Looking Ahead To 2021: Moving Beyond Brexit In Financial Services Regulation

Find out more on our website: https://bit.ly/3qVrh9x This webinar looks at the evolution of the post-Brexit financial services regulatory landscape, with a key focus of what firms should expect in 2021 in terms of regulatory policy developments. This webinar will also look at issues relating to remuneration in the financial services sector. Speakers: Jeremy Edwards is a partner and the head of the Employee Benefits Group in Baker McKenzie’s London office. He advises on all aspects of employee share plans and employee taxation. Jeremy has over 24 years’ experience as a share plan lawyer and two years’ experience as a corporate lawyer. He is currently serving on the advisory panel of ProShare and is a regular speaker at share plan conferences held in the United Kingdom. Jeremy has substantial UK experience, including implementing plans for UK-listed companies and dealing with issues arising for UK-listed companies, including advising on executive remuneration developments, UK tax issues and the position on cessation of employment and dealing with share plans in the context of corporate transactions. He has extensive experience in connection with the implementation of share plans globally and working with multinational clients. Mark Simpson is a partner in the Financial Services & Regulatory Group in the London office where he practices in the areas of financial regulation, financial crime, and regulatory investigations. He is a member of the Firm's EMEA Financial Services & Insurance Steering Committee, as well as its Global Funds and FinTech Groups. He participates actively in industry bodies including the Alternative Investment Managers Association. He has authored a number of articles and other publications, most notably acting as a general editor of and contributor to the International Guide to Money Laundering Law and Practice, and A Practitioner's Guide to the Law and Regulation of Financial Crime. Mark advises on a wide range of financial services legal and regulatory issues. Clients who he works for include asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, payment and e-money institutions, insurers and brokers, and FinTechs. He advises throughout the lifecycle of regulated businesses - on launch and authorisation, global expansion, business and product innovation, new regulatory developments, and on responding to regulatory enquiries and investigations. He also advises on corporate and commercial transactions in the financial services sector. His experience spans the full scope of EU and UK financial regulations, covering prudential as well as conduct of business requirements, anti-money laundering and financial crime. As well as his commercial client base, Mark has advised governmental bodies on the development of financial services laws.