Description

In this lecture, three major approaches on cross-border insolvency will be revisited and critically analyzed together with the practice of UNCITRAL.

About The Speaker

Toshiyuki Kono is a Distinguished Professor & Director of LL.M./ LL.D. Programs of Kyushu University. He is also the VP & Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, Director of the International Academy of Commercial & Consumer Law, Chairman of the Committee for Intellectual Property and Private International Law – ILA, and Chairman of the Committee for Cultural Affairs of UNESCO National Commission – Japan. He received his legal education from Kyoto University and passed the Japanese Bar Examination in 1981. Author & editor of numerous books on intangible cultural heritage, intellectual property, and private international law, he has taught as visiting professor at Chulalongkorn University, Munich University, Leuven Catholic University, and Hong Kong City University. He was also the Chairperson of the 3rd General Assembly of the State Parties of the UNESCO Convention for the Safegurding of Intangible Cultural Heritage (Paris, 2010), and the Chairperson of the Legal Committee of the 34th UNESCO General Conference (Paris, 2007). On July 2013, he gave special lectures on the “Efficiency in Private International Law” at the Hague Academy of International Law.