This elite group, comprised of experts in the field, personally nominates all invitees and develops the Agenda, which forms the basis of our discussions.
Forum Overview
Dates: September 17 - 18, 2026
Location: Surrey, United Kingdom
The Steering Committee welcomes 48 lawyers, both in-house and private practice, who specialize in enforcement matters for financial institutions. Participants are drawn from the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, and complemented by a select few representatives from the United States.
Using candid, seminar-style discussions at this annual meeting, the group shares the most pressing issues they face on behalf of their clients or companies. Participants examine trends and developments in every jurisdiction to learn how others address these problems, and they work together to identify solutions.
2026 Steering Committee
Committee Co-Chairs
Committee Members
Deepun advises Santander UK on all strategically significant contentious and a range of non-contentious matters. His remit includes litigation, contentious regulatory, cyber, financial crime and employment and he has a dual reporting line to the General Counsel and the Chair of San UK’s Board Litigation & Contentious Regulatory Committee.
1997-2001 - Stephenson Harwood – assistant solicitor acting for a range of European banks, professional services firms, and UK corporates including secondment to the Royal Bank of Scotland plc
2001-2004 - Allen & Overy – senior associate in the Banking and Finance Litigation team acting for US and European investment banks, UK insolvency practitioners and UK corporates - member of the Legal Business Litigation team of the year 2003 with (A&O and Essex Court Chambers)
2004 - 2013 – EY – senior associate in the General Counsel’s Office responsible for litigation, contentious regulatory investigations and commercial legal and financial crime legal
2013 - present - Santander UK – Director of Litigation & Contentious Regulatory - strategic management of legal, regulatory and reputational risk; effective governance and reporting of complex large scale litigation and investigations matters, employment, cyber and financial crime legal advisory. Nominated by members of legal industry for the 2021 Global Leaders in Law “Leaving a Legacy” award for outstanding legal leaders.
Sofie is the head of Group Litigation & Enforcement, Corporate Insurance* in Danske Bank where she leads a team managing complex investigations, enforcement matters, and civil financial markets litigation. Notably, the team are counselling the Bank in relation to investigations by US and Danish criminal and regulatory authorities regarding issues arising out of its former Estonian branch which resulted in a US$2 billion resolution with the US and Danish authorities in December 2022.
Before joining Danske Bank Sofie held various positions at Gorrissen Federspiel, Deloitte and the Danish Financial Supervisory Authority.
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