NEWS & EVENTS

As we are now in the new YFLA year, please see below for links to the membership application forms for 2019/2020.  Annual membership includes four free educational events and four subsidised social events.

The Committee very much hopes that you join the Association this year.  If you have any queries relating to membership, please do not hesitate to contact us at Membership@yfla.com.

Please see below for a letter from the new Chair of the YFLA, Josh Normanton.

Dear all,

Please see below for a link to the YFLA Summer Newsletter 2019.

In this issue:

• Absent-Mindedness – The Alstom Appeal and the Future of the Identification Principle: Ryan Dowding, Three Raymond Buildings
• A Q&A with Neill Cooke, Ethics and Compliance Counsel at Rolls-Royce plc.: Michael Roach, Cahill Gordon & Reindel (UK) LLP
• The Serco DPA and Delayed Publication of its Statement of Facts: Steve Melrose and Shruti Chandhok, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher UK LLP
• Marking 100 years of Women in the Law: Dr. Mari Takayanagi, Senior Archivist at the Houses of Parliament
• The Reform of SARs – Less is More: Rhys Rosser, 2 Bedford Row

We hope that you enjoy the newsletter.  As always, special thanks goes to all those that contributed.

The tickets for the YFLA Annual Dinner 2019 are now on sale.

This year’s dinner will be at the fantastic Brewery, 52 Chiswell Street, London, EC1Y 4SD on 20 September 2019. It will be an amazing evening with a champagne reception, a spectacular 3 course meal, drinks before, during and after dinner plus live music.  Full details are available at the link below.

The YFLA is delighted to invite you to its first ever breakfast seminar, which is titled “FCA Enforcement: The Anatomy of an Investigation”.

The speakers will be: Claire Cross (Corker Binning), Oliver Powell (Outer Temple Chambers), and Max Hobbs (Macfarlanes).

Date: 25 July 2019. 

Time: 07:30am (registration – early but there will be coffee, fruit, and pastries)

Location: Outer Temple Chambers 

Further details can be found in the link below.

The YFLA is taking part in the London Legal Walk this year on Monday 17 June 2019 to raise money for legal charities in London and the South East.  The walk is 10km long and starts and ends in Carey Street behind the Royal Courts of Justice.  If you would like to join us, please send an email to Fran and Elena at FCassidy-Taylor@brownrudnick.com by 10 June 2019.

The YFLA is delighted to invite you to our 2019 Summer Social on 20 June 2019 at ROTUNDA Bar & Restaurant:

The YFLA is pleased to announce that John Gibson (now of Cohen & Gresser, formerly of the SFO) has been added to the panel of our educational tomorrow and that Tom Epps (Brown Rudnick) will now chair it.  Please see below for a link to a new flyer with further details.

Please see below for a link to the YFLA Spring Newsletter 2019.

In this issue:

• Competing Extradition Requests and Julian Assange – A case of first in first out?: Eamon McCarthy-Keen, Peters & Peters
• Omers Administration Corporation and others v Tesco plc – Tesco to disclose evidence compelled by the SFO during the DPA investigation: Victoria Gainza, 23 Essex Street
• Fraud v Finality – Big principles battle it out at the Supreme Court in Takhar v Gracefield Developments Limited & Ors: Richard Clayman, Peters & Peters
• The Case of Jimenez – Extraterritorial jurisdiction in a post-KBR world: Ryan Dowding, Three Raymond Buildings

We hope that you enjoy the newsletter.

The YFLA is delighted to invite you to our educational on 8 May 2019 on “The Future of DPAs (are they still an appropriate mechanism for disposing of corporate wrongdoing?)“, which will be hosted by Brown Rudnick.  Please see the link below for further details.

The YFLA is pleased to announce that its members can obtain an exclusive 25% discount on the book The Lawyer as Leader: How to own your career and lead in Law Firms.

Please see below for additional details on the book from its publisher.  To obtain your discount code, email Michael Roach (YFLA Publicity Secretary) at mroach@cahill.com.

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The Lawyer as Leader: How to own your career and lead in Law Firms is a practical, experience-based guide to personal development at every stage of a lawyer’s career.

Aimed specifically at young lawyers, topics covered include career planning, building “trusted adviser” client relationships, developing an internal support network, communication and feedback skills, project management, commerciality and understanding value from the client’s perspective. The report also discusses fulfilment, wellbeing and work-life balance.

This special report is above all practical and contains a wealth of tools and templates developed by the author for career planning, self appraisal and project management.

More details on the book can be found here:

https://www.globelawandbusiness.com/special-reports/the-lawyer-as-leader-how-to-own-your-career-and-lead-in-law-firms

The YFLA is pleased to announce that its members are able to benefit from a 10% discount on tickets for the 5th Annual GIR Live London event.  The event takes place on 4 April 2019 at One Bishops Square, London.

It is set to be a great event with Ali Sallaway (Freshfields) and Richard Sallybanks (BCL) chairing the day.  Mark Steward, Director of Enforcement and Market Oversight at the FCA, is the keynote speaker.  The full programme can be viewed via the link below.

To receive your discount code, please contact the YFLA Membership Secretary, Min Weaving, at min.weaving@mishcon.com.

The YFLA is delighted to invite you to our educational on 20 February 2019 on “Corporate Criminal Liability After Barclays“, which will be hosted by QEB Hollis Whiteman.  Please see the link below for further details.

Please see below for a link to an interesting article by YFLA members Khushaal Ved and Madeleine Parker from the Singapore office of Hogan Lovells on the effects of environmental corruption in Laos. .

Please see below for a link to the YFLA Winter Newsletter 2018.

In this issue:

• A Changing Landscape in Search and Seizure: Rupert Bowers QC, Doughty Street Chambers
• Brexit and the Extradition Backstop:Josie Welland, Rahman Ravelli
• A Q&A with Matthew Wagstaff, Joint Head of Bribery and Corruption at the SFO: Michael Roach, Cahill Gordon & Reindel (UK) LLP
• POCA and the Shift in Cannabis Laws – Time for a Rethink?: David Rundle, WilmerHale
• Revised CPS Code Draws Attention to the Importance of Disclosure in Charging Decisions: Diana Czugler, Peters and Peters
• Failure to Prevent Economic Crime – An Idea Whose Time Has Come?: Francis Bond, Macfarlanes LLP
• Market Practice and Dishonesty: Simon Camilleri, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP

We hope that you enjoy the newsletter.

The YFLA is delighted to invite you to our educational on 20 November 2018 to discuss the impact of the recent KBR judgment on the extraterritorial future of section 2 notices, which will be hosted by QEB Hollis Whiteman.  Please see the link below for further details.

The YFLA is delighted to invite you to our 2018 Winter Social on 6 December 2018 at The Hat and Tun: