16th March 2023
Hilton Malta
Ganado Advocates are pleased to bring to you the 8th edition of the Annual Banking and Payments Law Seminar – a yearly appointment for local leading lawyers and officers who work at the forefront of banking, finance and payments law issues.
Organised in collaboration with the Malta Bankers’ Association, the seminar provides an opportunity for participants to discuss salient updates to their practice and share insights into certain issues of relevance.
Agenda
13:30 Coffee & registration
14:00 Welcome & opening address
Conrad Portanier (Partner, Ganado Advocates)
Karol Gabarretta (Secretary General, Malta Bankers’ Association)
14:15 Outsourcing: An evolving regulatory framework for a digital age
Sarah Louise Azzopardi (Associate, Ganado Advocates)
14:45 Keynote address
Trends in financial regulation and supervision
Christopher Buttigieg (Chief Officer Supervision, MFSA)
15:30 Question time
15:45 Coffee break
16:15 Breakout sessions
Banks
Non-performing loans and Malta’s insolvency law reforms
Presentation by:
Luisa Cassar Pullicino (Associate, Ganado Advocates)
Moderated by:
Conrad Portanier (Partner, Ganado Advocates)
Panellists:
George Bugeja (Senior Associate, Ganado Advocates)
Chantelle Coleiro (Head of Legal Advisory, HSBC Bank Malta p.l.c)
Ronald Mizzi (Chief Financial Officer, APS Bank plc)
Payment Institutions
Safeguarding – A core obligation for Financial Institutions
Presentation by:
Leonard Bonello (Partner, Ganado Advocates)
Moderated by:
Leonard Bonello (Partner, Ganado Advocates)
Panellists:
Pierre Paul Gauci (Senior Advisor, Regulatory & Business, Embark [Malta] Limited)
Stefan-John Berry (Regulatory Director, Merkure Solutions)
Alex Vella (Risk Management Consultant, Self Employed)
17:30 Networking drinks
For more information visit https://ganado.com/7th-annual-banking-and-finance-law-seminar/