This book examines confidentiality, secrecy and privilege issues in insolvency proceedings for corporates and banks. It attempts to fill the gap that the authors have identified. Bankruptcy and insolvency legal research, in particular, seem to lack clear definitions, incomplete laws and cases with respect to the application of these three themes in corporate insolvency and bank resolution proceedings. Moreover, there are still inconsistent views and opinions of judicial authorities across dif...

Palace of Commerce invites you to discover the hidden past of Amsterdam’s Royal Palace. It reveals this magnificent buildings’ origin as Amsterdam’s City Hall in the seventeenth century, the ‘Dutch Golden Age’. Contemporaries praised the building for its beauty. Its size and splendour reflect the city’s prime position in international trade across the globe, as well as the dignity of its urban regents and administrative officials. Those who enter the Royal Palace today can hardly...