Partner Thomas Donegan (London-Financial Institutions Advisory & Financial Regulatory) spoke on a panel titled "Regulatory Development in Innovation Processes – Regulatory Sandbox" at the 17th Financial Law Congress in Cartagena, Colombia on July 26, 2018. Sharmista Appaya of the World Bank, Laura Clavijo Muñoz of the Superintendencia (Colombia's main financial regulatory authority) and Andrés Flórez of Colombian law firm Flórez Legal also participated on the panel. The conference was organized by Asobancaria, Colombia's banking association. 

The session covered international developments in regulatory sandboxes and followed the launch by Colombia's Superintendencia of such an initiative.