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41st International Financial Law Conference

6 May - 8 May 2026

Session information

Short-selling and cross-border investigations – lack of standardised approach across markets

Friday 8 May (1400 - 1515)

Committee(s)

Banking & Financial Law Committee (Lead)
Securities and Capital Markets Committee (Lead)

Description

This panel will discuss how short selling is regulated across various jurisdictions and which regulatory approaches are most effective. The panellists will also explore short attacks and how one can defend against them and how one can distinguish genuine research reports from misleading attacks. Further the panel will discuss how regulators decide whether to investigate the short seller or the target company and why do they often get it wrong, also focusing on the challenges caused by regulatory fragmentation and variation.

Session / Workshop Chair(s)

Massimiliano Danusso	BonelliErede, London, England; Vice Chair, Debt Capital Markets Subcommittee
Simon Link	Hengeler Mueller, Munich, Germany; Chair, Securities and Capital Markets in M&A Subcommittee

Speakers

Jaime Alonso Gallo	Uria Menendez, Madrid, Spain
Núria Martín Barnés	Grifols, Madrid, Spain
Shruti S Rajan	Trilegal, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India; Vice Chair, Conferences Subcommittee
John Robinson	Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, New York, New York, USA

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