CLDP, in partnership with the Public Institution Centers for Judicial and Prosecutorial Training of the Federation of BiH (FBiH) and Republika Srpska (RS), held workshops on Registration, Bankruptcy, and Liquidation and Intellectual Property Considerations in Bankruptcy Proceedings, in both Sarajevo and Banja Luka. 15 RS judges and lawyers and 25 FBiH judges attended the workshops, which included presentations, case studies, and interactive discussions on reorganization and rehabilitation of companies in both BiH and the US, comparative bankruptcy principles, key issues in the sale of assets, effect of bankruptcy on civil proceedings, the role of the State in bankruptcy cases, and complex intellectual property considerations unique to bankruptcy proceedings.

These programs are part of the FBiH and RS Judicial and Prosecutorial Centers’ annual curriculum and thus incorporated BiH trainers and topics most relevant to BiH judges. Leading the workshops were Judge Marvin J. Garbis from the U.S. District Court in the District of Maryland and Chief Judge Nancy V. Alquist from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Maryland. Through CLDP’s ongoing program of judicial capacity building, BiH judges throughout FBiH and RS will gain the skills necessary to fairly, efficiently, and effectively adjudicate salient topics related to international commercial disputes.