Shearman & Sterling was the headline sponsor for the Prosperity UK Conference held on April 26 in London. Sir Paul Marshall and Lord Hill, with support from the government and members of the Cabinet such as David Davis MP, founded this event to inform the media and public on the issues facing the country and to generate ideas on how best to negotiate the UK’s departure from the EU. Barnabas Reynolds, partner and head of the global Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory Group, chaired and spoke on the opportunities for deregulation, stock exchanges, settlement and the future of Euro clearing and insurance.