Robert Hingley (Senior Adviser, Ondra; Member and Former Director-General, Takeover Panel) gave a lecture entitled "The Takeover Code in its Wider Regulatory and Political Context" on 13 February 2018 at the Faculty of Law as a guest of 3CL. Robert Hingley is currently a partner at the independent advisory firm Ondra, and a member of the Code Committee of the UK Takeover Panel. He has formerly served as Director-General of the Takeover Panel, and is also chairman of the Cambridge MCL Practitioners’ Advisory Board. Hingley started his career in investment banking with Schroders in the mid-1980s, spending 18 years there and with Citigroup in roles including head of the global financial institutions group and head of German investment banking. In 2005 he joined Lexicon Partners as vice chairman. In 2010 he joined Lazard as a managing director in its financial advisory business, and in 2012 became director of investment affairs at the Association of British Insurers. For more information see the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law website at http://www.3cl.law.cam.ac.uk/