Agenda

8.30am Registration

9.15am Opening remarks

• • Catherine Gibaud KC, barrister, 3 Verulam Buildings

 

9.25am Regulatory issues in commercial disputes – the key issues for financial services firms
This panel will cover regulatory issues in commercial disputes. Panellists will explore current trends and developments and provide insights to help navigate the difficult waters where compliance risk and litigation risk collide. Attendees will gain practical strategies for addressing the regulatory and commercial issues that are likely to arise in this fast-changing space.

 

• • Laurence Emmett KC, barrister (King’s Counsel), One Essex Court
  • Andrew Hill, partner, Fox Williams
  • Eleanor Campbell, barrister, One Essex Court
  • David Hamilton, partner, Howard Kennedy

 

10.20am Diverging regulatory approaches in the UK and US
A transatlantic panel of BCLP partners and clients will explore hot topics in, and the approach to, regulatory enforcement in the UK and the US. Historically, the UK has often mirrored US regulatory practices and priorities, but recent trends suggest a potential divergence in their respective approaches. This panel will explore whether the UK is now charting its own course and what this means for regulatory enforcement on both sides of the Atlantic.

 

Discussion topics will include:

• • Supervisory intervention or enforcement
  • Prioritising consumer redress or fines
  • Non-financial misconduct as a regulatory issue
  • The role of whistleblowing in regulatory enforcement

 

• • Andrew Tuson, partner, BCLP
  • Fleur Eysenck, legal counsel, litigation, investigations and enforcement EME, Barclays Legal
  • Katherine Cooper, partner, BCLP
  • Polly James, partner and global practice co-leader – financial services disputes and investigations, BCLP

 

11.15am Coffee Break

 

11.40am A Regulatory Roundtable: a review of PRA/FCA Enforcement Activity in 2024, recent Upper Tribunal and Court decisions, and future supervisory and enforcement trends
Saima Hanif KC of 3VB will be joined by Anthony Monaghan (director of retail and regulatory investigations at the FCA) and Miles Bake (head of legal, Bank of England) to discuss a number of recent decisions of the regulators, as well as key decisions of the Upper Tribunal and the Courts. The discussion will be followed by insights from both speakers as to the likely supervisory and enforcement trends for 2025.

 

• • Saima Hanif KC, 3 Verulam Buildings
  • Anthony Monaghan, director of retail and regulatory investigations, FCA
  • Miles Bake, head of legal, Bank of England

 

12.35pm Navigating regulatory settlements, redress schemes and customer litigation
This panel session will discuss legal and strategic considerations around regulatory settlements and consumer redress schemes, drawing on recent examples such as H2O, Quilter and Link Funds Solutions and considering issues such as Consumer Duty compliance and implications of regulatory settlements and challenges for defending customer litigation.

 

• • Katharine Harle, head of UK regulatory & investigations, Dentons
  • Felicity Ewing, partner, Dentons
  • Luci Mitchell-Fry, partner, Dentons

 

1.30pm Lunch

 

2.30pm Financial markets disputes: a horizon scan
Representatives from both our financial markets disputes and derivatives and structured products teams will lead a panel session on financial markets disputes. It should be an interesting and interactive session, looking at what’s next following the wave of banking and finance and related disputes precipitated by the global financial crisis a decade and a half ago. With many countries experiencing less benign macro-economic conditions, as well as an increase in geo-political tensions and flashpoints, we will bring together both non-contentious and contentious experts to discuss the current trends that could lead to future disputes in financial markets.

 

• • John Lee, partner, Travers Smith
  • Joseph Wren, partner, Travers Smith
  • Alex Tinawi, financial services advisory – banking & capital markets, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Catherine Gibaud KC, barrister, 3 Verulam Buildings

 

3.25pm Shared ownership: collaborative planning between law firms and in-house legal teams to deliver key projects
James Lewindon, Head of Financial Services at Flex Legal, gives insight into how in-house teams work with law firms to own and deliver major projects in the FS sector.

 

• • James Lewindon, head of financial services, Flex Legal
  • Alex Ryan, reporter, Legal Business

 

4.20pm Closing remarks

• • Catherine Gibaud KC, barrister, 3 Verulam Buildings

 

4.25pm Drinks and canapes

 

5.30pm Event Concludes