosphere.

INSOL's conferences provide the opportunity for professionals to exchange ideas about insolvency work, and to make new acquaintances - both business and social. Take a look at the following video taken at INSOL Hong Kong in 2014 to find out more.
Technical Library
The Technical Library provides a library of resource of INSOL's technical research. It is updated on publication of new items and members are alerted by e-mails as to new research works that are available for the membership.
INSOL International Global Insolvency Practice Course
The Global Insolvency Practice Course is a result of the large interest that the INSOL membership demonstrated for an advanced educational qualification focusing on international insolvency. The qualification received will bestow a Fellowship from INSOL International.

International Insolvency Institute
The International Insolvency Institute is a non-profit, limited membership organization. Focused on promoting greater international cooperation and coordination through improvements in the law and in legal procedures.
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Continually studying, analyzing and providing solutions to problems in cross-border insolvencies and reorganizations

UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency
Interpretation of the Model Law is discussed in The UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: the Judicial Perspective, which includes summaries of the key cases discussed. Information on cooperation in cross-border insolvency cases is contained in the UNCITRAL Practice Guide on Cross-Border Insolvency Cooperation, These texts are available at the given UNCITRAL link.
Electronic version of the new publication of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (1997)
Click on this link to view electronic version of the new publication of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency (1997) with Guide to Enactment and Interpretation (2013)
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Insolvency Working Group

World Bank
The Insolvency and Debt Resolution team of the World Bank Group assists governments in improving their credit environments through the development of more effective insolvency systems. This is achieved through international standard-setting, detailed diagnostics and technical assistance for implementation.
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Their work helps to save viable businesses, while allowing failed businesses to "exit" the market efficiently and effectively. Ultimately, this increases the return to stakeholders (banks and other creditors) from non-performing loans, reduces dependency on the courts for debt recovery, and saves jobs through the preservation of "enterprise value" via restructuring.

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