Seminar | Commercial Litigation

Financial Markets: Market Abuse
Thursday 29th March 2007
at 10 Queen Street Place, London EC4R 1BE

Background
In the context of market abuse, the FSA has recently confirmed that going forward, it expects to bring more criminal prosecutions than it has done to date. The prospect of more criminal prosecutions at a time when the Market Abuse Directive is not yet fully understood will have wide-ranging implications for market participants. Not least because potential criminality in a trading context is likely to make it easier for the United States, in appropriate cases, to use the "fast-track" extradition procedure. The emergence of London as an eminent financial centre and the globalisation of the trading economy mean that an appreciation of these risks and corresponding risk management are now more important than ever before.

Chair 
Bruce Gardner, partner
SJ Berwin LLP

Speakers
Catherine Bailey, Partner
SJ Berwin LLP

Alex Leitch, Partner
SJ Berwin LLP

Programme

• Market Abuse
    - History of FSA’s enforcement actions on market abuse
    - Grey aspects of MAD
    - Criminal Prosecutions
    - A common/European approach to enforcement?
• Corporate Extradition
    - The changing environment
    - Recent cases
    - Establishing a nexus with the United States
• Questions & Answers

Timetable
08:30am Registration
09:00am Seminar commences
09:45am Questions & answers
10:15am Refreshments

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Training
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