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Building on session 2 (6 December), this session we will highlight key issues regulatory practitioner would be expected to advise upon, including considerations relating to licencing, AML/CFT, consumer protection, client asset protection, and operational resilience.

International actors, including the ICC, are important in seeking justice for Ukraine, but in the end will they offer anything more than symbolic participation or should the overriding and overwhelming responsibility for addressing these crimes fall instead on the Ukrainian judicial system and civil society?

This is the second of two Masterclasses in corporate governance covering the operation of the board, disclosure regulation and inside information.

Heather will speak on interest rate benchmark developments with a focus on what is happening to LIBOR, by reference to two FCA publications – the text of a 2017 speech and a paper produced in 2022, each dealing with the transition away from LIBOR to (nearly) risk-free rate benchmarks. In particular, she will describe the key steps taken by the market and authorities to move from the position described in 2017 to the current position, followed by a view on implications for financial law and practice from the transition work.

Conceived as a breakaway competition for the best football teams in Europe, the European Super League stirred up significant controversy when first announced in April of 2021. Its fate will, legally, be decided in proceedings that are currently pending before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Dr Floris de Witte and Dr Jan Zglinski will explain the background to the Super League project, the role which EU law plays in regulating football, and the state of the case before the Court.

This event will discuss repatriation as a historical phenomenon in the context of museum collection development, and as a political problem in the present, and ask whether existing cultural heritage law has a significant role to play in untangling some of these problems

Building on session 3 (18 January), this session will highlight the technological transformation of the financial sector is giving rise to new forms of interconnectedness, notably dependencies on large technology providers, including cloud service providers such as AWS, and digital platforms such Google Pay. With these interdependencies come new or elevated levels of risks, including risks of cyber attack, data loss and data corruption. In this session we will focus on efforts at the international and domestic regulatory levels to strengthen operational resilience so as to mitigate these risks.

Ian Rosenblatt graduated from LSE Law with an LLB in 1981. He went on to found his own law firm, Rosenblatt Solicitors, which was the first law firm to IPO on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment Market. Rosenblatt Solicitors is not only a leading corporate law firm but also a firm that has a strong track record for high profile pro bona work, most famously in representing 1000 veterans in their action against the British Government related to injuries arising from nuclear testing.

Building on session 4 (2 February), this session will highlight the direct and indirect presence of BigTechs in the financial market is growing, although their precise footprint differs between major financial centres. This raises various regulatory dilemmas, including in the areas of competition, data protection and financial stability. In this session we will explore the different roles that BigTechs are playing in the financial system, and emerging regulatory responses at the international level intended to balance both the opportunities and risks arising from the rise of BigTech in finance.

The genital cutting of girls ‘Female Genital Mutilation’) is usually seen as a grave crime, whereas the genital cutting of boys (‘circumcision’) is seen as unproblematic. Professor Möller will make the case for assessing genital cutting not only or primarily in terms of harm but also in terms of children’s human rights and human dignity.

Gabriel Makhlouf, Governor of the Central Bank of Ireland, will talk about how central banks can help build social capital by delivering on their price stability mandate. He will highlight how inequality matters for the delivery and effectiveness of central bank policies. More broadly, he will highlight how a central bank that nurtures social capital requires a strong institutional framework that is designed for the longer term.

Professor Ruth Rubio Marin will talk about her new book Global gender constitutionalism and women's citizenship : a struggle for transformative inclusion (CUP, 2022)