Global Insolvency Practice Course Graduates for 2023 - 2024
INSOL International is pleased to announce the fourteenth graduating class of the Global Insolvency Practice Course (GIPC). The successful participants are now formally recognised as an INSOL Fellow:
Global Insolvency Practice Course 2024 / 2025
The Class for 2024/25 is now full. Please click here to contact Heather Callow for further details
About the Global Insolvency Practice Course
The Global Insolvency Practice Course is a result of the large interest that the INSOL International membership demonstrated for an advanced educational qualification focusing on international insolvency. The qualification received will bestow a Fellowship from INSOL International.
Modern business enterprises operate in multiple jurisdictions. The financial distress of a global business is no longer limited to a single jurisdiction and can no longer be addressed by a single jurisdiction’s insolvency system.
The fast growing number of cross-border insolvency cases and the adoption in many jurisdictions of rescue regimes and cross-border insolvency procedures present new challenges to the turnaround and insolvency profession. Practitioners and turnaround experts need to have extensive knowledge of the transnational and international aspects of the legal and financial problems facing a business in distress. The Global Insolvency Practice Course provides this knowledge.
The style of the fellowship programme is intensive, carried out over three short periods, so those taking the course must dedicate the time and energy needed to get the most out of the opportunity. Many sessions are interactive and each requires the full attention of the participants.
Testimonials
Omar Salah, INSOL Fellow, Norton Rose Fulbright, The Netherlands – Class of 2023 / 2024
I would highly recommend the Global Insolvency Practice Course of INSOL International. The course is an intensive and enriching experience which allows participants to explore restructuring tools in different jurisdictions, understand the dynamics of negotiations in restructurings and - most importantly - connect with restructuring professionals from across the globe.
Johnny Law, INSOL Fellow, Interpath Advisory, British Virgin Islands – Class of 2022 / 2023
Any Fellows who have completed the course would have no doubts always share their experience and tell you the benefits of the course. Apart from the in-depth knowledge that can be gained during the course, there is also the opportunity to connect with the industry experts and professionals across various jurisdictions. It was intensive for the duration of the course. However, it’s totally worth.
Nienke Lillington, INSOL Fellow, Campbells LLP, Cayman Islands – Class of 2022 / 2023
I would recommend the Global Insolvency Practice Course (“GIPC”) to anyone who wishes to do a deep dive into insolvency laws, regulations, and procedures around the world. The GIPC’s rigorous academic programme is provided by practitioners in the industry, and you will find that your GIPC cohort similarly exists of eminent and experienced IPs and attorneys from around the globe. You will be left not only with a Fellowship of which you may be proud, but also with a global network of friends and colleagues who can be relied upon when cross-border issues arise.
Rocky Ravinder Gupta, INSOL Fellow, UNITEDJURIS, India – Class of 2019 / 2021
I highly recommend the INSOL International Global Insolvency Practice Course to anyone seeking to deepen their knowledge and expertise in cross-border insolvency. The course's content and structure are designed to enhance your understanding of insolvency regimes in key jurisdictions. My experience with my cohort was exceptional, and I thoroughly enjoyed the course.
This course is particularly valuable for gaining a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities, challenges, and solutions provided by various insolvency regimes across different jurisdictions. Participants are given the unique privilege to collaborate with and learn from distinguished practitioners from multiple jurisdictions, encouraging the development of significant professional relationships within their co-participants and the broader Fellows network. Despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, our cohort thrived, forming relationships that blossomed over two years of regular interaction, resulting in lasting friendships.
Rob van dan Sigtenhorst, INSOL Fellow, BJTK Law, The Netherlands – Class of 2018 / 2019
I participated in the GIPC in 2018-2019. In my view, it’s an outstanding programme. While I already had significant experience in cross-border, complex restructurings before the course, I still learned a lot and got a different, deeper perspective on the things I already knew. Maybe even more important though are the amazing classmates – excellent restructuring professionals from all over the world – who you get to know and build such strong, lasting ties with.
Laura Hall, INSOL Fellow, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission, USA – Class of 2017 / 2018
INSOL’s GIPC broadened my knowledge of global insolvency regimes and experience negotiating with professionals of diverse backgrounds. The opportunity for professional and personal connections is the most rewarding aspect of the program.
Nicoleta Mirela Nastasie, INSOL Fellow, Individual Law Office, Bucharest – Class of 2017 / 2018
I was given the opportunity to be part of the INSOL International Global Insolvency Practice Course 2017-2018, through Ronald W. Harmer Bursary.
The Course is amazing because of the intensity of learning activities, complexity of issues analyzed and information provided, the extraordinary performances of trainers and speakers, but there a professional can find something more important: an environment encouraging people to become friends beyond possible boundaries between professions, different backgrounds and traditions.
Communications through informal mechanisms provided by the Global Insolvency Practice Course, in the attempt to develop a community of professionals connected around the world into the idea of being "INSOL Fellow", along with the principles and the proposals promoted by INSOL International through Strategic review of INSOL International - Taskforce 2021, they are ones of the most important programs and projects in the field of international insolvency.
As a judge dealing with insolvency cases and passionate about the domain, this experience gives me the courage to increase my effort not just for developing my own skills and enlarging my personal knowledge but also for trying to bring professionals from Romania and (why not) from South-East Europe closer to international insolvency community.
Orla McCoy, INSOL Fellow, Gilbert + Tobin, Australia – Class of 2016 / 2017
I wholeheartedly recommend the INSOL International Global Insolvency Practice Course to anyone who is interested in genuinely deepening their knowledge and experience of cross-border insolvency and, in particular, to understand better the opportunities, challenges and solutions offered by different regimes in other jurisdictions. The course provides an unparalleled opportunity (and privilege) to work with and learn from exceptional practitioners from multiple jurisdictions and, in doing so, to develop fantastic relationships both within your cohort and amongst the Fellows network more broadly. The content and structure of the course also forces you to develop a much more profound understanding of the insolvency regimes of other (key) jurisdictions than you would have the opportunity to develop on any conventional cross-border insolvency matter. My cohort were phenomenal and I thoroughly enjoyed the course.