Engagements

Europe

US Observer Member, Consultative Panel, Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) 2006 through end 2010 (superseded by European Securities Markets Authority (ESMA), Market Participants Consultative Panel).


IMF STC External Securities Expert for FSAPs in Finland, France, Russia and peer reviews for France, Spain and Albania (2003 to 2016).


Program Leader for Toronto Centre securities programs with (i) German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) Berlin, (ii) Montenegro SEC Capital Markets Program for Serbia and Croatia, (iii) cross sectoral program on conduct regulation under the auspices of the Central Bank in Armenia, and (iv) crisis management with the National Securities and Stock Market Commission, Ukraine between 2005 and 2012.


Subcontractor developing derivatives analysis related to grain markets for Financial Markets International, Inc., US AID contractor in the Ukraine (2013).


IMF STC external securities expert Mission to Kazakhstan (Almaty and Astana) on financial market development issues (2014).


Instructor for two-week senior lawyers training program on the US securities market oversight structure delivered in Baku, Azerbaijan under the auspices of Centre for International Legal Studies (CILS) in cooperation with Baku State University Law School (2016).


Consultation on financial services regulatory/supervisory scope under NDA to European country with a mature financial market (2007).


Panelist, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Implications of Financial Services and Commodities Exchanges, "Perspectives on the Appropriate Regulatory Framework for Commodity Exchanges in Developing Markets” ( September 3, 2007).


Speaker, AZN Hybrid 6th Annual, Ljubljana Conference, Slovenia, “How Low Can We Go, Sustainable Insurance, Uncertain World, June 14, 2021, “The Resilience Project. How US Insurers Can be Part of an Enhanced Program to Combat Infra-Structure Decay and Adverse Climate Symptoms and Why US Policy Makers Should Help,” available here at 5:41:42 .


Speaker, 28th Swiss Futures and Options Association (SFOA) Conference, Bürgenstock Meeting, Montreux, Switzerland "20 Years After the Crash of ’87” (September 2007).


In Praise of Markets: Why Confidence Loves Transparency-An Essay,” World Federation of Exchanges, Focus Magazine (February 2009)


« Autorégulation et contrôles opérationnels: Réflexions sur la surveillance des produits dérivés négociés sur les marchés réglementés » Revue d’économie financière, Vol. 82 France(2006).


Speaker, Università Degli Studi Di Siena, Italy, seminar on new prudential regulation of financial intermediaries, “Prudential Regulation of Over-the Counter Derivatives: Hypotheses Based on Experience from the Exchange-Traded Sector (A Parochial US View)” (1994).


Corcoran and Hart, “The Regulation of Cross-Border Financial Services in the EU Internal Market-A Primer for Third CountriesThe Columbia Journal of European Law, Vol.8, No.2 (Spring 2002)— June 2001 version available at SSRN here.