Financial Services Practitioners

A FSLA and Herbert Smith Freehills panel event on Thursday 23^rd June at 6:45pm hosted by Herbert Smith Freehills

On behalf of the Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA) and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), we invite our members to attend a panel event on advocacy at the Upper Tribunal, chaired by Chris Ninan and Natasha Stevens from HSF.

We are delighted to welcome:

• Judge Timothy Herrington, Upper Tribunal (Tax & Chancery Chamber)
• Saima Hanif QC, 3 Verulam Buildings
• Farhaz Khan QC, 3 Verulam Buildings

to our panel to discuss experience and strategies from both perspectives.

Following the panel discussion, we hope you will join us and the panellists for a drinks reception.

The event will take place at HSF’s offices (Exchange House, Primrose Street, EC2A 2EG) on Thursday 23 June. Registration will be open from 6:30pm and the panel discussion will start at 6:45pm, followed by drinks at 7:45pm. This will be an in-person event only, held under the Chatham House Rule.

If you wish to attend please register via the link below. If you have any queries or special requirements, please contact us at events@fsla.org.uk.

We look forward to seeing you on 23 June.

A FSLA and 3 Verulam Buildings seminar on Tuesday 3^rd May at the Reform Club and online

On behalf of the Financial Services Lawyers Association and 3VB we would like to invite you to attend our forthcoming event on Group Litigation in Financial Services.

Chaired by Peter de Verneuil Smith QC of 3VB, with speakers from:

• Lisa Lacob of 3VB
• Matthew Marsh, Former Chief Master in the Chancery Division, now Mediator and Arbitrator at Three Stone Chambers
• Andrew Hill, Partner at Fox Williams LLP
• Chris Bushell, Partner at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

The seminar will discuss legal and practical issues around group litigation in the financial services context, followed by an opportunity for the audience to ask questions.

This is both an in-person and online event, which will be taking place at the The Reform Club, 104 Pall Mall, St. James’s, London, SW1Y 5EW. Registration will open at 5:30pm, with the seminar commencing at 6pm. Please choose how you would like to attend using the ticket options below.

Members of 3VB would be pleased if you would join them and the panellists for a drinks reception following the seminar.

If you have any queries ahead of the event, please contact us at events@fsla.org.uk.

We look forward to seeing you on 3 May.

A FSLA and Mayer Brown Webinar, Thursday 28^th October at 1pm

On behalf of the Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA) and Mayer Brown LLP, we would like to invite you to attend our event ESG Climate Disclosures – Key challenges for firms, which will be run as a webinar on Thursday 28th October 2021 at 1pm.
 
The panel will be chaired by James Whitaker, Litigation and Disputes Partner at Mayer Brown, and will feature the following speakers:

• Joanne Etherton, Climate Finance Lead, Client Earth;
• Anne Corrigan, Deputy Head of Legal, Bank of England;
• Edward Cumming QC, XXIV Old Buildings; and
• Tonia Plakhotniuk, Vice President, NatWest Markets and ex Director of Policy for Sustainability at AFME.

The one hour webinar will focus on the key risks and challenges for financial services firms navigating the latest developments in the ESG Climate Disclosures landscape. We expect that it will be of interest to all financial services lawyers of all levels of PQE.

A FSLA and Taylor Wessing Webinar from 5.45pm to 7pm on Thursday 7^th October

On behalf of the Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA) and Taylor Wessing LLP we would like to invite you to attend our event on Recent Developments and Future Trends in the Regulation of Cryptoassets, which will be run as a webinar on Thursday, 7 October 2021, from 5.45pm to 7pm.

The panel event will chaired by Charlotte Hill, head of Taylor Wessing’s UK Financial Services Regulatory group and will feature the following speakers:

• Katie Fry-Paul, Associate at Taylor Wessing LLP
• Richard Fox, Head of Markets Policy at the Financial Conduct Authority
• Andrew Spink QC, Outer Temple Chambers
• Jannah Patchay, Director and Founder of Markets Evolution. 

The 1 hour webinar will focus on the latest developments, future trends and areas of concern in the fast evolving and increasingly important field of crypto-regulation. We expect that it will be of interest to all financial services lawyers of all levels of PQE. It will conclude with an audience Q&A session that will finish by 7pm. The event shall be held pursuant to the Chatham House Rule.

To register for the event please use the link below.

A FSLA and 3 Verulam Buildings online seminar at 5pm on Tuesday 25^th May 2021

On behalf of the Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA) and 3 Verulam Buildings we would like to invite you to attend our forthcoming event on LIBOR Transition, which will be run as a webinar on Tuesday 25 May 2021, from 5pm to 6pm.

Chaired by David Quest QC of 3 Verulam Buildings, with speakers:

• April Richardson of the Financial Conduct Authority
• Tom Horn and Alieda Moore from the Bank of England
• Julia Smithers-Excell, Partner at White & Case, leading a discussion with Kam Mahil of the Loan Market Association in the UK and Tess Virmani of the Loan Syndications & Trading Association in New York.

Our 1 hour webinar will focus on the latest developments in the transition from LIBOR, and consider ongoing issues and concerns. We hope it will be of interest to all financial services lawyers. Log in to the webinar will open at 4.30pm on 25 May, with the webinar beginning at 5pm. It will conclude with an audience Q&A session that will finish by 6pm.

Please use the link below to register.

We look forward to welcoming you on 25 May.

On Wednesday 21^st April 2021 the Financial Services Lawyers Association invited our members to attend a panel event titled: Brexit – What now for financial services?.

The panel considered the risks and opportunities for the financial services industry in a post-Brexit world. It was chaired by Oliver Assersohn, barrister at XXIV Old Buildings and Secretary of FSLA, and the speakers were:

• Thomas Donegan, Shearman & Sterling;
• Jonathan Herbst, Norton Rose Fulbright;
• Michael Kent, Linklaters; and
• Penny Miller, Simmons & Simmons.

Both the discussion and Q&A portion were wide ranging, informative and would be of great interest to our members who were unable to attend.

Registered FSLA members can view the recording of the session below. If you wish to become a member or need to confirm your username, please contact fslalondon@gmail.com.