Intro
Table of Contents
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1 Introduction
1.1 Confidentiality, Secrecy and Privilege
1.2 Purpose of This Book
1.3 Structure of This Book
2 The Concepts of Confidentiality, Secrecy and Privilege
2.1 Confidentiality
2.1.1 Confidentiality vis-à-vis Privacy
2.1.2 Confidentiality vis-à-vis Data Privacy
2.1.3 The Concept of Confidentiality for Lawyers
2.2 Secrecy
2.2.1 Legal Professional Secrecy
2.2.2 Bank Secrecy
2.3 Privilege (Attorney-Client Privilege)
3 Debtors
3.1 Debtors' Duty of Disclosure
3.2 Debtors' Attorney-Client Privilege
3.2.1 The Status Quo - Conflicting Views
3.2.2 Corporate Debtors: The Succession Theory
3.2.3 Individual Debtors: The Human Right Principle
3.2.4 Other Issues
3.2.4.1 Pre-Insolvency Disputes
3.2.4.2 Survival of Attorney-Client Privilege after a Company's Dissolution
3.2.4.3 Investigations, Exploration, Enquiry
3.2.5 Applicable Law in Cross-Border Insolvency
3.3 Non-Disclosure of Confidential Information
4 Insolvency Practitioners
4.1 The Power to Obtain Information in Relation to Debtors
4.1.1 Exclusion of Confidential, Secret and Privileged Information
4.1.2 Exterritorial Effect of IPs' Power to Access Information
4.2 Duty of Confidentiality
4.2.1 Statutory Basis
4.2.2 Application of Legal Professionals' Rules
4.2.3 Disclosure of Information Obtained in Insolvency Proceedings
4.3 Confidentiality in Cross-Border Communication and Cooperation
5 Courts and Insolvency Authorities
5.1 Public Access to Court Documents in Insolvency Proceedings
5.1.1 Public Access to Court Documents
5.1.2 Public Access to Court Documents in Insolvency Proceedings
5.2 Confidentiality in Out-of-Court Restructuring
5.3 Privilege.

5.4 Confidentiality in Cross-Border Cooperation and Communication
6 Creditors
6.1 The Power to Access Debtor's Information
6.1.1 Creditors and Creditors' Committees' Right to Access Information
6.1.2 Duty of Confidentiality
6.1.3 Access to Privileged Documents
6.1.4 Restriction on Trade
6.1.4.1 Trading Walls
6.1.4.2 Market Abuse Regulation
6.2 Protection of Debtor's Confidential Information
6.2.1 Protective Order
6.2.2 Settlement with a Debtor
7 Other Stakeholders
7.1 Bidders/Acquirers in a Sale of Business Process
7.1.1 Confidentiality Agreements
7.1.2 Sale Including Privileged Documents
7.2 Clients
8 Banks (As Professional Service Providers)
8.1 Bank Secrecy
8.1.1 The Contractual and Statutory Basis for Bank Secrecy
8.1.2 Exceptions to Bank Secrecy
8.2 Bank Secrecy in Insolvency Proceedings
8.2.1 Access to Information Protected by Bank Secrecy
8.2.2 Cross-Border Issues
9 Banks (As Debtors)
9.1 Bank Insolvency and Bank Resolution
9.1.1 Bank Insolvency
9.1.2 Bank Resolution
9.2 Banks' Duty of Providing Information to Resolution Authorities
9.2.1 Professional Secrecy versus Duty of Disclosure
9.2.2 Recovery and Resolution Plans (Living Wills) and Confidential Information Attached Therein
9.3 Assertion and Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege in Bank Insolvency/Resolution
9.4 Bridge Institutions
10 Resolution Authorities and Other Agencies
10.1 Designation of Resolution Authorities
10.2 The Power of Resolution Authorities to Obtain Debtors' Information
10.3 Duty of Confidentiality of Resolution Authorities
10.3.1 The Duty of Confidentiality in Resolution
10.3.2 Persons Subject to Duty of Confidentiality
10.3.3 Requirements for the Fulfilment of Duty of Confidentiality
10.3.4 Duty of Confidentiality versus Information Sharing.

10.4 Deposit Guarantee Schemes
10.4.1 Depositors and Deposit Guarantee Schemes
10.4.2 Duty of Confidentiality for Deposit Insurers
11 Summary and Conclusions
Bibliography
Annex I: List of cases
Annex II: Duty of confidentiality for insolvency practitioners
Annex III: Duty of confidentiality for courts
Annex IV: Selected List of Regulations.