The Law and Practice of International Finance series is your definitive guide to international finance It considers the full range of topics across nine volumes setting out the law and practice of trading assets on the international markets This essential work by one of the leading finance specialists of a generation provides a simple unified and distilled account of the whole topic This book covers the essential principles of international insolvency from a practical perspective providing the reader with an in depth explanation of the core concepts underlying insolvency law and practice It sits beside volume 2 of the series which provides a comparative overview of over 300 jurisdictions Philip Wood is one of the leading authorities on international finance worldwide as well as a practitioner and teacher He was a partner in international law firm Allen Overy until his retirement in 2018 and for ten years was head of the banking department Subsequently he led the firm’s Global Law Intelligence Unit Philip is the Yorke Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the University of Cambridge and has previously been Visiting Professor in International Financial Law at the University of Oxford Queen Mary University of London and the London School of Economics He has lectured at more than 60 universities worldwide and has written more than 20 books
