Prevention: The New Core of Insolvency Proceedings?

• Event Type: Half-Day Seminar
• Date: October 9, 2026 > 1:45 p.m.
• Location: Building 1 > Guillaume de Nogaret Lecture Hall (1.1.D)

13th National Conference on Preventing Business Difficulties

Long viewed as merely a forum for negotiation intended to avoid the initiation of insolvency proceedings, prevention is now increasingly becoming a strategic prerequisite for such proceedings. In practice, it is often at an early stage that agreements are structured, balances between creditors are established, and the future restructuring or turnaround plan is developed. This evolution raises the question: in an era of changes to domestic law and European influences—notably through the so-called Insolvency III Directive adopted in March 2026—does prevention remain merely the prelude to insolvency proceedings, or has it now become their very core?