Upcoming Webinar | 18 January 2024 2:00 PM – 18 January 2024 3:00 PM GMT Standard Time
SDR, SFDR and beyond webinar
ESG Regulatory Evolution in 2024
Date & Time
18 January 2024 2:00 PM – 18 January 2024
3:00 PM GMT Standard Time
REGISTER
Join us on 18 January as our Baker McKenzie experts – joined by Adam Jacobs Dean of AIMA and other industry specialists – explore the continuing evolution of ESG regulation and compliance challenges that firms can expect to encounter in the new year. This session will focus on the FCA’s new ESG product labelling regime (the “SDR”), upcoming changes to the EU’s SFDR regime, and emerging best practices in ESG governance. Our agenda will cover:
UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements and what they mean for the financial services sector
- What do GCs, compliance officers and sustainability officers need to know about the SDR?
- How can firms leverage resources already put into SFDR compliance?
- Analysing the risks and rewards of adding new ESG product labels to the mix
Ongoing evolution of the SFDR regime
- Industry trends and commitments to sustainable investment
- How the European regulatory landscape may change in 2024
- Addressing the challenge of diverging cross-border disclosure requirements
Best practices for ESG governance
- Staying on top of ESG and climate risk challenges
- Embedding FCA guidance on compliance with the ESG Guiding Principles
- Bridging the data gap and managing evolving enforcement risk
This webinar is part of our ESG-focused thought leadership webinar series that shares insights and practical guidance for businesses considering what ESG means for them.
Author
Caitlin McErlane
Caitlin is a partner in Baker McKenzie’s Financial Services Regulatory practice group, based in the London office.
Caitlin's practice focuses on advising a range of global financial institutions on complex and high value regulatory matters. She advises banks, asset managers, major corporates and payment institutions on navigating UK and EU financial services regulation. She has particular experience in advising clients on regulatory implementation projects, day-to-day compliance issues, and regulatory issues arising in the context of acquisitions, restructurings, and divestments within the financial services sector. Caitlin also advises market infrastructure providers on markets regulation and the provision of cross-border trading solutions.
Caitlin leads our London office’s ESG regulatory work for financial institutions, and advises a range of clients on the drafting and implementation of ESG policies and structuring ESG-focused investment products. Caitlin is an authority on regulatory reforms in the sustainability space and sits on a number of trade association working groups.
Caitlin has been recognised as a "Leading Partner" by The Legal 500 UK, where she is cited by clients as "a great lawyer [who] has a photographic recollection of regulations which makes her an amazing resource for any tricky topic." She is ranked by Chambers for financial services regulation, where clients describe her as "an expert in her field", a "phenomenal regulatory lawyer" and "a highly responsive and excellent communicator" who "consistently provides pragmatic solutions that are within the regulatory framework". Caitlin is also acknowledged by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner in Real Estate Funds.
Author
Shaneil Shah
Shaneil Shah is a senior associate in the Financial Services Regulatory Group in the London office.
Shaneil provides strategic regulatory advice to clients across the regulated sector, with a particular focus on the regulations applicable to fund managers, investment firms, market infrastructure, banks and insurers. He advises clients throughout their regulatory lifecycle, from pre-authorisation, through to business expansion and on responding to new regulatory developments. Shaneil also advises on contentious matters, including investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by financial regulators, internal regulatory investigations and financial services disputes.
Shaneil has particular experience advising clients on complex regulatory implementation projects, and has worked closely with a number of asset managers to launch novel products for both retail and wholesale investors. He also advises a wide range of clients on developments in ESG regulations, including the EU’s SFDR and Taxonomy Regulations and the UK’s ESG regime.
Shaneil has undertaken secondments to the London branch of a global investment bank (focusing on contentious matters) and to Baker McKenzie in Hong Kong.
