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Tue 17 June 2025
1.30pm - 2.15pm

Virtual seminar - Navigating the Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape – Insights from A&O Shearman’s Global Cyber Team

Cyber threats continue to evolve at pace, presenting new challenges for businesses operating in the UK and internationally. Drawing on their experience advising on hundreds of cyber incidents, including some of the most significant and complex cases, our speakers will share practical insights and lessons learned from the front lines of cyber response. What to expect: • An overview of the latest cyber threat trends affecting businesses locally and globally; • Real-world examples and key takeaways from recent incidents; • Legal and regulatory considerations when responding to cyber attacks; • Perspectives on working with law enforcement, regulators, and the intelligence community; • Practical steps to enhance your organisation’s resilience. This session is designed to provide actionable guidance and a candid discussion of the issues that matter most to businesses navigating today’s cyber risk environment.
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Wed 18 June 2025
9.00am - 10.00am

Virtual seminar - Consumer credit in focus – mortgages, BNPL and CCA reform

Our expert panel will discuss the UK FCA’s recent consultation paper (CP25/11) on mortgages, looking at the FCA’s focus on enhancing consumer protection, and the potential impact these changes could have on lenders and intermediaries. The session will also cover the UK Treasury’s recent response to its consultation on BNPL, unpacking the government’s reaction to feedback received. Plus, the webinar will be covering the Treasury’s consultation on phase 1 of reforming the CCA, which aims to streamline, update and simplify the existing complicated framework for consumer credit regulation in the UK.
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Thu 19 June 2025
8.15am - 9.15am

Virtual seminar - Class actions in Europe

Our litigation team will dive into the intricacies of mass litigation and class actions. Gain valuable knowledge on the most pressing developments in mass litigation, procedural nuances between jurisdictions throughout Europe and key risk factors and mitigants.
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Tue 24 June 2025
9.00am - 10.00am

Virtual seminar - The UK’s Online Safety Act – practical implementation for services

At this webinar The UK Online Safety Act – achieving compliance and understanding enforcement, speakers Maeve Hanna, Jane Finlayson-Brown, Steve Wood and Anya Proops KC, will cover key themes arising from practical implementation of the UK’s Online Safety Act including: • A reminder of what the OSA means for internet services and search platforms that operate in the UK; • A deeper dive on areas which are generating debate, including the OSA’s extra-territorial effect, the effect of categorisation, and the legal content addressed by the legislation; • Ahead of the children’s duties coming live on 25 July - an overview of the key requirements from Ofcom’s children’s codes and guidance, priorities and evidence supporting Ofcom’s approach, key governance steps needed for compliance and areas of overlap with other regulatory regimes, including the Age-Appropriate Design Code; • An overview of Ofcom’s enforcement powers and the expectations of its approach from its initial enforcement actions, as well as practical guidance on your regulatory engagement.
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Wed 25 June 2025
9.00am - 10.00am

Virtual seminar - The UK-Switzerland Berne Financial Services Agreement: new cross-border access arrangements for banks, investment firms and financial market infrastructure

Join lawyers from A&O Shearman and Schellenberg Wittmer Ltd in a webinar addressing the ground-breaking UK-Switzerland Berne Financial Services Agreement (BFSA) and its potential impact on the provision of cross-border financial services from the UK into Switzerland and vice versa. Our panel will consider the cross-border supply of banking, investment and asset management services, as well as market infrastructure services, clarifying which clients and activities fall within its scope and compare the new regime with what is possible under existing cross-border access models. The session will also map the ratification pathway. Note that insurance-related elements would not be covered.
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Thu 26 June 2025
4.00pm - 5.00pm

Navigating the global crypto regulatory landscape: UK, US and EU alignment and divergence

The EU’s lead in crypto regulation with MiCA is being rapidly followed by emerging UK and US frameworks. Global crypto firms will have unprecedented opportunities to access new markets, but must navigate the interplay between regimes and the divergent expectations from regulators. Following our previous webinars on the new UK cryptoasset licensing regime (recordings and slides below), we are delighted to invite you to our third webinar to focus on the key points of alignment and divergence between MiCA and the likely future UK framework. [In the context of the future US GENIUS Act, we will also consider the challenges facing for global stablecoin issuance.
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Fri 10 October 2025
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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Tue 14 October 2025
9.00am - 10.00am

Virtual seminar - FCA and PRA enforcement themes and trends


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