Bank Failure and Corporate Insolvency Law: Similarities and Differences

Abstract

It is well-established that managing the failure of banks requires a special legal regime. While retaining the specificities of such regime is key to preserve financial stability and more broadly public interest, bank failure proceedings operate in the broader legal infrastructure of a country, where corporate insolvency regimes have a key role. This chapter examines at high-level some institutional, substantive and procedural areas where bank failure proceedings and corporate insolvency frameworks interact.