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| Date | Topic | Location |
| 16th July 2008 | Market Abuse, Supervision & Enforcement | Qatar (venue to be confirmed) |
Programme
| 12:00 | sponsored by Registration, Coffee and refreshments  Floor open for networking opportunities |
| 12:30 | Session 1
Market abuse
Andrew Lowe, Associate Director, Legal and Regulatory Compliance Division, Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority
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| 1:15 | Session 2
Market abuse
James P. Duffy,, US market abuse and enforcement lawyer,
DLA Piper
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| 2:00 | sponsored by Coffee, snacks and networking opportunities
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| 2:30 | Session 3
Al-Harith Sinclair,
partner and Head of Regulatory and Government Affairs for the Middle East,
DLA Piper |
| 3:15 | Q & A session & close of the seminar by the moderator |
Speakers
Andrew Lowe Associate Director, Legal and Regulatory Compliance Division
Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority
Al-Harith Sinclairpartner and Head of Regulatory and Government Affairs for the Middle East
DLA Piper
Al-Harith is a partner in the Dubai office and is Head of Regulatory and Government Affairs for the Middle East.
His particular areas of expertise include regulation of financial institutions, government regulation and affairs, regulation of mergers and acquisitions, competition and consumer protection regulation, investigations and white-collar crime advice.
Al-Harith has 11 years of experience in regulation and has specialised in financial institution regulation for the last nine years. Much of this experience was gained at Clifford Chance, where Al-Harith worked in the financial regulatory department and at Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton where he headed up the UK financial regulatory function globally. As a specialist in the whole spectrum of financial regulation, Al-Harith has advised leading multinational banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions on matters including new authorisations, new products, regulatory capital structuring, general compliance and liaising with regulators and local counsel around the world.
Al-Harith is regularly asked by the media to comment on issues arising from changes in legislation in the Middle East in relation to financial markets and other regulated sectors.
Al-Harith liaises closely with governments and national regulators in the Middle East.
Sponsor
DLA Piper
DLA Piper is one of the world's largest legal services organisations with over 3400 lawyers across 64 offices in 25 countries worldwide.
Voted "Global Law Firm of the Year" (The Lawyer Awards 2006), DLA Piper provides the full range of relationship-driven, international quality legal services required by local, regional and multinational companies investing into or outside of the Middle East region.
Our regulatory and government affairs group in the Middle East is led by a specialist regulatory partner with over a decade of experience in financial, energy, environmental, competition, and healthcare regulation. Members of the group bring knowledge and experience of best practices from a number of regions and have worked in a number of jurisdictions. The team is especially well placed to lobby and advise due to bilingual English and Arabic speaking lawyers essential for this area of work.
The regulatory and government affairs group's work includes advising multinational companies and governments in relation to a broad range of issues including cross border mergers and acquisitions, new licence applications, new product development, listing issues and ongoing regulatory compliance in the UAE, the GCC and wider Middle East. In particular we advise clients on the rules of, and liaising on behalf of clients with, Government Ministries, Civil Aviation Authorities and other State Agencies across jurisdictions including the UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Jordan, Lebanon, Egypt and also Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey and Pakistan.
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