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Norton Rose Fulbright LLP 3 More London Riverside, London SE1 2AQ United Kingdom
This exciting new event is designed to bring together senior leaders from the international banking community and policymakers to discuss critical issues impacting the international cohort's future in the UK.
We'll explore the challenges of running UK operations and international banking hubs from London while reinforcing London's position as a premier global financial centre by fostering a constructive dialogue on regulatory challenges, market opportunities, and the UK's competitive advantages.
For international banks, membership in UK Finance is about more than just representation; it's about having a seat at the table where policy is shaped. This event offers direct, tangible value by providing members with:
UK Finance’s Key Conversations series is a selection of half-day events spotlighting key trends, emerging themes, and timely policy and regulation developments through short, focused conversations.
We have designed these sessions to provide engaging discussions, the chance to hear directly from industry experts, gain insights on the latest trends and issues, and connect with peers face to face.
We are proud to partner with organisations on our events. To discuss sponsorship opportunities at The Future of London as an International Banking Hub, please contact Sponsorship@ukfinance.org.uk.
For more information about how you can support our 2026 events, please contact our associate membership team.
Keynote speech: The UK's Competitive Edge: A Global Hub for International Banking
Speaker: Alistair Strathern, MP, Parliamentary Private Secretary to HM Treasury
Keynote speech: Improving access to UK markets – HMT’s new Office for Investment: Financial Services
Speaker: Rahul Ahluwalia, CEO, Office for Investment: Financial Services
Panel discussion: Protectionist policies impacting banks’ operating models (EU Article 21c, US FBO rules etc)
Speakers:
Mark Cannon, Head of Legal, Standard Bank
Richard Dawson, Head of UK and Europe, ANZ Bank
Tim Skeet, Chief Institutional Relationship Officer, Bank of China
Panel discussion: booking models in a changing regulatory environment
Speaker: Nathalie Robertson-Nugent, Chief Legal and Administrative Officer, Santander CIB London Branch
Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. The global law firm h...
Norton Rose Fulbright provides a full scope of legal services to the world’s preeminent corporations and financial institutions. The global law firm has more than 3,000 lawyers advising clients across more than 50 locations worldwide, including London, Houston, New York, Toronto, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Sydney and Johannesburg, covering Europe, the United States, Canada, Latin America, Asia, Australia, Africa and the Middle East. With its global business principles of quality, unity and integrity, Norton Rose Fulbright is recognized for its client service in key industries, including financial institutions; energy, infrastructure and resources; technology; transport; life sciences and healthcare; and consumer markets.
Technological innovation, regulatory reforms and regulatory scrutiny and enforcement actions continue to challenge the banking industry. These factors have caused a shift towards consolidation, a refocus on core businesses, risk and compliance management and digital transformation. This shift is to enable banks to generate new revenue streams, efficiencies and a strong balance sheet, while complying with ever-changing regulatory requirements.
Our lawyers have extensive experience advising on high-level and complex cross-border assignments, as well as on day-to-day transactions. We act for the world’s leading global banks and development banks in the emerging markets, as well as broker-dealers, investment banks and other financial service institutions in several key areas including:
Regulation
Our team is closely involved in global regulatory reform and has extensive experience working in the industry with the most prominent financial services regulators. This gives us real insight into how banks operate and how the regulators think and work, as well as how regulatory policy is formed, turned into legislation and then supervised.
Our government relations and public policy (GRPP) team offers a unique mix of policy, process and sectorial knowledge to help clients gain traction in the legislative process by aligning their advocacy and lobbying with its business and legal objectives. We have advised on conduct, market and prudential regulation which is a top priority for global banking groups.
Risk and compliance
A robust, sustainable and risk-based framework of controls is a prerequisite, not only to maintain compliance with regulatory obligations, but to ensure that emerging risks are identified and assessed with appropriate mitigating actions being taken. Our regulatory compliance consulting lawyers have advised on a range of sophisticated, cross-border compliance, regulatory, and risk control matters.
Digital transformation
FinTech start-ups and digital banks are challenging the traditional banking model. Banks must innovate to remain relevant and embrace new technology which is delivering opportunities for them on an unprecedented scale. Our global FinTech practice has extensive experience working with banks on their investment in and deployment of FinTech as well as their participation in industry consortia. With our strong combination of technical, sector and regulatory experience, we help our clients capitalize on the transformative potential of these new technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and smart contracts, while ensuring compliance with the rapidly changing regulatory landscape.
The primary audience for this event is senior-level representatives from international banks operating in the UK, including CEOs, country heads, and heads of legal, regulatory, treasury and public affairs.
This also includes key stakeholders from the UK government and regulatory bodies, such as the Treasury and the PRA. The event is intentionally exclusive to ensure high-level engagement and a peer-to-peer discussion environment.
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