Insolvency Multinat Enterprise Groups C (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780199544721)

Irit Mevorach read Law at Tel Aviv University, Israel, where she graduated in 1997 with distinction, and was subsequently admitted to the Israeli Bar. For several years Irit practiced law in one of Israel's leading law firms specializing in corporate and insolvency law. During that time Irit obtained her LLM in commercial law from Tel-Aviv University. She received her Ph.D for her work on insolvency within multinational corporate groups from University College London in 2006. She joined the School of Law of the University of Nottingham as a Lecturer in September 2006. Irit's teaching and research interests are in the areas of company law, insolvency law and commercial conflict of laws. Irit has published articles in several international journals one of which has won the 2005 gold medal prize for research in international insolvency from the International Insolvency Institute. Irit has worked as a consultant for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and is taking active part in the UNCITRAL work in the area of insolvency as an advisor to the UK government delegation to Working Group V (Insolvency Law) in its deliberations in the area of enterprise groups in insolvency. She is also an adviser to the International Insolvency Institute (III) Jurisdiction and Cooperation committee. On undergraduate level, she currently convenes the company law course in the University of Nottingham and also teaches insolvency law and commercial conflict of laws. On the LLM course she convenes a module on International aspects of Company and Insolvency Law. Her primary research interest is currently the treatment of multinational corporate groups in insolvency.