1. Introduction -- 2. A Critical Evaluation of the Development and Reform of the Corporate Rescue Procedures in France -- 3. The Progress of Reforms to Insolvency Law and Practice in France -- 4. German Statutory Corporate Rescue Proceedings: The Insolvenzplan Procedure -- 5. An Overview of the Italian Insolvency Procedures and Proposed Reforms -- 6. Insolvency Proceedings in Spain - An Overview of the Proposed Insolvency Laws -- 7. The Swedish Reorganization Law -- 8. United Kingdom: Administrative Receiverships and Administrations -- 9. Company Voluntary Arrangements and the 'Rescue Culture' in the Light of the Insolvency Act 2000 -- 10. Cross-border Insolvency in the European Context