The Banking Scoping Forum was established to consider, in the first instance, legal uncertainties arising from the European Commission’s Banking Reform Package, published in November 2016, which proposed fundamental changes to E.U. legislation on bank resolution and bank capital. Now, this Forum provides space for experts to discuss wider issues of legal uncertainty relevant to the banking sector, including the loan market, the U.K.’s regulatory perimeter and various other complexities affecting large financial institutions. This forum’s membership comprises in-house counsel from banks and lawyers in private practice.
For further information, please see the Forum’s Terms of Reference and the 2024 Forward Schedule.
This meeting of the Banking Scoping Forum was chaired by Dorothy Livingston of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. Members discussed changes to Article 46 of MiFIR introduced by the Investment Firm Regulation, the Bank for International Settlements Discussion Paper on Designing a prudential treatment for...
This meeting of the Banking Scoping Forum was chaired and hosted by Jeremy Stokeld of Linklaters LLP. Forum members discussed the Operational Resilience and the legal uncertainties on whether novation gives rise to a new contract in the context of a transfer of a...
This meeting of the Banking Scoping Forum was was chaired and hosted by Stuart Willey of White & Case LLP. Forum members discussed issues of uncertainty arising under the revised Capital Requirements Directive, Capital Requirements Regulation, and revised Bank Recovery and Resolution Directive. The...
This meeting of the Banking Scoping Forum was was chaired and hosted by Alex Biles of Ashurst LLP. Forum members discussed legislative developments such as the Prospectus Regulation and the planned review by the Financial Stability Board of the technical implementation of the Total...
A meeting of the Banking Scoping Forum was held on 11 December 2018. The meeting was chaired by Clare Dawson of the Loan Market Association. Forum members discussed, among other topics, preparations for the phasing out of the London Interbank Offered Rate. The agenda...
A meeting of the Banking Scoping Forum was held on 18 September 2018. The meeting was chaired by Dorothy Livingston of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP. Forum members discussed various aspects of the U.K.’s preparations for a “no deal” Brexit. The agenda and minutes of...
A meeting of the Banking Scoping Forum was held on 19 June 2018. The meeting was chaired and hosted by Stuart Willey of White & Case LLP. On the agenda was a discussion on uncertainties relating to the European Commission’s proposal for a Directive...
A Banking Scoping Forum meeting was held on 20 March 2018. The meeting was chaired and hosted by Monica Sah of Clifford Chance LLP. On the agenda were discussions on uncertainties relating to cash/securities collateral and the U.K. territorial perimeter for financial services activities....