The Financial Services Lawyers Association would like to invite you to our annual summer drinks and prize giving, hosted by Norton Rose Fulbright. The event will be open to all FSLA members and will serve as an opportunity to award prizes for our 2015 student essay competition judged by Eva Lomnicka, Justice Cranston and Tim Herrington.
Please register your interest below and we would kindly ask you to let us know should you no longer be able to attend.
Dear FSLA member,
Blackstone Chambers and the Financial Services Lawyers Association would like to invite you to attend an evening seminar on Thursday, 5 March 2015, 6-8pm, to be followed by a drinks reception. This event will be held at the Royal Society of Arts and is CPD accredited.
Event Details and ticket registration:
1. Essays must be submitted by midnight GMT on Friday 1 May 2015 to treasurer@fsla.org.uk with ‘Essay 2015” in the subject line. No entries after this date will be accepted for the competition. The organisers accept no responsibility for delivery or for subsequent safekeeping of any essay entered for the competition.
2. The essay competition is open to all:
3. Only one entry per person will be allowed.
4. The essay must be the sole creation and original work of that person. No previously published work will be accepted. Any form of plagiarism will result in immediate disqualification. All essays submitted will be closely checked for plagiarism.
5. The judges’ decisions on any awarding of any prize in the competition will be final and is not subject to any appeal. Essays will be judged on the quality of legal analysis, and not on judges’ views as to the merits of the wider issue.
6. Any essay submitted should conform to the following rules as to content, length and style:
7. First prize is £1,500 and a six-week legal internship at the Financial Services Authority or with its successor the Financial Conduct Authority. Second prize is £500. Third prize is £250. FSLA reserves the right to substitute any prize for another within their absolute discretion without notice. FSLA reserves the right to withhold the award of any or all prizes offered if in their absolute discretion if no essay entered warrants the award of any or all prize(s). Taking up of the legal internship will be subject to FCA approval, which may require the provision of personal information to the FCA and agreement to undergo security checks. If the first prize-winner is unable or chooses not to take up the legal internship there will be no substitute for this prize and it may, at FSLA’s discretion, be offered to the other prize-winners in turn.
8. FSLA reserves the right to reproduce any or all of any essay entered for the competition. In reproducing any essay FSLA reserves the right to omit alter paraphrase or delete any part of that essay in their absolute discretion for any reason.
The Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA) is pleased to announce the title of its annual student essay competition.
Competition vs Regulation: Could there come a time when truly competitive markets no longer need FCA rules?
This competition aims to provide a platform for students and trainee practitioners (trainee solicitors and pupils) to research and discuss a topic under legal and policy debate in the industry.
Essays should be no longer than 1,500 words and submitted before Friday 1 May 2015 to treasurer@fsla.org.uk marked ‘Essay Competition 2015’. Please read the full competition rules here.
The Chris Stallard Memorial Prize (First Prize) is £1,500 plus a six week internship at the FCA (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.
Entrants need not be FSLA members, although students are entitled to free FSLA membership. To join, please email treasurer@fsla.org.uk.
You are invited to join Richard Hitchcock QC, FSLA Secretary, for festive drinks at Outer Temple Chambers on Tuesday the 16 December 2014 from 6pm onwards.
This year’s guest speaker is Graham Nicholson, who will say a few words about his time as the Bank’s of England’s Chief Legal Adviser and an Adviser to the Governor, a role he has held since 2009.
Event Details
The first in our series of MIFID 2 workshops considering key themes in the new legislation. This workshop will focus on issues the industry see as likely to be particularly relevant in the legislation.
Women in Financial Services
Mayer Brown and FSLA would like to invite you to an evening panel discussion on Tuesday September 23rd, 6 – 8pm at the offices of Mayer Brown, 201 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3AF.
Deborah Sabalot (Barrister and FSLA advisory board member) will chair discussions from a panel compromising:
Panellists will share views and experiences as successful women in the financial services industry and on a range of current topics covering:
The event will be relaxed and discursive and discussions will be opened up to the floor for questions. Tea and coffee will be served from 6pm, with the panel discussion at 6:30 and drinks at 8pm.
If you wish to attend, please register your interest here.
We look forward to seeing you there.
FSLA EXCO
We are very happy to announce the winners of the 2014 student essay competition, the title of which was:
‘Pay day’ lenders charging 1000% interest are best controlled by competition not regulation: discuss.
First Place goes to Ryan Byrne, who is awarded a £1500 cash prize and a summer internship at the FCA. Congratulations to Ryan.
Second place goes to Kristine Kozicki and third place to Adam Grant, who are awarded £500 and £250 cash prizes respectively.
We received some very strong submissions this year so we would like to say thank you to everyone who entered, and congratulations to the winners.
The event hopes to bring together leading industry and legal professionals from across the financial services and banking sectors. Fountain Court’s Head of Chambers, Stephen Moriarty QC, will provide a welcome to guests and give his observations on the significant developments in the field of banking litigation from the past year.
The drinks will be hosted at The Sky Bar of The Grange Hotel, 10 Godliman Street, London, EC4V 5AJ.
