Background Note | HBS Case Collection | 2010 (Revised from original 2009 version)

Restructuring Distressed Companies -- Cross-National Comparisons

by William E. Fruhan

Abstract

This note describes briefly bankruptcy regimes and out of court restructuring in 5 countries, the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France and Japan.

Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Laws and Statutes;

Citation:

Fruhan, William E. "Restructuring Distressed Companies -- Cross-National Comparisons." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-111, March 2010. (Revised from original April 2009 version.)