Global Insolvency Law Database

East Asia & Pacific (EAP)

BRUNEI

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Act. Chapter 67 No. 20 of 1956 Revised Edition 1984
• Bankruptcy Act Amendment Order 2012
• Debtors Act Chapter 195 B.L.R.O. 1/2008

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act (Chapter 39)  [*Amended by S 26/98 | S 23/99 | S 69/01 | S 10/03 | S 45/06 | S 96/08 | S 118/10 | S 31/12 | S 61/14 | S62/14 ]

CAMBODIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Insolvency 2007

Commercial & Other Laws

• Law on Commercial Enterprises (May 17, 2005)
• Law of Secured Transactions (2007)
• Civil Code of Cambodia 2007
• Code of Civil Procedure 2006  

CHINA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Enterprise Bankruptcy Law of China (2007)
• Law of the People Republic of China on Enterprise Bankruptcy (For Trial Implementation)

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Law
• Civil Procedure Laws of China

FIJI

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Act, Chapter 48  
  
• A Decree to Amend Bankruptcy Act, 2012

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act 2015

INDONESIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Law (Law Number 37 of 2004 on Bankruptcy and Suspension of Payment) (Bahasa)
• Bankruptcy and Suspension of Debt Payment 2004

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act 2007

JAPAN

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Act (Act No. 75 of June 2, 2004)  (Hasan ho. Law 75 of 2 June 2004 bankruptcy organization, procedures, claims, distribution, etc., as amended by Law 109 of 2006) (English)
• Civil Rehabilitation Law (Law 225 of 22 Dec 1999 restoration of private companies, in force 1 Apr 2000) (English)  
• Corporate Reorganization Act 1952 – Amended 2014

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act (Act No. 86 of July 26, 2005, as amended by Act No. 109 of 2006)
• Code of Civil Procedure Act No. 109 of June 26, 1996 (amended 2012)

KIRIBATI

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Ordinance 1998
• Companies Ordinance (Amendment) 2000
• Companies Ordinance (Amendment) 2004

SOUTH KOREA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Debtor Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Act (Enacted by the Law No. 17878 of 2009)
• Corporate Restructuring Promotion Act (Enacted by the Act No. 8,572 of 2007)  

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Act enacted by the Act No. 471 of 1958
• Commercial Act (Act No. 1000 of January 20, 1962) (In force June 11, 2012)
• Civil Execution Act enacted by the Act No. 6,627 of 2002 (Lastly amended by the Act 10,580 of 2011)

LAOS

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Bankruptcy of Enterprises Pursuant to Resolution No.10, dated October 14, 1994

Commercial & Other Laws

• Law of Enterprises 2005
• Law on Civil Procedure 2004
• Business Law 1994

MALAYSIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy act of 1967

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act A1299, 2007 - (winding up)
• Companies Commission Act 2015

MARSHALL ISLANDS

Commercial & Other Laws

• Business Corporations Act [52 MIRC Part 1]
• Unfair Business Practices Act [20 MIRC Ch 3]
• Consumer Protection Act [20 MIRC Ch 4]

MICRONESIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Corporations Dissolution Act 2013
• Title 31 of Civil Code - "Bankruptcy and Insolvency" Code     

Commercial & Other Laws

• Rules of Civil Procedure

MONGOLIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Law, November 20, 1997

Commercial & Other Laws

• Company Law

MYANMAR

Commercial & Other Laws

• Burma Companies Act

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Insolvency Act 1951

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act 1997
• Companies Amendment Act 2014

PHILIPPINES

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Financial Rehabilitation Rule of Procedure (2013)
• Financial Rehabilitation and Insolvency Act (FRIA) of 2010 - Republic Act No. 10142

Commercial & Other Laws

• Corporations Code (1980) Batas Pambansa BLG. 68
• Civil Code Act No 286 (1949)

SAMOA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Amendment Act 2010

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Amendment Act 1987 as amended 2009

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Insolvency and Receivership Act No 2 of 2009
• Bankruptcy Act Chapter 3
• Secured Transaction Act 2008

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act 2009

SINGAPORE

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Act (Chapter 20) (Act 15 of 1995) Revised 2012
• Debtors Act 1923 (Chapter 73) (amended 2014)

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act (Chapter 50) (Amended S383/2015)
• Civil Law Act (Chapter 43) 1909 (Amended 1999)
• Limitation Act Part III (Chapter 163) 1959

TONGA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Companies (Liquidation) Regulation Act 1999 
  

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act 14 of 1995
• Company Law Subsequent Amendments: 2010 |2009 |2001 | 1999

TUVALU

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Companies (Winding Up) 2008 CAP. 40.16

Commercial & Other Laws

• COMPANIES AND BUSINESS REGISTRATION ACT CAP 40.12
• Companies Act No 18 of 1991 Revised Edition 2008 Chapter 40.08

VANUATU

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Companies (Insolvency and Receivership) Act No 3 of 2013
• Insolvency (cross border) Act No 4 of 2013  
  
• Companies (Insolvency and Receivership) Regulation Order 111 of 2015

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act No.25 of 2012
• Companies Act No 25 0f 2012 (companies regulations order no 114 of 2015)

VIETNAM

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Bankruptcy 2014

Commercial & Other Laws

• Commercial Law 2005
• Law on Enterprises 2014:  English | Vietnamese

South Asia

AFGHANISTAN

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law of Insolvency and Bankruptcy 1321 of 1942

Commercial & Other Laws

• Commercial Code

BANGLADESH

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Act (No 10 of 1997) (Bengali)
• Debt Settlement Act 15 of 1989

Commercial and Other Laws

• Companies act No 18 of 1994 
• The Code of Civil Procedure 1908 Act V

BHUTAN

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Act of 1999

Commercial & Other Laws

Companies Act of 2000

NEPAL 

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Nepal Insolvency Act of (2063) 2006

Commercial & Other Laws

• Debt Recovery of Bank and Financial Institution Act of 2002
• Secured Transaction Act of 2006 
• Banks and Financial Institutions Act of 2006 
• Chapter 21 “Registration” Country Code of 1963 (also called Muluki Ain) 
• Chapter 21 “Registration” Country Code of 1963 (also called Muluki Ain - Chapter 21 “Registration” Country Code of 1963 (also called Muluki Ain) 

INDIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Provisional Insolvency Act (Act No. 5 of 1920) 
• Presidential Towns Insolvency Act, 1909

Commercial and Other Laws

• Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Act, 1985 
• Companies Act 2013 
• Companies (Amendment) Act 2015
• Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act of 1993
• Securitization Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest Act of 2002
• Transfer of Property Act of 1882
• Sale of Goods Act of 1930
• Hire Purchase Act of 1972
• Code of Civil Procedure of 1908 (amended in 2002)
• State Financial Corporation Act of 1951

PAKISTAN

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• The Provincial Insolvency Act 1920 
• The Provincial Insolvency (West Pakistan Amendment) Ordinance, 1959 
• The Provincial Insolvency (Amendment) ACT 2012 (IX OF 2012) 
• Insolvency (Karachi Division) Act 1909 
• The Corporate and Industrial Restructuring Corporation Ordinance, 2000 
• The Corporate and Industrial Restructuring Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2005

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Ordinance 1984
• Companies (Second Amendments) Ordinance (2002) 
• Code of Civil Procedure 1908   
• Civil of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Ordinance 2002 
• Civil of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act 2004 
• Securities Act 2015

SRI LANKA

Commercial & Other Laws

• Debt Recovery (Special Provisions) Act (Act No.2 of 1990) (Tamil) | Sinhala
• Civil Procedure Code (No. 2 of 1895) 
• Civil Procedure Code (Amendment) 2010
• Companies Act (Act No 7 of 2007)
• Companies Act (Amendment) 2014
• Debt Recovery (Special Provisions) Act (Act No.2 of 1990) (Tamil) | Sinhala
• Recovery of Loans by Banks 1990 (Tamil) | Sinhala
• Recovery of Loans by Banks (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act No. 1994 (Tamil) | Sinhala
• Recovery of Loans by Banks (Special Provisions) (Amendment) Act No. 19 0f 2011

Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ECA)

ALBANIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Commercial bankruptcy of enterprises and related business entities and also of natural persons in Fletorja Zyrtare

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Procedure Code
• Civil Code

ARMENIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Bankruptcy (Law on Insolvency) adopted on December 25, 2006
  
• Law on Bankruptcy of Banks and Credit Institutions (passed on 06.11.2001, in power since 15.12.2001)

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Code enacted in May 5, 1998 (as last amended in 2010)
• Civil Procedure Code (Adopted on June 17, 1998)

AZERBAIJAN

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Commercial & Other Laws

• Law on Mortgage (adopted on 3 July, 1998; entered into force on 19 August 1998)

BELARUS

• Civil Code
• Civil Procedure Code

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Bankruptcy Proceedings
• Act of 25 November 2008 on Companies

Commercial & Other Laws

• Code of Civil Procedure of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (O.G. of FBiH No. 53/03) (Bosnian)

BULGARIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Code of Commerce Act (insolvency provision on Chapter 38 to 52 Section 607 to 760)

Commercial & Other Laws

• Code of Civil Procedure

CROATIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• The Bankruptcy Act (Stečajni zakon)
• Company Law

Commercial & Other Laws

• The Law on Civil Procedure
• The Obligations Act

CZECH REPUBLIC

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Act No. 182/2006 Coll. Bankruptcy and Settlement (Insolvency Act)

Commercial & Other Laws

• Law on Commercial Companies and Cooperatives   
• Law No. 99/1963 Coll. Civil Procedure
• Law No. 89/2012 Coll. Civil Code

GEORGIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law of Georgia on Insolvency Proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Code (Enacted in June 26, 1997, Date of entry into force November 25 1997 with subsequent amendments)

HUNGARY

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Act LIII of 1994 on court foreclosure procedure (Russian) 
• Act XLIX of 1991 (Hungarian)   

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Code of Hungary – Act V of 2013   

KAZAKHSTAN

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Rehabilitation and Bankruptcy Law  
• Law on the State Registration of rights to Immovable Property

Commercial & Other Laws

• Law on Joint Stock Companies  
• Law on Limited Liability Partnerships and Additional Liability Partnerships

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Bankruptcy (Insolvency) 
• Law on Business Partnerships and Companies

Commercial & Other Laws

• Law on Business Partnerships and Companies
• Law on Joint Stock Companies   

LITHUANIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Enterprise Bankruptcy Law
• Law on restructuring of enterprises
• Law on Companies
• Law on Personal Bankruptcy    

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Code

MACEDONIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Law 2006 with amendments until 2013
• 2014 and 2015 Amendments of the Bankruptcy Law

Commercial & Other Laws

• Law of Civil Procedure 10-276/2003
• Civil Code   

MOLDOVA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Insolvency Law, Legea Insolvabilitatii N 149/2012  

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Code 2002
• Civil Procedure code 2003

MONTENEGRO

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Business Organization Insolvency
• The Bank Bankruptcy and Liquidation Law
• Law on Bankruptcy and Liquidation of Insurance Companies
• The Law on Business Organizations

Commercial & Other Laws

• The Securities Law [.doc]  

POLAND

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy and Rehabilitation Law

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Code
• Commercial Companies Code
• Civil Proceedings Code

ROMANIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law Regarding the Procedure of Judicial Reorganization and Bankruptcy (Legea 85/2014 privind procedura insolventei, consolidata)

Commercial & Other Laws

• Company Law No. 31 of 17 November 1990 with amendments until 2014
• Civil Code amendments until 2014 with comments
• Civil Procedure Code Amendments

RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Federal Law No 127-FZ of October 26, 2002 on insolvency (bankruptcy) (Bankruptcy Law or Insolvency Law)
• Federal Law No. 40-FZ of February 25, 1999 on insolvency (bankruptcy) of credit institutions
• Federal Law of 29 June 2015 N 154-FZ "On the Settlement of the features of insolvency (bankruptcy) in the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol city of federal significance and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation"

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Code of the Russian Federation 2015 current version – Legal Persons (insolvency provision)

SERBIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Law 104/109 of 2009 with amendment s 83/2014

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Procedure Code 72/2011 and 101/2011

SLOVAK REPUBLIC

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Zákon o kondurze a vyrovnání (Law of 7 of 2005 Restructuring of Enterprises in Zbierka Zákonov 2005 no. 5, item 7)

SLOVENIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• The Law on Financial Operations, Insolvency Proceedings and Compulsory Dissolution 1700 VI of 2014

Commercial & Other Laws

• Companies Act – 724-VII 2015
• Civil Procedure Code
• Code of Obligations 1440 VI 2007

TAJIKISTAN

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Insolvency (Bankruptcy)    

Commercial & Other Laws

• Law on Limited Liability Companies (Winding up) No 53 of 2002
• Civil Code 2010: Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3

TURKEY

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law amending the execution and bankruptcy code-Law No. 4949 (Published in the Official Gazette dated June 30, 2003 and numbered 25184)  

Commercial & Other Laws

• Commercial Code 6102 of 2011  
• Code of Obligations 6098 of 2011  
• Code of Civil Procedure 6100 of 2011
• Banking Law 5411 of 2011

TURKMENISTAN

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Law on Bankruptcy

UKRAINE

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• The Law on Bankruptcy

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil code of Ukraine 2003
• Civil Procedure Code 2005

UZBEKISTAN

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• The Bankruptcy Law 2003  

Commercial & Other Laws

• Civil Code 1996  

Latin American & Caribbean (LAC)

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​​

• Bankruptcy Act, Chapter 41

Commercial / Other Laws​

• The Companies Act, 1995 
• The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2004
• The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2009

ARGENTINA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• Law 25.589-Ley 25,589 Modificación de las Leyes 24.522 y 25.563 Promulgada: Mayo 15 de 2002.)
• Law 24,522 -Ley 24,522 Concursos y Quiebras Promulgada Parcialmente: Agosto 7 de 1995
• Emergency Law 25.563-Ley 25.563 Declárase la emergencia productiva y crediticia hasta el 10 de diciembre de 2003. Deudores en Concurso Preventivo. Modificación de la Ley Nº 24.522. Deuda del sector privado e hipotecario. Disposiciones complementarias

Commercial / Other Laws​

• Código Procesal Civil y Comercial de la Nación Ley N° 26.994

BELIZE

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• Bankruptcy Act Chapter 244

Commercial / Other Laws

• Companies Act (2000)
• Companies Act (2013 Amendment)

BOLIVIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• Ley No 1864 De 15 de Junio De 1998 LEY DE PROPIEDAD Y CREDITO POPULAR (PCP)
• LEY N° 2495 LEY DE 4 DE AGOSTO DE 2003 (LEY DE REESTRUCTURACION VOLUNTARIA)

Commercial / Other Laws

• Civil Code (Código Civil) April 2, 1976
• Civil Procedure Code (Código de Procedimiento Civil) April 2, 1976 - sancianado Ley N° 439 de 19 de noviembre de 2013
• Commercial Code (Código de Comercio; Decreto Ley Nº 14379 de 25 de febrero de 1977)

BRAZIL

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• Law 11,101 of February 9, 2005 (Brazilian Bankruptcy Law)

Commercial / Other Laws

• Code of Civil Procedure (Law 5,869 of January 11, 1973)
• Code of Civil Procedure (revisions Vide Lei nº 13.105, de 2015)
• Civil Code
• Law 10,931, of August 2, 2004
• Código Comercial

CHILE

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• Ley de reorganización y liquidación de empresas y personas : 20.720 (October 2014)
• Commercial Code (Bankruptcy Act)

Commercial / Other Laws

• Civil Code
• Civil Procedures Code
• Commercial Code
• La Ley No. 20,345 sobre Sistemas de Compensación y Liquidación de Instrumentos Financieros, se publicó en el Diario Oficial de 6 de junio de 2009

COLOMBIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• Law 1116 of 2006 (December 27, 2006)

Commercial / Other Laws

• Civil Code-Código Civil Ley 57 de 1887

COSTA RICA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• See Commercial Code.

Commercial / Other Laws

• Commercial Code (Código de Comercio, N° 3284, Fecha de vigencia desde 27/05/1964 Versión de la norma:7 de 13 del 28/04/2006)
• Civil Procedure Code (Código Procesal Civil Ley No.)
• Civil Code (Ley Nº 63, Código Civil) Enacted in April 26, 1886 Revisado a julio de 2000

CUBA

• Civil Code - Código Civil

DOMINICA         

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• Bankruptcy act Chapter 9:90 Enacted in 1889, lastly amended in 1990

Commercial / Other Laws

• Companies Act, 1994

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

• Commercial Code (Código de Comercio, Law 4582 of 1956)
• Civil Code (Codigo Civil)

ECUADOR

• Commercial Code (Código de Comercio) Codificación 28
• Civil Code (Codigo Civil) Codificación 2005
• Civil Procedure Code (Código de Procedimiento Civil) Codificación No. 000. RO/ Sup 687 de 18 de Mayo de 1987

EL SALVADOR  

• Civil Code (Código Civil)
• Commercial Code (Código de Comercio)
• Civil Procedures Code (Codigo de Procedimientos Civiles)
• Banking Law (Decreto No. 697 Ley de Bancos)

GRENADA 

• Winding up (Sec 370 - 491) of The Companies Act, 2010

GUATEMALA

• Código Procesal Civil y Mercantil Decreto Ley No. 107
• Código Civil Decreto Ley No. 106

HAITI

• Code des Investissements

HONDURAS       

• Civil Code (approved by Decree No. 76-1906) Código Civil (aprobada por Decreto N° 76-1906)
• Civil Procedure Code (approved by Decree No. 211-2006) Código Procesal Civil (aprobada por Decreto N° 211-2006)
• Commercial Code (approved by Decree No. 73-50), Enacted in 1950 Código de Comercio (aprobada por Decreto N° 73-50)

JAMAICA            

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• The Bankruptcy Act            

Commercial / Other Laws

• The Companies Act, 2004

MEXICO              

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• Commercial Insolvency Law (Ley de Concursos Mercantiles)

Commercial / Other Laws

• Commercial Code (Código de Comercio)
• Civil Federal Procedural Code (Código Federal de Procedimientos Civiles)
• Civil Federal Code (Código Civil Federal)
• General Law on Titles and Credit Operations (Ley General de Títulos y Operaciones de Crédito)

NICARAGUA

• Civil Code (Código Civil)
• Civil Procedure Code (Código de Procedimiento Civil)
• Commercial Code (Código de Comercio)

PANAMA 

• Civil Code
• Commercial Code

PARAGUAY       

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• Insolvency Law (Ley de Quiebras) (Law No. 154/69)

Commercial / Other Laws

• Civil Code (Código Civil) (Law No. 1183/85)
• General Law on Banks, Financial Entities and other Credit Institutions (Ley General de Bancos, Financieras y otras Entidades de Crédito) (Law No. 861/96)
• Civil Procedural Code (Código Procesal Civil)

PERU    

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws​

• General Law for the Insolvency System (Ley General del Sistema Concursal Ley N° 27809)               
• Ley de Garantía Mobiliaria Ley Nº 28677

Commercial / Other Laws

• Civil Code (Codigo Civil)
• Civil Procedure Code (Código Procesal Civil)
  
  General Corporations Law (Ley General de Sociedades Ley N° 26887)

ST. KITTS AND NEVIS     

• Companies Act

ST. LUCIA 

• Companies Act (Amendment) No. 19

ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES      

• Companies Act (winding up of companies) of 1994

SURINAME

• Civil Code 2005

URUGUAY         

• Ley de concurso y reorganización empresarial Ley N. 18.387         
• ​​Commercial Code (Código de Comercio, Actualizado marzo 2010)
• Civil Procedure Code(Código de Procedimiento Civil)Ley 15.982

VENEZUELA       

• Commercial Code (Código de Comercio)

Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

ALGERIA             

• Des faillites et règlements judiciaires (Livre III du code de commerce)
• Code Civil (Titre III)
• Code de Procédure Civile

BAHRAIN            

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy and Composition Law

Commercial & Other Laws​

• The Law of Commerce
• Commercial Companies Act

DJIBOUTI            

• Code des Sociétés
• Code du Commerce

EGYPT  

• Commercial Law No. 17/1999
• Civil Code (Civil Law) No. 131/198
• Company Law No. 159/1981 [.zip]

IRAN     

• Civil Code
• Commercial Code

​ISRAEL 

• Law to amend Bankruptcy Ordinance of 1983​
• The Companies Ordinance 1983
• Companies Law of 1999​

JORDAN

• The Companies Law No. 22 of 1997 and its amendments Published in the Official Gazette No. 57 of 2006 (English)

KUWAIT              

• Civil Law
• Law of Commercial Companies (As amended on October 19, 1960)
• Commercial Law
• Laws of civil procedure

LEBANON                           

• Code of Civil Procedure

MOROCCO         

• Commercial Code (Dahir n°1-96-83 of August 1, 1996 portant promulgation de la loi n° 15-95 formant code de commerce)
• Law of Obligations and Contract (Dahir of September 12, 1913 formant code des Obligations et des contrats as amended and supplemented lastly by Dahir of May 11, 1995)
• Civil Procedure Code (Dahir of September 28, 1974 portant loi n°1-74-447 approuvant le texte du code de procédure civile)
• Law on Registered Real Property 1915 (Dahir fixant la législation applicable aux immeubles immatriculés of June 2, 1915)
• The Investment Charter (Law No. 18-95)

OMAN 

Royal Decree No. 29/2002 on Issuing the Law of Civil and Commercial Procedure

Commercial Commercial Law (Law No.4 of 1974, Amended)

QATAR

Law of Commercial Companies (Law No.5 of 2002)

Law of Commercial Companies (Amended 2010)

Civil and Commercial Procedure Law - Law No. 13 of 1990

SAUDI ARABIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Preventive Settlement Law decree 16 dated 4/9/1416H (1)

Commercial & Other Laws

• Law of Procedure before the Shari’ah Courts Royal Decree No. 21 of 2000
• The Law of the Judiciary (promulgated by Royal Decree No. M/64 of 14 Rajab 1395, 23 July 1975)
  
  

SYRIA   

• Company Law – Legislative Decree 29 of 2011
• Civil Procedure Code

TUNISIA              

• Loi n° 2003-0079 modifiant et complétant la loi n° 95-34, relative au redressement des entreprises en difficultés économiques
• Loi n 95-34 du 17 avril 1995 relative au redressement des entreprises en difficultés économiques – Page 792
• Code de procédure civile et commerciale
• Code des obligations et des contrats
• Code des sociétés commerciales
• Code de Commerce

UAE

• UAE Commercial Companies law

YEMEN

• Law No. 22/1997 on Commercial Companies Law
• Civil & Procedure Enforcement

Western Europe

AUSTRIA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Austria  Bankruptcy Law Amendment Act 2010
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Allgemeines Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch (Civil Code 35/2015)
• Code of Civil Procedure 113/1895 of 2006
• Commercial Code (Unternehmensgesetzbuch)
• Aktiengesetz – Stock Corporation Act - Gazette. No. 114/1997
• Code of Corporate Governance as amended January 2015
• E- Commerce Act
• Federal Act Against Unfair Competition of 1984

BELGIUM            

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Loi sur les faillites 1997 (Original Act)
• Loi sur les faillites (Consolidated Amendments)
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Loi du 14 juillet 1991 sur les pratiques du commerce et sur l'information et la protection du consommateur (Wet van 14 juli 1991 betreffende de handelspraktijken en de voorlichting en bescherming van de consument)
• Code des Societes
• Arrete ministeriel du 12 septembre 2005 portant execution des articles 1,9,12 et 15 de l'arrete royal du 30 janvier 2001 portant execution du Codes des Societes
• Code Civil

DENMARK          

• Law No 429 of 2013 (Law amending the Bankruptcy Act, the Administration of Justice and the Court Fees)
• Danish Administration of Justice Act
• Companies Act
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

FINLAND             

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Act 120/2004
• Restructuring of Enterprise Act 47/1983
• Limited Liability Companies Act 2006 (Liquidation and Bankruptcy)                   
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Code of Judicial Procedure 4/1734 Amended 2011

FRANCE               

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Ordonnance no 2014-326 du 12 mars 2014 portant réforme de la prévention des difficultés des entreprises et des procédures
• Loi n° 2012-387 du 22 mars 2012 relative à la simplification du droit et à l'allégement des démarches administratives
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Code de Commerce
• Code Civil
• Code de la consommation

GERMANY         

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Insolvency Statue
• Limited Liability Companies Act
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• German Civil Code 2002
• Corporate Governance Code (Amended 2015)
• Zivilprozessordnung – Code of Civil Procedure (English)

GREECE

• Insolvency Code 2015
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

ICELAND             

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Act No 21/1991 on Bankruptcy: English | Icelandic

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Civil Procedure Law No. 91/1991 (Icelandic)
• Act No. 138/1994 respecting Private Limited Companies: English | Icelandic
• Act No. 2/1995 respecting Public Limited Companies

IRELAND             

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Act 1988 (updated until 2015)
• Personal Insolvency Act 2012
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Companies Act 2014
• Companies Act (Miscellaneous Provisions Act) 2013

ITALY

• Misure urgenti in materia fallimentare, civile e processuale civile e di organizzazione e funzionamento dell’amministrazione giudiziaria
• Decreto Legislativo 9 gennaio 2006, n. 5 - "Riformo organica della desciplina delle procedure concorsuali a norma dell'articolo 1, comma 5, della legge 14 maggio 2005, n. 80"
• Legge 5 luglio 2004, n. 166 - Conversione in legge, con modificazioni, del decreto-legge 3 maggio 2004, n. 119, recante disposizioni correttive ed integrative della normativa sulle grandi imprese in stato di insolvenza   
• Legge 28 gennaio 2005, n.6 Conversione in legge del decreto-legge 29 novembre 2004, n. 281, recante modifiche alla disciplina della ristrutturazione delle grandi imprese in stato di insolvenza  
• Regio Decreto 16 Marzo 1942, n. 267
• Legge 18 febbraio 2004, n. 39 Conversione in legge, con modificazioni, del decreto-legge 23 dicembre 2003, n. 347, recante misure urgenti per la ristrutturazione industriale di grandi imprese in stato di insolvenza
• Codice Civile (Art. 278 et seq.)
• Codice di Procedura Civile 1940 updated until 2014
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

LUXEMBOURG 

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Gestion Contrôlée
• Concordat Préventif de Faillite
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Civil Procedure Code 2005
• Code Civil
• Code de Commerce
• Loi du 10 août 1915 concernant les sociétés commerciales

NETHERLANDS

• Faillissementswet 2013
• Burgerlijk Wetboek
• Handelsregisterwet 2007
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

NORWAY           

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Mortgage Act No. 2
• Bankruptcy Act
• Creditors Recovery Act of 1984
• Act No. 61 of 14 December 1973 - Relating to the State Guarantee for Wage Claims in the Event of Bankrupcty, etc.
• Debt Settlement Act No. 99 of 1992

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Law regulating the Civil Procedure (tvistemålsloven)

PORTUGAL        

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Decree law no. 201/2004 August 18 (Conciliation Out-of-Court Procedure for the Viability of Insolvent)
• Decree Law 32/2004, 22nd of July (Establishing the Legal Framework for Insolvency Managers)
• Decree law no. 316/1998 of October 20th (Conciliation Proceedings) amended by Decree law no. 201/2004
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Código Civil

SPAIN  

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Ley Orgánica 8/2003, de 9 de julio, para la Reforma Concursal
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Codigo Civil
• Codigo de Comercio
• Ley 24/2005, de 18 de noviembre, de reformas para el impulso a la productividad
• Ley de Sociedades de Responsabilidad Limitada
• Ley 36/2006 sobre Medidas para la prevencion del fraude de 29 de noviembre

SWEDEN             

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy Act
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Code of Judicial Proceedings Ds 1998:000
• Companies Act (2005:551)

SWITZERLAND

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Livre quatrième du Code civil suisse du 10 décembre 1907: Des droits reels 2014 (French)
• Libro quarto del Codice civile svizzero del 10 dicembre 1907: Dei diritti reali  (Italian)
• Vierter Teil des Schweizerisches Zivilgesetzbuches vom 10. Dezember 1907: Das Sachenrecht (German)
• Loi fédérale du 11 avril 1889 sur la poursuite pour dettes et la faillite (LP) (French)
• Legge federale dell’11 aprile 1889 sulla esecuzione e sul fallimento (LEF) (Italian)
• Bundesgesetz vom 11. April 1889 über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs (SchKG) (German)

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Bundesgesetz vom 8. Oktober 1999 über die Risikokapitalgesellschaften (German)
• Loi fédérale du 8 octobre 1999 sur les sociétés de capital-risque – (French)
• Handelsregisterverordnung 17 Oktober 2007 (German)
• Ordinanza sul registro di commercio updated 2014 (Italian)
• Ordonnance sur le registre du commerce (French)
• Loi Federale sur les fors en matiere civile 2006  - (French)
• Legge federale sulle società d’investimento in capitale di rischio dell' 8 ottobre 1999  (Italian)
• Ordinanza del 5 aprile 2000 sulle società d’investimento in capitale di rischio (OSCR)  (Italian)
• Verordnung vom 5. April 2000 über die Risikokapital-Gesellschaften (VRKG) (German)

UNITED KINGDOM         

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Insolvency Act 1986
• Insolvency Act 2000
• Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986
• The Financial Markets and Insolvency (Settlement Finality and Financial Collateral Arrangements) (Amendment) Regulations 2010
• Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014
• The Cross Border Insolvency Regulations 2006
• Council regulation (EC) No 1346/2000 of 29 May 2000 on insolvency proceedings

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Companies Act 2006
• Enterprise Act 2002
• Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations 2003
• Financial Collateral Arrangements (No.2) Regulations 2003 Amendment 2009
• Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1995
• Sale of Goods (Amendment) Act 1979
• Sale and Supply of Goods Act 1994
• Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000   

North America

CANADA

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act, 1985
• Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, 1985
• Winding-up and Restructuring Act, 1985

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Canadian Corporations Act - R.S.C. 1970, c. C-32

UNITED STATES

Bankruptcy & Insolvency Laws

• Title 11 U.S Code (Chapter 7 - Liquidation and Chapter 11- Reorganization)
• Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005

Commercial & Other Laws​

• Federal Rules of Practice & Procedure