June 16, 2021

Over the past five years, we have witnessed increasing tension, volatility and uncertainty in markets across the globe. As a result, the complexity and cost of banking litigation investigations and regulatory enforcement will inevitably continue to rise. Financial institutions will thus have to become ever more astute to managing disputes in an unstable environment – but can business really continue as usual? Or should we adapt our approach to dispute resolution? Can London remain a leader in litigation, arbitration and regulation? And what will be the lasting impact of these political matters on dispute resolution for financial institutions?

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The Covid-19 pandemic outbreak has caused disruption across the globe.  As we start to assess the likely medium-term effects of the pandemic on companies as well as horizon-scan as to the future compliance and regulatory landscape in which companies will operate, companies are faced with a number of difficult questions.

In this session, we will consider questions such as whether a company should revisit decisions that it made at the height of the pandemic, the potential new compliance and regulatory challenges resulting from Covid-19, and best practices for mitigating those challenges in a more remote working environment.

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Join this session as our expert speakers share insights on how various techniques from financial economics can be used in shareholder group actions, discuss how the event study and other methodologies can be used to isolate the losses attributable to the alleged misrepresentations and omissions in a specific case. They will also take a deep dive into how these methodologies are commonly misused, leading to damages estimates that are disconnected from the alleged disclosure breaches. 

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This panel session considers the litigation risks arising from the LIBOR transition process and the extent to which those risks can be mitigated when negotiating replacement rates with counterparties.

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Why do businesses choose to mediate or arbitrate? The need to preserve relationships or reputations, save time and money costs and avoid Covid-19 backlogs mean that court litigation is often not the preferred course of action for businesses faced with a dispute. 

This session will ask in-house counsel from a variety of different industries how, when and why they decide not to litigate. Do they use mediation, or arbitration (or something else?). How do they gain stakeholder engagement for a different course of action? And once decided, how do they prepare?

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Recent cases from the past year have shown us that regulators are increasingly focusing not only on whether processes are followed, but also on the quality of judgements surrounding financial crimes. In this session, we round up the most important cases from the past year, drawing up the key lessons to take away from each case and discuss how the use of technology such as AI and Machine Learning could help the battle against financial crime.

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Technology has driven transformation for many areas of the legal profession aiding with tools covering contract management and e-discovery to cloud based systems and big data and analytics. Yet, dispute resolution has yet to feel the full impact of this transformation. With technology becoming more essential what does this look like for courts? What stage are we currently facing? Where will this take us in the next five years? This session will explore how courts could be run and how technology could be utilised, all while examining whether this change is for the good of the industry.

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UK and EU regulators have increased their focus on environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG), including the impact ESG and climate-related risks have on financial institutions and what role should be for the financial sector in supporting sustainability. As this grows as one of the key drivers for decisions involving investment, risk and supply chains and the Financial Conduct Authority issues new regulatory guidelines on this matter, we take a look at how this will impact financial institutions and dispute resolution in the forthcoming future. What are the new ESG-related regulatory requirements for financial institutions? How does this impact disclosure and policy? How should you assess your exposure to these risks? What are the litigation risks and how to manage them?

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