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Thu 24 September 2026
9.00am - 10.00am

Virtual seminar - Transformational change for the UK payments sector?

The UK payments industry is set for wide-ranging and potentially transformational change. HM Treasury has published a consultation on modernising the regulatory framework, heralding changes in how the current regime applies to stablecoins, tokenised deposits, open banking, agentic payments, and more broadly. As part of this, the Treasury contemplates updates to match developments in other jurisdictions and invites industry proposals for areas of improvement. In this webinar we will discuss what these proposals and other ongoing initiatives mean for firms operating across the payments ecosystem.
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Wed 30 September 2026
2.00pm - 3.00pm

Virtual seminar - Protecting legal privilege and professional secrecy when using AI

The opportunities arising from adopting AI tools across businesses are abundantly clear. AI tools are transforming how teams operate, enabling faster analysis and drafting, and document review at scale. An important question for businesses looking to use these tools is how to manage legal privilege/professional secrecy and to understand the impact of the documents being created. Recent court decisions in both the U.S. and England suggest that incautious use of AI tools can lead to a loss of privilege or mean that no claim to privilege arises in the first place, potentially exposing sensitive documents to scrutiny by adverse parties, regulators, and prosecutors. With perspectives from the U.S., England, the UAE and Germany, this seminar is designed to help organizations navigate this evolving area whilst continuing to benefit from using AI.
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Wed 7 October 2026
12.30pm - 1.30pm

Virtual seminar - Recent developments in banking and finance law

A review of developments in banking and finance law that have taken place in the last six months.
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