Emerging Leaders Seminar and Networking Drinks, London – 31 March 2022

The ITFA Emerging Leaders Committee would like to invite all Emerging Leaders within the industry to attend their upcoming seminar entitled Legal Issues in Trade Finance, taking place on 31 March 2022. The event will consist of a seminar which will start at 5.30pm sharp, followed by networking drinks between 7.00pm and 9.00pm. It will be hosted at St. Botolphs Church Hall, Bishopsgate, London EC2M 3TL. 

As our first in-person Emerging Leaders event since February 2020, we expect interest in this event to be high. Registration will be on a first come first served basis, so please register as soon as possible. If you would like to attend this event please RSVP to petra@itfa.org by no later than Friday 24 March 2022, clearly indicating whether you will be attending the seminar only, networking drinks only or both.

The Agenda for the Seminar is as follows:

5:00pm – Registration

5.30pm – Welcome by the ITFA Head of Emerging Leaders, Duarte Pedreira

5.45pm – Key legal issues in Trade Finance in 2022 – Sam-Fowler-Holmes, Emerging Leaders Committee Member, 2022, Sullivan

6.15pm – Interview and interactive Q&A session hosted by Pouya Jafari, Chair of ITFA’s Emerging Leaders Committee, SMBC Bank International Plc, with Geoffrey Wynne, Senior Partner of Sullivan in London. This interview and interactive Q&A will provide an introduction to the role of the law in trade, an overview of how understanding your trade documentation can make you a better trade financier, and an opportunity to ask questions to one of the pre-eminent lawyers in our industry.

The EL Committee looks forward to welcoming ELs at this event.