IA Webinar - UK General Election Series - Session Two

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This webinar series will prepare participants for the UK General Election.

David Gauke - MacFarlanes
Head of Public Policy

David provides strategic support to our clients across a wide range of public policy issues including tax, financial services regulation and the UK’s evolving relationship with the EU.

David was a solicitor in the firm from 1999 to 2005 specialising in financial services regulation. In 2005, David left Macfarlanes when he was elected Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire, becoming a Shadow Treasury Minister in 2007. On the formation of the Coalition Government in 2010, he was appointed as the minister responsible for the tax system, first as Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury and then, from 2014, as Financial Secretary to the Treasury. 

In 2016, David was appointed Chief Secretary to the Treasury where he attended Cabinet and had responsibility for public spending. In 2017, he was promoted to Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and in January 2018 he was appointed Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, becoming the first solicitor to become Lord Chancellor.

 David left government in July 2019. He is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, an Honorary Freeman of the City of London and an Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple. 

Michael Sholem - MacFarlanes
Partner

Michael specialises in advising banks, fund managers and financial technology firms in relation to financial regulatory issues.

Michael's practice focuses on the supervision and regulation of banks, investment firms, payment institutions and asset managers, including in connection with new authorisations, changes of control, corporate governance, financial benchmarks, ESG regulation and regulatory investigations.

His practice has also included advising non-financial groups on the impact of new regulation, with a particular focus on market infrastructure and financial technology. He also has extensive experience advising clients on developments in European Union laws and Brexit issues and has a particular interest in ESG and cryptocurrency.

Michael is a frequent speaker at conferences, including at the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation, the Financial Services Forum, the European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers Association and the European Leveraged Finance Association.

Michael is also recognised as a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Finance Forum.

Hannah  Marwood
Head of Government Affairs at the IA