Ranking and Priority of Creditors

This book is the third volume in the Oxford International and Comparative Insolvency Law Series. It addresses one of the critical issues of any insolvency by providing comprehensive analysis of the law and practice in relation to creditor claims. As with the two previous volumes in the series the book would provide a comparative view by setting out the relevant law and practice in over 20 jurisdictions drawing out the divergences and common features of domestic insolvency laws from a broad spectrum of countries.

Areas covered include submission of claims, verification and admission of claims, ranking of insolvency and administration claims, treatment of non-enforceable claims, and voting and participation rights.

Quality, uniformity and the high level of detail of National Reports are the key benefits of this volume. The book would assist practitioners in assessing which ranking and participation rights could be asserted by the various types of creditors in the jurisdictions covered. For scholars it would provide access to a wealth of information which is currently not accessible in English.

Dennis Faber, Professor of Private, Commercial and Insolvency Law, Radboud University Nijmegen,Niels Vermunt,Researcher and Lecturer in Private and Commercial law, Radboud University Nijmegen,Jason Kilborn,Professor of Law, The John Marshall Law School,Tomas Richter, Counsel, CliffordChance,Ignacio Tirado, Professor of Corporate and Insolvency Law, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid

Dennis Faber is Professor of private and commercial law at the Business & Law Research Centre of the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and member of its Executive Board. He is senior adviser with Clifford Chance LLP, Amsterdam Office, and justice at The Hague Court of Appeal. Prof. Faber is co-editor of the Oxford International and Comparative Insolvency Law Series.


Niels Vermunt is a senior researcher and lecturer in the field of private and commercial law at the Business & Law Research Centre of the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and secretary of its Executive Board. He is also adviser with Linklaters LLP, Amsterdam Office (Banking & Capital Markets Department). Niels Vermunt is co-editor of the Oxford International and Comparative Insolvency Law Series.


Jason Kilborn is Professor of Law at John Marshall Law School (Chicago) and Professor of International and Comparative Insolvency Law at the Business & Law Research Centre of the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands. He chairs the World Bank drafting group on the treatment of insolvency of natural persons and is a member of the World Bank working group on insolvency.


Professor Tomas Richter is Of Counsel, Clifford Chance LLP, Prague, Professor of Cross-border Corporate Insolvency Law, Business & Law Research Centre of the Radboud University Nijmegen and External Lecturer, Institute of Economic Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University Prague.


Ignacio Tirado is Professor of Corporate and Insolvency Law at the Universidad Autonoma of Madrid (Spain), Senior Legal Consultant at the World Bank's Legal Vice-Presidency (Private Sector) and Consultant on insolvency-related matters to the IMF's Legal Department.