The deadline to be prepared to the March 1st Uncleared Margin regulation is looming. Our panel of experts will provide insight into the current state of preparations, including Heads of Legal from Standard Chartered and Societe Generale.

How to Cope With March 1st Uncleared Margin

Thursday 9th February 2017: 15:00 (UK time)

We now have a two additional speakers, Kurt Commelin Head of Legal for Financial Markets at Standard Chartered and Gerard de Lambilly, Global Head of Legal for Prime and Securities Services at Société Générale.

By all accounts the March 1st uncleared margin deadline in is the largest contract renegotiation exercise event in the history of the world. And by other accounts may end being the mother of all disasters, or maybe not. Brendan Nelson and Barry Quinn from Axiom Law are going to entertain you with inside knowledge on:

• What the 20 leading buy- and sell-side organisations are really doing to prepare
• Whether the industry will actually meet the deadline
• How firms are approaching renegotiation, and their coping strategies
• Options for handling March 1st when you discover things aren't quite as expected
• What lessons can be learned prior to the final sprint to March 1st?

Speakers

Kurt Crommelin

Head of Legal, Financial Markets for Europe at Standard Chartered Bank

Joined Standard Chartered Bank as Global Product Specialist/Senior Legal Counsel, and is now responsible for european legal function and has global legal responsibility for funded products and asset/liability management. Previously an Executive Director, Legal Counsel at UBS Investment Bank with responsibility for fixed income and credit derivatives legal.

Gerard de Lambilly

Global Head of Legal for Prime and Securities Services at Société Générale

Senior Manager in Legal, Compliance and Corporate Governance functions. 21 years experience gained in the industry of brokerage, clearing, asset management, prime and securities services. Gérard joined Société Générale as Legal counsel in 1994. He started his banking and financial services career in Paris and then London. In 2000, he joined Newedge (ex Fimat) in London as Head of Legal, Europe. He took the position of Deputy Global Head of Legal in 2005 and Head of New Client Solutions. He became Global Head of Legal with the inception of Newedge in January 2008. Gerard was Secretary general at Newedge. He supervised until October 2015 Legal, Compliance and Corporate Governance for the Newedge group. 

Barry Quinn

Co-Head, Global Banking Practice, Axiom Global

Barry Quinn co-heads Axiom's the Global Banking practice from London. In this role, Barry partners with Axiom’s banking-sector clients to further develop innovative, technology-enabled responses to the complex and rapidly evolving regulatory and compliance landscape. Barry joined Axiom in 2014 after 12 years at SEI, a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions.

Brendan Nelson

VP, Banking Solutions at Axiom

As VP of Banking Solutions, Brendan is responsible for defining and overseeing the deployment of Axiom’s suite of services aimed at financial institutions, as well as for supporting the development of the capabilities required to bring these offerings to market. Prior to this role, Brendan was a Senior Client Partner responsible for Axiom’s largest global banking relationships.

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