We are committed to helping our clients stay ahead of legal and market trends, and hold regular seminars, training and events online and at our offices around the globe.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Further details of our various seminar programmes held globally can be found here.
Autumn Perspectives Webinar: Human Rights risk management for financial institutions – 1 December
Financial institutions integrate human rights risk management into their business operations, products and services in differing ways. As the demands for disclosure of practice and performance expand, and due diligence expectations crystallise into legal requirements, the challenges for institutions are accelerating. Given the differing approaches to regulation that are emerging in Europe, the UK, the US and beyond, it is timely to examine emerging practice, including the interplay between human rights and climate change and the do’s and don’ts of building on existing governance frameworks to address compliance risk in areas such as anti-corruption.
This webinar will take place on Tuesday 1 December from 5:00pm – 6:00pm GMT.
If you are a client of the firm and would like to join, please register your interest by contacting perspectives@cliffordchance.com.
Insights on Derivatives: Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT): Key legal issues and practical challenges – 2 December 2020
Further to the recent publication by Clifford Chance together with ISDA and R3 of the paper "Private International Law Aspects of Smart Derivatives Contracts Utilizing Distributed Ledger Technology: New York Law" on this call we shall discuss key legal issues from a private international law perspective relating to the introduction of Distributed Ledger Technology into derivatives trading relationships as considered in that paper. In addition we will consider an earlier paper published in January, also by Clifford Chance together with ISDA and R3, which explored the topic from the perspectives of English and Singaporean law. We will also discuss contrasting approaches to using DLT to facilitate settlement and the range of legal issues which need to be addressed. We will highlight the key challenges in addressing these issues in a practical context, including the need to balance regulatory expertise across a range of jurisdictions with a detailed understanding of the existing frameworks.
This call will take place on Wednesday 2 December at 1:30 pm (UK) / 2:30 pm (CET) / 8:30 am (US).
If you are a client of the firm and would like to join, please register your interest by contacting Janice Alleway.
Insights on MiFID Review: Impact on asset managers – 3 December 2020
The scheduled review of MiFID2 and MiFIR is now well underway, despite delays caused by Brexit and the COVID-19 pandemic. In this series of calls, we focus on several priority areas of review, where changes have been proposed as part of the MiFID 'quick fix' proposal or are likely to be proposed as part of a future MiFID Review legislative proposal.
This call focuses on aspects of the review that impact asset managers, including market data and reporting issues, investor protection topics such as research unbundling and inducements, investor disclosures and best execution reporting.
This call will take place on Thursday 3 December at 09:00 (GMT) / 10:00 (CET).
If you are a client of the firm and would like to join, please register your interest by contacting Janice Alleway.
Autumn Perspectives Webinar: 2021 and beyond – what does the future hold for international bank regulation? – 8 December
Our panel will look at what 2021 holds for international bank regulation, including key reforms and areas of focus for regulators in Asia Pacific, Europe, the UK and the US. In particular, we will discuss the impact of recent political developments and of Covid-19, and the effect they are expected to have on bank regulation in the short and longer term.
This webinar will take place on Tuesday 8 December from 5:00pm – 6:00pm GMT.
If you are a client of the firm and would like to join, please register your interest by contacting perspectives@cliffordchance.com.
Insights on Financial Regulation - The Financial Services Bill – 9 December 2020
The Financial Services Bill was introduced to Parliament on 21 October 2020. The bill is the first step to ensure the UK's regulatory framework for financial services continues to function effectively now that the UK has left the EU, and is designed to enhance competitiveness of the sector and ensure UK customers are protected. In this series of Insights on Financial Regulation, we will look at how the Financial Services Bill will impact your firm.
In the first of the series, we will cover the following:
- Prudential issues
- The new overseas funds regime for marketing overseas funds into the UK
- Benchmarks
- New FCA powers for LIBOR transition
- Extension of transition period for non-UK benchmarks
- Other miscellaneous changes
This call will take place on Wednesday 9 December at 09:00 (GMT) / 10:00 (CET).
If you are a client of the firm and would like to join, please register your interest by contacting Janice Alleway.
