Corporate Rescue and Insolvency Journal

Corporate Rescue
Rescue
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and Insolvency
Insolvency
Insolvency means the inability to pay one's debts as they fall due. Usually used to refer to a business, insolvency refers to the inability of a company to pay off its debts.Business insolvency is defined in two different ways:...

is bi-monthly English-language journal

Magazine

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. The journal offers commentary and analysis on all areas of domestic and international insolvency

Insolvency

Insolvency means the inability to pay one's debts as they fall due. Usually used to refer to a business, insolvency refers to the inability of a company to pay off its debts.Business insolvency is defined in two different ways:...

and restructuring

Restructuring

Restructuring is the corporate management term for the act of reorganizing the legal, ownership, operational, or other structures of a company for the purpose of making it more profitable, or better organized for its present needs...

law

Law

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for those that are involved in helping businesses restructure.

The editorial board is made up of practising and academic lawyers and is further supported by a panel of contributing law

Law

, accountancy

Accountancy

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firms and organisations who provide content focusing on the very latest in legal developments, key themes and trends in the market.

Features

The journal offers a mix of features

Feature story

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; In Practice articles covering both technical and practical issues; and International features.
Our regular features are written by lawyers and experts in corporate restructuring. The In Practice section gives a balance of contentious and non-contentious issues. Features in this section offer practical advice into restructuring

Restructuring

and insolvency problems together with analysis of some of the issues that can arise. Authors on the In Practice team include solicitors at Freshfields, Eversheds

Eversheds

Eversheds LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is one of the 50 largest law firms in the world measured by revenues. In 2009/10 it achieved total revenues of £355.2 million, making it the ninth-largest UK-based law firm by this measurement, and profits per...

, Norton Rose

Norton Rose

Norton Rose is an international legal practice offering a business law service from 39 offices across Europe, Asia Pacific, Canada, Africa and the Middle East...

, Dickinson Dees and offering an alternative view, the section also includes features by KPMG

KPMG

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.

The International features cover developments in the international arena and are covered by contributors from Slaughter and May

Slaughter and May

Slaughter and May is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom and a member of the 'Magic Circle' of leading UK law firms. It also has offices in Beijing, Brussels and Hong Kong....

, Denton Wilde Sapte

Denton Wilde Sapte

Denton Wilde Sapte LLP was an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. On 26 May 2010, the firm announced that it had reached agreement to merge with the U.S.-based law firm Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal...

, Lovells, and again, to give different perspective, from members of the Begbies Global Network.

All features have a key points box that selects the "take home" facts and allows for a quick assessment of the article’s relevance. Each piece provides a short biography

Biography

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about the author

Author

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with author contact details should further exploration of a topic

Topic

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be required.

Regular sections also include:

Turnaround
Turnaround
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section offering interesting features from the Institute for Turnaround (IFT) and R3
R3
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;
Legislative Update section provided by Ashurst;
Market Spotlight section, offering an at-a-glance summary of major developments in the restructuring and insolvency
Insolvency
Insolvency means the inability to pay one's debts as they fall due. Usually used to refer to a business, insolvency refers to the inability of a company to pay off its debts.Business insolvency is defined in two different ways:...

sector;
Sector Focus section providing views and opinions on insolvency
Insolvency
Insolvency means the inability to pay one's debts as they fall due. Usually used to refer to a business, insolvency refers to the inability of a company to pay off its debts.Business insolvency is defined in two different ways:...

and restructuring topics from other sectors; and
Comprehensive case coverage supplied by CMS Cameron McKenna
CMS Cameron McKenna
CMS Cameron McKenna LLP is an international law firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom...

in Case Reporter and a summary of recent cases by 11 Stone Buildings in Cases Alerter.

History

The journal was originally published under the title of Tolley's Insolvency Law & Practice (ILP) by Frank Cass & Co in January/February 1985. In 1991, the journal was sold to Tolley

Tolley

-People:* Anne Tolley, New Zealand politician* Chris Tolley, British cricketer* Dave Tolley, Canadian percussionist* David Tolley, Australian artist* Harold S...

and through a series of mergers it became part of LexisNexis

LexisNexis

LexisNexis Group is a company providing computer-assisted legal research services. In 2006 it had the world's largest electronic database for legal and public-records related information...

in 2003. LexisNexis

LexisNexis

LexisNexis Group is a company providing computer-assisted legal research services. In 2006 it had the world's largest electronic database for legal and public-records related information...

is owned by Reed Elsevier

Reed Elsevier

Reed Elsevier is a publisher and information provider operating in the science, medical, legal, risk and business sectors. It is listed on several of the world's major stock exchanges. It is a FTSE 100 and FT500 Global company...

.

Carolyn Swain was appointed editor

Editor in chief

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in May 2007.

Most recently relaunched in January 2008, under the title of Corporate Rescue and Insolvency, the journal builds on the strengths of ILP but now also offers shorter, know-how, practical articles, further sections and a new easy-to-read layout.

Features

History

See also