“What we are proposing is a new system of regulation that learns the lessons of the greatest banking crisis in our lifetime. We will create a new prudential regulator, which will operate as a subsidiary of the Bank of England.” (George Osborne)
FSLA is pleased to announce that Martin Wheatley will give the keynote speech at this year’s AGM Thursday May 31st.
Mr Wheatley is currently Managing Director of the FSA’s Conduct Business Unit and the CEO designate of the Financial Conduct Authority.
The event will be held at 6pm in the FSA’s building at 25 the North Colonnade and will be followed by drinks and canapés.
To book your place to attend please click here.
The Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA) invites you to its annual summer drinks event which will be held at the offices of Clyde & Co on Friday 8 June 2012 from 18.00 onwards. We look forward to celebrating the end of another successful FSLA year with our members, so please join us for some drinks and canapés.
We will also take this opportunity to announce the winners of our annual essay writing competition. This year’s title was: “The financial services industry is competitive enough. The Regulator does not need a duty to promote competition”.
The judges, Tim Herrington, Mr Justice Blair and Professor Eva Lomnicka, have noted the exceptionally high standard of essays submitted this year. The Chris Stallard Memorial Prize (first prize) is £1,000 plus a six week internship at the FSA. Second and third prize are £500 and £250 respectively. We look forward to marking the young writers’ achievements in style on this evening.
For directions to Clyde & Co’s offices please click here
To sign-up for this event please click here
Many thanks to Clyde & Co for hosting this event.
FSLA is pleased to present a panel presentation on the topic of cross-border investigations. Attendees will be able to hear the views of the panel as well as having the opportunity to participate alongside other members of the audience. Topics will include recent trends in cross-border enforcement, dealing with overseas regulators and how to approach internal investigations.
Speakers include:
Marc Cohen, Partner, Mayer Brown International LLP
Elisa Menardo, Head of Regulatory Developments and Training, CIB International at Standard Bank
Angela Hayes, Partner, Mayer Brown International LLP
The event will take place at 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start on Thursday, 29 March 2012 at the offices of Mayer Brown International LLP, 201 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3AF.
Drinks and canapés will be served at the conclusion of the presentation.
To sign up for the event please click here.
Speaker biographies
Marc Cohen is a litigation, financial services regulatory and enforcement partner based (since September 2010) in Mayer Brown’s London office after 20 years of practising in Washington. Marc has extensive experience advising clients, particularly global financial institutions, on cross-border regulatory, legislative, litigation and strategic counselling matters. He also deals frequently with various departments of the U.S. and non-U.S. governments and their financial supervisors, enforcement authorities and legislative committees. Marc counsels clients in sanctions-related, AML and anti-bribery enforcement proceedings, and has conducted multi-jurisdictional internal investigations involving these and other issues.
Elisa Menardo is Head of Regulatory Developments and Training, CIB International at Standard Bank. Before then, she was Head of Strategic Advisory Compliance at Dresdner Kleinwort, where she had gone in 2007 from the General Counsel’s Division of the FSA. Elisa spent just under 4 years at Herbert Smith, where she qualified as a solicitor, and also worked at the European Commission.
Angela Hayes is a financial services regulatory and enforcement partner in Mayer Brown’s London office and specialises in advising clients defending regulatory investigations and proceedings by the FSA and overseas regulators and advising upon linked litigation. This includes experience in white collar crime, including response to SFO and DOJ processes. Angela is currently involved in a number of major multi-jurisdictional regulatory investigations.
FSLA is pleased to launch our 2012 essay competition as advertised in Lawyer2B at: http://l2b.thelawyer.com/fsla-launches-essay-competition/1011077.article.
This year’s title is:
“The financial services industry is competitive enough. The Regulator does not need a duty to promote competition”.
This competition aims to provide a platform for students and trainee practitioners to express their ideas on a current topic of debate in the industry, in light of the introduction of the FCA and PRA.
Essays should be no longer than 1,500 words. For the full rules please click here.
Please submit your essay before Monday 20 February 2012 to treasurer@fsla.org.uk with ‘Essay Competition 2012’ in the subject line.
The competition will be judged by: Tim Herrington Mr Justice Blair Professor Eva Lomnicka
The Chris Stallard Memorial Prize (first prize) is £1,000 plus a six week internship at the FSA (two weeks with the Regulatory Decisions Committee, two weeks with the Enforcement Division, and two weeks with the General Counsel’s Division). Second prize is £500. Third prize is £250.
Please read what Adam Myers, this year’s winner, had to say about his experience at the FSA.
“The internship is of course an excellent way to gain practical experience of financial services regulation and public law issues. But there are a number of other reasons why I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it. Such as the fact that it’s extremely flexible — before the internship began I was asked where I would most like to undertake seats, and my supervisors were happy to accommodate my particular interests when assigning work. Also this is an interesting time for financial services regulation. I would therefore highly recommend participating in this year’s FSLA Essay Competition.”
Entrants do not need to be FSLA members, although students are entitled to free FSLA membership.
FSLA would like to invite you to its Christmas Event and Drinks Party, to be held on Thursday 8th December at the London Chamber of Commerce.
Prior to the drinks, there will be a panel presentation which will discuss the review of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and associated changes to European legislation. The discussion will focus on the issues your clients will want to know.
Speakers will include:
Nick Collier, Head of EMEA Government Relations, Thomson Reuters
David Beardsworth, Securities and Markets, HM Treasury
Deborah A Sabalot, Director, Deborah A. Sabalot Regulatory Consulting
Parvez Khan, Associate, g+
This event will take place at 6.00pm for a 6.30pm start on Thursday 8th December at the London Chambers of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, London EC4R 1AP.
Drinks and canapés will be served at the conclusion of the presentation.
To book your place at the event please click here
Please book early to avoid disappointment.
FSLA would like to thank Thompson Reuters for hosting this event.
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