Resumen de Insolvency and Arrest of Ships: The Interaction of International and European Union Law.

Simone Carrea, Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe

• 1. Introduction. - 2. The international legal framework concerning arrest of ships. - 3. UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: introductory remarks. - 4. The provisions of the Model Law dealing with interim measures: recognition of a foreign main proceeding (art. 20). - 5. Relief that may be granted (a) upon application for recognition of a foreign proceeding (art. 19) and (b) upon recognition of a foreign proceeding (art. 21). - 6. The EU legal framework concerning cross-border insolvency: introductory remarks. - 7. The impact of the lex concursus on the possibility to arrest the ships of the insolvent debtor. - 8. The exceptions to the application of the lex concursus and their impact on the arrest of ships. - 9. Concluding remarks: an Italian and UK perspective in light of Brexit.