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After the discussion on the StaRuG, the WHOA and India's creditor led insolvency framework in the previous episode, our guests apply their knowledge of these frameworks to a case study. 

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Interviewer: Ishana Tripathi, NALSAR University, India

Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
Edited and produced by Harriet Norman, INSOL International

Music by Jorikbasov

Today's discussion moves beyond the theory of insolvency law and into the practice of restructuring, and specifically, into how three very different legal systems are answering the same question: how do you rescue a business in distress? We talk to Dr. Robert Haenel, Sid Pepels and Saurav Panda, to discuss the German StaRuG, the Dutch WHOA and India's emerging creditor led insolvency framework.

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Interviewer: Ishana Tripathi, NALSAR University, India

Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
Edited and produced by Harriet Norman, INSOL International

Music by Jorikbasov

In this episode, we talk to Paúl Noboa-Velasco, the winner of the INSOL ERA Workshop Best Presentation at INSOL London 2026. Paúl discusses his participation in the ERA Workshop and his thesis "Redefining privilege for tort and public claims in Latin America".

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Interviewer: Kenneth Ghartey, University of Ghana, Ghana

Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
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This season of INSOL Talks kicks off with a look back into the history of bankruptcy law from 15th Century England to Modern America. Our guests today are legal historian, Dr. Fleur Stolker, University of Cambridge, and Prof. Douglas Baird, University of Chicago. They discuss how early bankruptcy acts shaped the foundations of modern bankruptcy law in America and beyond.

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Interviewer: Ishana Tripahi, NALSAR University of Law, India

Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
Edited and produced by Harriet Norman, INSOL International

Music by Jorikbasov

This episode focuses on an article by Prof. Mariana Pargendler (Harvard Law School) where she discusses her research on legal heterodoxy in the Global South. 

She is then joined by experts from Brazil (Prof. Sheila Neder Cerezetti, University of Sao Paulo), Uganda (Prof. Winnie Tarinyeba Kiryabwire, Makarere University), and China (Dr. Shuai Guo, China University of Political Science & Law). The reflect on the institutional, economic and political forces shaping insolvency law in their jurisdictions, and how these experiences may inform future policymaking and research across the Global South.

Mariana Pargendler: "Legal Heterodoxy in the Global South: Priority of Workers versus Secured Creditors in Insolvency"

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Interviewer: Sabrina Becue, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
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Music by Jorikbasov

In this episode, recorded from an INSOL ERA Reading Group, Prof. Jared Ellias, Harvard Law School, and Dr. Narine Lalafaryan, University of Cambridge, talk about their paper "The Global Law of Debt".

The paper argues that corporate borrowing and restructuring are no longer governed primarily by any single national legal system, but by a transnational “global law of debt”, forged through the entanglement of New York and London markets. It offers the first historically grounded account of this system, reframing debt finance and insolvency as products of global professional ecosystems rather than state-centric lawmaking.

Jared Ellias & Narine Lalafaryan "The Global Law of Debt"

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Interviewer: Shuai Guo, China University of Political Science & Law, PRC

Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
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In this special episode, INSOL's CEO Scott Stuart talks to Antonia Menezes, current INSOL Board Member and Senior Financial Sector Specialist at the World Bank about the World Bank's mission, and our joint initiatives, including the Africa Round Table and our Internship. 

We also talk to Jose Salvador, Robalino, the INSOL International/World Bank Group Intern for 2025-26. Jose discusses how coming from Ecuador shaped his experiences as an Intern at the World Bank.

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Interviewer: Scott Stuart, CEO INSOL International

Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
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In this special episode, INSOL ERA Committee Members Defne Tasman and Kenneth Ghartey talk to various delegates attending the INSOL ERA Workshop and Academic Colloquium in London from 18-20 April 2026.

This episode was recorded live on site. If you'd prefer to watch the video version, you can do so here.

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Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
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In the second of two episodes on Anti-Money Laundering, we talk to Aditya Vikram Bhat, Chambers of Aditya Vikram Bhat, India, and Shri Singh, Advocate, India about AML in India.

If you haven't listened to the first episode, we suggest listening to that first for the context of this recording.

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Interviewer: Ishana Tripathi, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, India

Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
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Music by Jorikbasov

The nexus between financial crime and insolvency has seen a growing overlap with modern day bankruptcy proceedings. The issues regarding cross border concerns in bankruptcies and connected money laundering issues of economic offenders connected with corporate debtors has been a consistent issue in India and has seen several developments over the past five years in the UK.

In the first of two episodes on this subject, we talk to Dr. Oriana Casasola and Dr. Ilaria Zavoli, University of Leeds, about their recently published report on the intersection of anti-money laundering and insolvency. We then talk to Marcial Boo, CEO of the Insolvency Practitioners Association, and John Cullen, Menezies LLP, to understand the perspectives of both the insolvency practitioner, and the insolvency regulator with regard to recent changes in the UK.

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Interviewer: Ishana Tripathi, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, India

Introduction and credits voiced by Lisa McNeil, INSOL International
Edited and produced by Harriet Norman, INSOL International

Music by Jorikbasov