On behalf of the Financial Services Lawyers Association and Hickman & Rose we invite you to attend a discussion presented by a panel of speakers on the criminal powers of the FCA, and its role as a prosecutor in relation to corporates and individuals
Speakers:
Sarah Clarke KC – Serjeants’ Inn Chambers
Jill Lorimer – Kingsley Napley
Lauren Rafter – FCA, Head of Legal and Litigation Review in Enforcement Legal
Chaired by:
Claire Wallace – Hickman & Rose
Date:
Thursday, 17th September 2026
Timings:
Registration: 6.00pm
Panel Session & Q&A : 6:30pm – 7.45pm
Drinks, canapés and networking: 7.45pm onwards
Venue: The Goldsmiths’ Centre
42 Britton Street
London EC1M 5AD
(The Goldsmiths’ Centre – The Goldsmiths’ Centre)
If you would like to attend or if you have any queries or special requirements please contact fslalondon@gmail.com
FSLA Work and Social Events
Financial services law practitioners can find details of events directly relevant to their work on our events pages. Please also check these pages for information about social events such as our Christmas and Summer drinks.
FSLA Pro Bono
FSLA operates a pro bono scheme which provides legal representation (experienced solicitors and barristers from amongst our members) for individuals and firms due to appear before either the Regulatory Decisions Committee of the FCA or the Upper Tribunal.
FSLA Social Mobility Scheme
In conjunction with the Social Mobility Fund (SMF), FSLA members host A-level students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are performing well academically and have an interest in law. The students spend time in the High Court, chambers and law firms.
FSLA Publications
FSLA contributes a quarterly article by a member or members in the Butterworth’s Journal of International Banking and Financial Law (JIBFL) called ‘FSLA View’. Members are encouraged to contribute articles and should contact the Executive Committee with proposed topics.
Online on 15 June 2026 at 09:30
We invite you to attend the Annual General Meeting of the Financial Services Lawyers Association, which will take place online on 15 June 2026 at 09:30.
If you are a member who wishes to attend please contact treasurer@fsla.org.uk.
All members are welcome to attend. The agenda is set out below.
Agenda
- Report of the FSLA Executive Committee
- Secretary’s Report (Oliver Assersohn KC)
- Treasurer’s Report (Henry Reid)
- Pro-bono
- FSLA events and activities (as listed below)
- Executive Committee elections 2026 (including for Secretary and Treasurer)
- Any other business
This year’s past events and activities
- Lord Eatwell: Visions for the Future of Financial Regulation – from the Practical to the Romantic – hosted by FSLA and Reed Smith (May 2025)
- The Road Less Travelled: Navigating the Upper Tribunal – hosted by FSLA and Mishcon de Reya (September 2025)
- FSLA Academy Series: Market Abuse and Associated FCA Investigations – hosted by FSLA and Brown Rudnick (September/October/November 2025)
- FSLA Winter Social 2025 (December 2025)
- Individual Accountability: The regulator, the regime and the individual – hosted by FSLA, Fountain Court and Macfarlanes (January 2026)
- Supervisory Powers in the FCA and Upper Tribunal – hosted by FSLA, 3 Verulam Buildings and Pinsent Masons (January 2026)
- Growth and Innovation in Capital Markets – hosted by FSLA, Mountford Chambers and Slaughter & May (February 2026)
- Trends in Enforcement Seminar – hosted by FSLA and Blackstone Chambers (March 2026)
- ED&I event – Gender Equality in Financial Services, Law and Beyond – hosted by FSLA and Fox Williams (March 2026)
- FSLA Essay Competition 2026 (“Streamlining regulation for international growth and innovation: a legal perspective”)