The Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA) and Allen & Overy (A&O) would like to invite you to attend an evening panel event on Wednesday 27th September, 6.00pm, to be followed by canapés and drinks.
Paul Cluley (Partner, A&O) will chair a panel comprising Heather Pilley (Markets Policy, FCA), Tom Roberts (Partner, A&O), Shalini Sharma (Managing Legal Counsel, NatWest Markets) and Simon Wayne (Senior Managing Lawyer, Insight Investment) to discuss the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) rules which came into effect from 4 February 2017 requiring in-scope counterparties to exchange margin on OTC derivatives that are not cleared through a central counterparty (CCP).
The panel will discuss differences in regulatory regimes and approaches to implementation, substituted compliance, sell-side, buy-side and law firm challenges and experiences, key areas of legal uncertainty and future developments as well as other related topics. The event will close with a Q&A over canapés and drinks.
The event will be held at Allen & Overy’s offices: Bishops Square, London E1 6AD.
Registration will be from 6pm with the event starting at 6.30pm.