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36th meeting of the European Financial Markets Lawyers Group

Quadrilateral Event EFMLG/FLB/FMLC/FMLG

30 June & 1 July 2010

Venue: London, Livery Hall, Guildhall

Gresham Street (London, EC2V 7 HH)

Agenda

Wednesday, JUNE 30, 2010  

3.45 pm – 4.45 pm

TOUR OF LLOYDS BUILDING

Venue
Lloyds building, 1Lime Street, City of London, EC3M

5.30 pm – 7.00 pm

WINE TASTING AND TUTORIAL

Venue
Allen & Overy, 1 Bishops Square London, E1 6AO

7.30 pm – 9.00 pm DINNER RECEPTION
Welcome by Allen & Overy and Lord Hoffmann
Remarks - Stuart Fraser, Chairman of Policy aand Resources Committee, City of London


Venue
Allen & Overy, 1 Bishops Square London, E1 6AO

Thursday, JULY 1, 2010

8.30 am – 9.30 am

ARRIVAL, BREAKFAST

Venue: Livery Hall, Guildhall
Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7HH

9.10 am – 9.30 am

Fundamentals on Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) and Exchange Traded Commodities (ETCs)
(Attendance optional)

Speaker: Dr Thomas Gstaedtner (Deutsche Bank AG) Presentation

9.40 am – 9.45 am

Opening remarks
Ms Joanna Perkins, FMLC

9.45 am – 11.15 am
 

 



Chair:
Ms Joyce Hansen (Federal Reserve Bank of New York) - FMLG

 

TOPIC 1
THE INFLUENCE OF REGULATORY REFORM ON MARKET PARTICIPANTS

Chairman's summary: "Financial regulatory reform is definitely going to change the way market participants do business"

ITEM 1 - De Larosière Reforms: The Emerging New European Supervisory Architecture

Speaker: Mr Antonio Sáinz de Vicuña (European Central Bank, Chairman) - EFMLG Presentation

ITEM 2 - De Larosière Reforms: Beyond the Supervisory Structures

Speaker: Ms Carmen Reynolds (White & Case LLP) - FMLC

ITEM 3 - The "Volcker Rule"

Speaker: Mr Robert M. Spielman (Deutsche Bank AG) - FMLG

ITEM 4 - Client Assets and Monies

Speaker: Mr Barney Reynolds (Shearman & Sterling LLP) - FMLC

ITEM 5 - Regulation of OTC Derivative Trades in Japan

Speaker: Ms Keiko Harimoto (Bank of Japan) - FLB Presentation

ITEM 6 - The Securities Law Directive: A Preliminary View

Speaker: Mr Pedro Ferreira Malaquias (Uría Menéndez) - EFMLG Presentation

11.15 am – 11.45 am

COFFEE BREAK

11.45 pm – 1.00 pm

 

 


Chair:
Mr Ed Murray
(Allen & Overy LLP) - FMLC

TOPIC 2
CURRENT DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS AND MEASURES

Chairman's summary: "Harmonisation of master agreements is desirable but not always feasible"

ITEM 1 - Section 2(a)(iii) of the ISDA Master Agreement

Speaker: Mr Ed Murray (Allen & Overy LLP) - FMLC

ITEM 2 -
FX Novations

Speaker: Ms Maria Douvas-Orme (Morgan Stanley) – FMLG

ITEM 3 - Challenged Wisdom on Netting

Speaker: Professor Kanda ( University of Tokyo ) - FLB

ITEM 4 - EFMLG Initiative on Standard Market Documentation

Speaker: Mr Holger Hartenfels (Deutsche Bank AG) - EFMLG Presentation

Documents: EFMLG Report on Standard Market Documentation

ITEM 5 - Harmonisation of Terms in Master Agreements and Enforcement of Counterparty Rights

Speaker: Mr James Grand (Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP) - FMLC

 

1.00 pm – 1.45 pm

LUNCH

1.45 pm – 3.00 pm

 

 


Chair:
Mr Tom Bartos
(Barclays Capital) - EFMLG

 

 

 

 

TOPIC 3
THE PROSPECT OF TRANSNATIONAL BANKRUPTCY

Chairman's summary: "International coordination/cooperation in bankruptcies is possible but contradictions are inevitable"

ITEM 1 - International Co-ordination in Bank Resolution: Lessons from the UK

Speaker: Mr Charles Randell (Slaughter and May) - FMLC

ITEM 2 - The Art of the Possible: Now and in the Future

Speaker: Ms Dorothy Livingston (Herbert Smith LLP) - FMLC Presentation

ITEM 3 - Perpetual/Dante Case

Speaker: Mr John Volkommer (JPMorgan Chase Bank NA) - FMLG

ITEM 4 - Cross Border Banking Resolution

Speaker: Mr Niall Lenihan (European Central Bank) - EFMLG

ITEM 5 - Development of Non-Legislative Infrastructure for Japanese Government Bonds (JGB) Trade/Settlement in Response to the Failure of Lehman Brothers Japan

Speaker: Mr Takashi Hamano (Bank of Japan ) - FLB Presentation

3.00 pm – 3.30 pm

TEA

3.30 pm – 4.45 pm

 

 


Chair:
Professor Kanda (University of Tokyo) - FLB

TOPIC 4
INNOVATION AND INCREASED REGULATION IN THE NEW WORLD

Chairman's summary: "In the aftermath of the financial crisis, innovation and self-regulation have no role to play"

ITEM 1 - New Usage of UCITS

Speaker: Mr Habib Motani (Clifford Chance LLP) - FMLC

ITEM 2 - Funds

Speaker: Mr Michael McKee ( DLA Piper LLP) - FMLC

ITEM 3 - The Future of Structured Products

Speaker: Mr Simon Gleeson (Clifford Chance LLP) - FMLC

ITEM 4 - Impediment to Innovation - US OTC Derivatives Reform

Speaker: Mr Darek DeFreece (Wells Fargo ) - FMLG Presentation

ITEM 5 - Return of the Jedi after the Empire Strikes Back - Market Innovation vs. Excessive Regulations from the Japanese Viewpoint

Speaker: Mr Akihiro Wani (Linklaters LLP) - FLB Presentation

4.45 pm – 5.00 pm

CLOSING REMARKS

  Additional documentation: Nortel - A global sales process for a global restructuring Master novation and cancellation agreement

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