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Membership Information

Membership Benefits
Members of INSOL International are entitled to the following benefits through their membership of the Association:

Conferences
Members of INSOL receive preferential rates to attend both the Quadrennial Congress, which is held every four years and the regional annual conferences which take place annually in the intervening years at preferential rates. The saving on, for example, the Quadrennial Congress is in the region of US$150 per delegate.

The conferences give you the opportunity to network with colleagues from your own country and worldwide. We are constantly striving to develop technical programmes that are at the cutting-edge in their content and presentation.

International Insolvency Review
The IIR is a unique publication containing technical articles on many aspects of international insolvency. The Editor is Professor Ian Fletcher, Professor of International Commercial Law, University College London. John Wiley & Sons publish it three times a year.

INSOL World
INSOL World, is our quarterly member’s newsletter. The journal features current events and developments concerning the profession worldwide, our Member Associations and INSOL International.

It frequently includes items of technical news not covered elsewhere.

Publications
Members of INSOL receive free of charge a personally mailed copy of any publications produced by INSOL. This has included:

1999-2000 Global Marketplace Survey
Statement of Principles for a Global Approach to Multi-Creditor Workouts
Consumer Debt Report
Directors in the Twilight Zone I & II
INSOL Membership Directory
Cross-border Insolvency - a guide to recognition and enforcement

Employee Entitlements

Bank insolvency, an international guide for depost insurers

Global Marketplace Survey 2005

Electronic Technical Newsletters
November 2005 saw the start of a new service for members – our Technical Electronic Newsletters. These provide members with updates from around the globe to include changes in legislation, recent court decisions and comments on global cases. The format provides members with links to full details of the articles

Financing in Insolvency Proceedings

Credit Derivatives in Restructurings

Treatment of Secured Claims in Insolvency and Pre-Insolvency Proceedings

INSOL Technical Paper Series

Under this series INSOL publishes technical papers regularly on a number of current hot topics. The first paper was titled “Economic and Geographical Implications of Hedge Funds in Distressed Debt” and three more papers are being written to be published this year.

Website
The website at www.insol.org is updated regularly to give the members current information regarding INSOL International.

The site has many links to other insolvency-associated sites.

Membership Directory
Our Membership Directory is published annually. The Directory is a focal point of reference for organisations and individuals working in the business-rescue and insolvency profession in over 60 countries throughout the world. In addition to full member listings, the directory contains:

Details of professional firms who work for insolvency professionals and banks both domestically
   and outside their home countries.
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Details of firms who wish to be seen as international players: from specialist insolvency firms and
   accountants to solicitors, barristers and service-suppliers.
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Details about INSOL and its Member Associations
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A brief overview of the global insolvency marketplace
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A geographical index of all members and their firms.
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The 2007 INSOL Directory will also contain the results of a survey into the qualifications and
   appointment of Insolvency Professionals around the world. Over 20 countries' qualifications
   and appointment are listed.

INSOL Secretariat
The Secretariat based at the headquarters of INSOL in London is available to help members with contacts in particular parts of the world or try to assist in providing answers on particular questions.

The office can provide a base for meetings if a member is in London on business. Additionally, archive files of conference papers are held in our library for our members.