Seminars

Future seminars

• New Broom Sweeps Clean? - Managing anti-bribery and corruption risks

• Overview: Increased enforcement activity by the US Department of Justice – alongside the UK’s tough new anti-bribery laws and changed enforcement practices – means bribery and corruption issues are high on board room agendas. In this seminar we steer a path through the regulatory maze.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Tuesday 23 March 2010, 8:45am - 9:45am
  Speakers:	Geoff Nicholas, Paul Lomas and Benito Romano

• Governance under Solvency II

• Overview: Solvency II will require major changes to governance arrangements in preparation for its implementation in 2012. This seminar will discuss possible strategies for implementing the required changes across insurance groups.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Wednesday 14th April 2010, 1pm - 2pm
  Speakers:	Ian Poynton and Guy Dunlop

• Related practice areas: Financial institutions

• Mind the Gap... Raising finance in the shadow of the credit crunch

• Overview: Reduced levels of debt have put the squeeze on leveraged deals. In this seminar we investigate some alternatives to traditional financing sources in the wake of the financial downturn.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Tuesday 20 April 2010, 8:45am - 9:45am
  Speakers:	Adrian Maguire, Piers Prichard Jones and Ian Frost

• Handling mass mis-selling claims in the financial services sector

• Overview: The Financial Services Bill is currently working its way through Parliament. This seminar will examine the collective and regulator-led redress aspects of the legislation and consider some of the practical issues that arise when dealing with mass mis-selling claims in the financial services sector.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Tuesday 27 April 2010, 1pm - 2pm
  Speakers:	Simon Orton and David Scott

• Related practice areas: Financial institutions

• Controlling Information in 'The Twitter Age'

• Overview: This seminar will examine the legal challenges in retaining control of confidential information and the consequences if it is lost.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Wednesday 28 April 2010, 8:45am - 9:45am
  Speakers:	Will Lawes, Paul Lomas and Nicholas Squire

• The Great Escape? - Government and the funding dilemma

• Overview: The government has a seemingly impossible task ahead: to restore public finances, while disengaging from the financial sector and delivering massive infrastructure investment. In this seminar, we discuss possible strategies and investment trends.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Thursday 13 May 2010, 8:45am - 9:45am
  Speakers:	Nicholas Bliss, Sean Pierce and Martin Nelson-Jones

• Low Carbon and Sustainability - The unspoken truths?

• Overview: Copenhagen is over but the quest for a climate-friendly future lives on. In this seminar, we join forces with a leading think-tank on sustainable issues, discussing likely trends and the regulatory issues that will affect business competitiveness.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Tuesday 18 May 2010, 8:45am - 9:45am
  Speakers:	Dr Gary Kendall from the independent think tank, SustainAbility, Paul Bowden and Tom Snelling

• Competition in the banking sector

• Overview: This seminar will examine how the government sees the structure of the market going forward and what this means for the banks and for competition enforcement.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Thursday 20 May 2010, 1pm - 2pm
  Speakers:	Simon Priddis and Alastair Chapman

• Related practice areas: Financial institutions

• Alternative investment fund regulation

• Overview: This session will examine developments in the Commission’s proposal for a directive on alternative investment fund managers and related issues.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Wednesday 9 June 2010, 1pm - 2pm
  Speakers:	David Rouch, James Smethurst and Philippe Goutay

• Related practice areas: Financial institutions

• Whistleblowing and employee issues in regulatory investigations

• Overview: Internal investigations can be crucial for protecting your firm from the consequences of the wrong-doing of one individual. In addition, regulators (eg the FSA) place obligations on companies to deal fairly with employees who suspect suspicious activities within their organisations. At this seminar we will give you practical tips on dealing with internal investigations, and will examine the short-term and long-term effects of various tactical decisions which would impact on the management of litigation risk.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Thursday 17 June 2010, 1pm - 2pm
  Speakers:	Caroline Stroud and Kathleen Healy

• Related practice areas: Financial institutions

• New UK Government; New European Commission: New Regulatory Policy?

• Overview: Change is afoot: 2010 brings a new European Commission and a general election in the UK. What does this mean for economic regulation and what is its impact on business? This seminar looks at the early signs of change and likely further implications.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Thursday 24 June 2010, 8:45am - 9:45am
  Speakers:	Rod Carlton, Andreas von Bonin and Christiaan Smits

• Manning the Ramparts - Contingency planning for unsolicited approaches and opportunistic hostile bids

• Overview: As the economic recovery takes hold and credit markets begin to open up, some asset prices remain depressed. With increasing market confidence and greater credit liquidity, takeovers are expected to make a return. For those that may be on the receiving end, now is the time to ensure plans are in place.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Tuesday 29 June 2010, 8:45am - 9:45am
  Speakers:	Mark Rawlinson, Barry O’Brien, Stephen Hewes and David Aitman

• Financial services regulatory reform: global update

• Overview: This session will provide an update on the status of G20 / international financial services regulatory reforms.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Thursday 1 July 2010, 1pm - 2pm
  Speakers:	A panel of partners from our Financial Institutions Group.

• Related practice areas: Financial institutions

• All Eyes to the East - Harnessing the engine of the global economic recovery

• Overview: According to a Freshfields FTSE 350 GC survey, China and India are considered as key strategic growth markets. In this seminar, we focus on how best to conduct business in these countries, looking at trends, risks and regulatory issues.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Tuesday 13 July 2010, 8:45am - 9:45am
  Speakers:	Karam Daulet-Singh of Indian firm Platinum Partners, Graham Watson, Antony Dapiran and Alex Potter

• Taming Tigers - Managing risk in China

• Overview: Asia is leading the way out of recession, but conducting business there can throw up unexpected issues. This seminar covers some of the possible pitfalls – from dispute resolution and anti-competition issues, to Intellectual Property/Information Technology (IP/IT) matters.
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• Location:	London
  Date:	Tuesday 14 September 2010, 8:45am - 9:45am
  Speakers:	Peter Yuen, Connie Carnabuci and Michael Han

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