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SRB Legal Conference 2025: Banking Crises – law, policy and practice: European and global perspectives

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The SRB will hold its fourth legal conference on Wednesday, 18 June 2025.

 

Join us to discuss the latest developments in law in the EU Banking Union and beyond. 
 

 

The 2025 edition of the SRB Legal Conference will feature the following three panel topics. 

 

  • Enforcement in EU financial services law: legal yardsticks, judicial scrutiny, charting the way ahead
  • From off-site resolution planning to resolution operationalisation: exploring the legal framework on deep dives, on-site inspections and dry runs
  • Banking crisis management frameworks: a comparative perspective on how and what works around the globe

 

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SRB Legal Conference 2025


 

Agenda

 

SRB Legal Conference 2025: Banking Crises – law, policy and practice: European and global perspectives

 

09:15 - 09:30

Welcome speech

  • Dominique Laboureix, Chair, Single Resolution Board 
09:30 - 09:50

Key note speech

  • Frank Elderson, Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board, European Central Bank 
09:50 - 11:20

Panel 1: From off-site resolution planning to resolution operationalisation: exploring the legal framework on deep dives, on-site inspections and dry runs

Moderator: Radek Urban, Board Member, Single Resolution Board

  • Denise Bauer-Weiler, Member of the Management Board, UBS Europe SE
  • Roberto Cercone, Director, Banca d'Italia
  • Jaakko Weuro, Director General, Finish Financial Stability Authority
  • Pedro Machado, Member of the Supervisory Board of the Single Supervisory Mechanism, ECB
11:20 - 11:40Coffee break
11:40 - 13:10

Panel 2: Enforcement in EU Financial Services law: legal yardsticks, judicial scrutiny, charting the way ahead

ModeratorTuija Taos, Board Member, Single Resolution Board

  • Roberto Ugena, Deputy Director-General Legal Services, ECB
  • Amandine Zelenko, Head of Enforcement, ESMA
  • Miro Prek, Chair of the ACER Board of Appeal and former President of Chamber of the General Court
  • Silvia Allegrezza, Professor, University of Luxembourg
13:10 - 14:10Networking lunch
14:10 - 15:45

Panel 3: Banking Crisis Management Frameworks: a comparative perspective on how and what works around the globe

Moderator: Karen Braun-Munzinger, Board Member, Single Resolution Board

  • Christian Hofmann, Professor, National University of Singapore
  • Cristiano de Oliveira Lopes Cozer, General Counsel, Central Bank of Brasil
  • Rastko Vrbaski, Senior Advisor, Bank for International Settlements / Financial Stability Institute
  • Clare Merrifield, Senior Legal Counsel, Bank of England

15:45 - 16:00Concluding remarks by Miguel Carcano Saenz de Cenzano, Vice-Chair, Single Resolution Board

Speakers

Speakers

Silvia Allegrezza
University of Luxembourg

Silvia Allegrezza is Associate Professor of criminal law and procedure at the University of Luxembourg. Her research focuses on European criminal...

Denise Bauer-Weiler
UBS Europe SE

Dr. Denise Bauer-Weiler is member of the Management Board of UBS Europe SE and the EMEA Head for Group Compliance, Regulatory & Governance. In her...

Miguel-Carcaño-Saenz-De-Cenzano
Vice-Chair at Single Resolution Board

Miguel Carcaño Saenz De Cenzano was previously the Head of Single Resolution Fund (SRF) Unit at the Single Resolution Board, and was responsible for...

Frank Elderson
European Central Bank

Frank Elderson is a member of the Executive Board and of the Governing Council of the European Central Bank. He is Vice-Chair of the ECB’s Supervisory...

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Chair at Single Resolution Board

Dominique is Chair of the Single Resolution Board, the central resolution authority in the Banking Union, which is responsible for preparing for and...

Clare Merrifield
Bank of England

Clare Merrifield is Senior Legal Counsel at the Bank of England. Her focus is on resolution matters, ranging from working on resolutions and...

Miro Prek
ACER Board of Appeal

Chair of the Board of Appeal of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (2021-2024, 2024-present)

Roberto Ugena
European Central Bank

After having received his Law Degree and a Degree in Business Administration from the Universidad Pontificia Comillas in Madrid, Roberto Ugena...

Amandine Zelenko
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)

Amandine Zelenko is Head of the Enforcement Unit at the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA). 

Graduated from the LSE and Sciences Po...

Moderators

Radek Urban
Board Member at Single Resolution Board

Radek Urban joined the SRB after having served as Executive Director of Markets and Resolution in the Czech National Bank. In 2014, he was tasked with...

Karen Braun-Munzinger
Board Member at Single Resolution Board

Karen Braun-Munzinger is responsible for Resolution Policy Development and Coordination at the SRB. A German national, she joined the SRB from the...

Contact details

Contact SRB-LEGAL-CONFERENCE [a] srb.europa.eu (SRB-LEGAL-CONFERENCE[at]srb[dot]europa[dot]eu) for any additional questions.