Hybrid panel discussion: 'Regulatory competition concerning capital markets between the EU and the UK'

In response to the recent changes to the UK Listing Rules and the proposed EU Listing Act, we are pleased to invite you to our hybrid seminar on regulatory competition concerning capital markets between the EU and the UK.

The seminar will take place on Thursday 28 March 2024 from 10h to 12h GMT, 11h to 13h CET. The in-person event will take place in G24.

You can also to follow the seminar online by joining with Teams.

This seminar is organised in collaboration with the University of Cambridge (UK), the London School of Economics and Political Science (UK) and KU Leuven (Belgium). We are delighted to announce that the seminar will be led by three esteemed speakers from the different universities.

Professor Veerle Colaert: Professor Colaert holds the chair for financial law at KU Leuven since 2011 and is co-director of the KU Leuven Jan Ronse Institute for Company and Financial Law. She will cover the recently proposed EU Listing Act in her talk on "The ‘EU Listing Act Package’: harmonisation, de-harmonisation and regulatory competition."

Professor Eílis Ferran: Professor Ferran is Professor of Company & Securities Law at the University of Cambridge and is a fellow at St Catherine’s College. She will discuss the changes to the UK Listing Rules, by giving an overview of possible changes and examples of regulatory competition.

Assistant Professor Elizabeth Howell: Assistant Professor Howell is Assistant Professor of Law at LSE. She will focus on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the transfer of greater powers to the FCA in light of Brexit, and the accompanying accountability issues in her talk on "Who watches the watchers".

There will be a possibility to ask questions at the end of the talks during the Q&A.

Interested to know how these changes may lead to more regulatory competition between the UK and EU? Find out on the 28th of March 2024.