Rules on jurisdiction in cross-border insolvency proceedings within the EU

Abstract

In the Master thesis there is given the analysis of jurisdiction rules of European Regulation on Insolvency, defined main issues of applicability of such rules and shortcomings. There is given detailed overview of relevant ECJ and national courts’ case law and its impact on amendments of articles Insolvency Regulation made by its Recast. Later, the main focus is turned directly to the Recast of Insolvency Regulation, examining how effectively it will be able to eliminate existed issues concerning jurisdiction rules.