MCLE London™ Programme 2025
33rd Annual International MCLE Program
Organiser: Rory Khilkoff-Boulding MA, Solicitor (EW), Attorney at Law (NY and CA)
Host and Chair: Tom Worner, Solicitor (EW); Director and General Counsel of MVF
AGENDA – Friday 17th January – Day 1
8.15 a.m. REGISTRATION – (Log In)
SESSION 1 – 9.00 a.m. to 10.30 am.
POST BREXIT – FIVE MAJOR POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS. PART 1
John Bell, LLM (Queen Mary University of London), LLB. Having trained as barrister, John is a former Schuman Trainee at the European Parliament and has expertise in Brexit law following his experience of the EU legislative process in Brussels at the time of Brexit negotiations. John currently works at the Financial Reporting Council assisting with enforcement action against ‘Big 4’ audit firms, liaising with counsel and experts. He recently worked with the SEC as part of a recently published FRC settlement. John previously worked for the Serious Fraud Office. He studied EU law at postgraduate level in Luxembourg and French law as part of his LLB. John is a regular contributor on UK-EU relations law.
- UK-EU reset
• Definition of ‘reset’ and developments since the election
• Potential security and SPS agreements
• Comparison with EU-Switzerland agreement (ECJ, dynamic alignment) - Windsor Framework
• Democratic consent and scrutiny mechanisms
• Overview of consent vote, Stormont Brake and applicability motions
• Dillon judgement – provisions of UK statute held in breach of WF - TCA arbitration
• First UK-EU TCA arbitration, overview of TXCA arbitration mechanisms - Work of the TCA Specialised Committees
• Usual update on work of the TCA Specialised Committees with examples drawn from agendas
and minutes - Informal cooperation and TCA +
• Conclusion rounding up all of the above, next steps
10.35 am to 11.00 Coffee Break
SESSION 2 – 11.00 am to 12.30
POST BREXIT – FIVE MAJOR POSITIVE DEVELOPMENTS. PART 2
John Bell Continued
12.30 p.m. to 13.15 LUNCH
SESSION 3 – 13:15 to 14:45
REPORT AND ASSESSMENT OF ACTIONS BY THE UKRAINIAN BAR ASSOCIATION AND ITS INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
Inna Liniova is an Ukrainian lawyer specializing in international law.
Formerly the Executive Director of the Ukrainian Bar Association, she is now its International Operations Advisor.
Previously, she has worked for international technical assistance projects of the USAID, the
Council of Europe and the European Union supporting reform of the justice sector and of the judiciary in Ukraine, as well as development of the legal profession in Rwanda. Inna has also headed a division of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine in charge of coordination of the execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights and reporting to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe.
14:45 to 15:30 COFFEE BREAK
SESSION 4 – 15:30 to 17:00
CLIMATE FINANCE AND GREEN PROJECTS – PROGRESS SINCE LAST YEAR
Dr Andy Sloan is the founder of the International Sustainability Institute Channel Islands, a think tank based in Guernsey, and runs Netherite and Grunweldt Advisory which provides climate risk advisory services to financial institutions. He is an expert reviewer on finance for the IPCC sixth round assessment. He is also a non-executive Director of an environmental services monitoring company and several financial firms.
Dr Sloan established Guernsey’s sustainable finance initiative in 2018, representing Guernsey at the UN convened Finance Centres for Sustainability from 2018 to 2021. He led the development of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission’s Guernsey Green Fund rules, the world’s first such regulatory regime, and wrote the Green Principles for Private Equity published by Guernsey Finance, and the ESG Framework for Insurers for the Guernsey International Insurance. Association. Dr Sloan was also an inaugural member of the CityUK Green Finance Group and was an advisor to the UK Astana Sustainable Finance Initiative in 2020.
AGENDA – Saturday 18th January – Day 2
8.30 REGISTRATION – (Log In)
SESSION 5 – 9.00 a.m. to 10.00
DIGITAL PRACTICE – ON-BOARDING AND SECURITY AND SANCTIONS COMPLIANCE.
Cindy van Niekirk
Cindy is a South African born British national with over 10 years’ experience on the front lines of large-scale IT-regulatory projects with global financial institutions. Such as JP Morgan, HSBC, Barclays, Deutsche Bank, Lloyds, RBS, Scotiabank, Merrill Lynch, Northern Trust, NatWest and BNP Paribas.
Cindy transitioned to the Fintech world in 2018, working with Marco Polo / TradeIX and Finteum.
Cindy recently obtained her Oxford Blockchain Strategy Certification by Said Business School and received the Corda Developer Certification. She also holds a ICA KYC Compliance Certification
Cindy will take the delegates through the processes used by the Umazi program, and the issues it can
help with as regards sanctions compliance
SESSION 6 – 10:00 to 11:00
MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS / STRESS MANAGEMENT: COMPLAINING, STRESS, BURNOUT – A PRACTICAL SOLUTION
Nicholas Tyrrell is based in the Thames Valley in England. He established Mandamus Legal Recruitment in 2005. Recruiting solicitors primarily for law firms in the UK, but also for a few corporates.
Around 2015 Nicholas joined a coaching program and fell down the personal development rabbit hole. Some of the things he stumbled upon were enlightening.
11.00 am to 11.30 Coffee Break
SESSION 7 – 11:30 to 12:30
EQUALITY ISSUES: DEI REQUIREMENTS VS. EQUALITY LAW
Audrey Ludwig, non-practising consultant solicitor.
Audrey is a Compliance Trainer. She is a specialist in Equality law in England, Wales & Scotland. From 2006-date she specialised in equality law, providing practical, plain-English advice to claimants experiencing unlawful discrimination and harassment of all kinds. She still does that by volunteering at Suffolk Law Centre.
There is much current emphasis on DEI hires, but many of the demands put forward conflict directly with the UK Equality Act 2010. Audrey covers a range of issues with links to statute and current UK case law.
12.30 p.m. to 13.30 LUNCH
SESSION 8 – 13:30 to 15:00
ETHICAL ISSUES IN INTERNATIONAL PRACTICE CONCERNING COMPLIANCE AND SANCTIONS DISCLOSURE, AND ISSUES OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Anna Bradshaw is a Partner at Peters & Peters in London. Anna advises individuals and corporates on all aspects of financial crime and economic sanctions risk, compliance and enforcement. Chambers recognises Anna’s reputation in the POCA space, anti-money laundering and economic sanctions. Anna is also ranked by Who’s Who Legal for her work on international sanctions, trade & customs, business crime defence and investigations. Legal 500 recommends Anna for economic sanctions and export controls, regulatory investigations and general crime. Anna is an Associate Fellow of RUSI, assisting the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies with research on US, EU and UK sanctions. She co-edits The Guide to Sanctions, published by Global Investigations Review.
Zia Ullah, solicitor, is Co-Global Head of Corporate Crime and Investigations at Eversheds Sutherland and a Board Member of Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP. Zia is a globally recognised specialist in International Sanctions and has led multiple cross-border sanctions investigations. He advises on all aspects of corporate/financial crime and was previously the Global Head of Sanctions at Barclays. Zia is a current FCA ‘Skilled Person’ for Financial Crime.
15.00 am to 15.30 Coffee Break
SESSION 9 – 15:30 to 17:00
ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN THE PRACTICE OF LAW: WEAPONIZING THE LEGAL PROFESSION TO BRING DOWN DEMOCRACY AND THE RULE OF LAW?
Ellen Peck, Attorney (CA), Director Legal Division Florida Bar, supervising lawyer regulation and professionalism efforts – former Chair of ABA’s professionalism Committee (2003-2006); award winning expert in judicial education, ethics and professionalism.
17.00 Closing Remarks and Finish
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Rory Khilkoff-Boulding, Solicitor, Attorney and Counsellor at Law dba MCLE London is recognised as a CLE provider by the Florida Bar (140982N) and the 2024 32nd Annual International MCLE Fair is duly accredited by the Florida Bar, course accreditation number 2400626N. 651 E. Jefferson Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399 website: www.floridabar.org Florida Attorneys may report their MCLE Credits online at www.floridabar.org |
| Florida is an authorised jurisdiction for CLE purposes for most other US States – where this may not be the case, usually accreditation ex post facto can be obtained by express application to the relevant State Bar in accordance with local rules. Note that there are US jurisdictions which still restrict or do not permit some or all CLE sessions which are not attended in person. | |
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