Episode 7: The Most Important Issues in Business Crime podcast series In our seventh episode, Doug Davison is joined by guests Rebecca McGregor and Michael Lamson. Together they discuss the increased regulatory focus on financial reporting and enforcement trends in the professional services industry.
Episode 27: Payments Monthly 2023 is set to be a pivotal year for the regulation of cryptoassets. In our latest payments podcast, Harry Eddis, James Morris and Simon Treacy provide an update on how the UK government plans to regulate stablecoins and other cryptoassets.
Episode 1: Investigation Insights In the first episode, Sandeep Challa, Clare McMullen and Nik Kiri from our Financial Regulation Group and Gavin Lewis from our Dispute Resolution practice talk about the key financial services enforcement trends for the coming year.
Episode 11: The FCA’s Consumer Duty In this episode we interview special guest Jason Jaspal (Samaritans) for Samaritans’ insights on what firms can do in practice to support vulnerable customers, in the context of the Consumer Duty’s customer communication and support outcomes and its new enforceable rules about vulnerable customers. This episode features Connie Faith (associate) and Duncan Campbell (senior associate) in our London financial regulation team. Visit samaritans.org/step or email st...
Episode 5: Global Foreign Investment Podcast Series Neil Hoolihan sits down with Katherine Burke, Director General of Canada’s Investment Review Branch; and Julie Soloway, Co-chair of the Competition, Antitrust, and Foreign Investment practice at Canadian law firm Blake, Cassels & Graydon; to discuss forthcoming changes to the Investment Canada Act and the practical implications for parties and counsel. Topics covered include: Anticipated changes to the Investment Canada Act Transparency of ...
Episode 10: The FCA’s Consumer Duty In this podcast episode we count down the top five messages from the FCA's feedback on firms' implementation plans. We discuss uplift to your existing arrangements, seeking expert input and independent assurance, prioritising your implementation workstreams effectively, making cultural change, and taking a rigorous approach to monitoring. This episode features Sara Cody (counsel) and Duncan Campbell (senior associate) in Linklaters' London financial regulation...
Episode 6: The Most Important Issues in Business Crime podcast series In our sixth episode, US DR partner Doug Davison is joined by guests Singapore DR partner Jelita Pandjaitan and Hong Kong DR partner Andrew Chung . Together they discuss current issues in handling whistleblower allegations including what this can mean for corporations, boards, executives and employees across Hong Kong and Singapore....
Episode 10: The Linklaters Ideas Foundry Dr Rob Archer and Ian Rodwell The New Year is a time for good intentions, but how can we develop high-performance routines that both work and last beyond the dreary days of January? Who better to ask than Dr Rob Archer, a psychologist specialising in helping organisations and individuals build resilience, improve mental health and sustain high performance. In this episode we explore a range of topics including the difference between good and bad stress, t...
Episode 8: Tranche Up In the final episode for this season of Tranche Up, we welcome Frank Benhamou and Matthew Humphrey from Barclays to the podcast. Join us to hear about Barclays’ long-running SRT programme (Colonnade) and their unique position as a mature and active repeat issuer in the SRT market. To listen to the full series, visit our Tranche Up webpage ....
Episode 9: The Linklaters Ideas Foundry Paul Lewis and Ian Rodwell …you find yourself snowbound and in need of a good read to pass the time, then listen to Paul Lewis, Linklaters Managing Partner, talking about the books that have shaped both his career and his ideas on leadership, motivation and the role of a lawyer. In this festive special, we discuss, among others, All that glitters: the fall of Barings , Quiet, Eleven rings and Drive —and, stepping out of the world of business, we also explo...
Episode 3: Factoring ESG into portfolio management In the final podcast in this mini-series, James and Kim and Abhishek from Montagu discuss ESG at the investment stage and portfolio company level. We discuss how ESG features in deal origination, investment decision-making and ongoing engagement with, and monitoring of, investees.
Episode 1: The what, the why and the journey so far In this podcast, James Marlow welcomes Kim Woehl (ESG Principal) and Abhishek Kumar (Investment Manager) from Montagu, for a discussion about Montagu’s ESG journey. We look at why ESG matters to Montagu and the pivotal milestones.
Episode 2: Setting science-based targets For the second episode in this mini-series, James is re-joined by Kim and Abhishek from Montagu to discuss Montagu’s science-based targets in more detail, including the targets themselves, why they have been introduced, the key challenges faced in setting the targets and how Montagu is working with portfolio companies on their own targets.
Episode 13: ESG Soundbite Series COP15 - the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity - takes place from 7 – 19 December 2022 in Montreal. Its primary aim is to agree a post-2020 global biodiversity framework (“GBF”). It is hoped the GBF will set the framework required for national and local action as well as the mobilisation of capital towards global biodiversity goals. In this podcast, Kim Rybarczyk and Claudia Harper discuss COP15 and the GBF and...
In episode six, energy & infrastructure managing associate, Deepika Sriram, speaks to Tatiana Antonelli, founder and managing director of Goumbook, to discuss the important role of a social enterprise in the region and the value of youth engagement with ESG initiatives.
In episode five, capital markets counsel Dalia Nammari, speaks to general counsel Shaun Johnson at BEEAH Group to explore the waste generation crisis in the GCC, the crucial role of technology in driving sustainability and what a circular economy looks like in practice.
Episode 7 – South Korea Sanghoon Shin from Bae, Kim & Lee LLC shares with Marcus Pollard the key antitrust updates in South Korea, following a series of key amendments made to the Monopoly Regulation and Fair Trade Act, including a new form of injunctive relief – a milestone development in Korean private antitrust enforcement. Following the theme of active enforcement actions in the digital economy continues across Asia, our experts share some predictions on the regulators’ approach to digit...
Episode 5: The Most Important Issues in Business Crime podcast series In our fifth episode, US DR partner Doug Davison is joined by guests Rachel Metcalf and James Bowen to discuss the UK’s recently published Economic Crime Bill and its aim to crack down on economic crime and improve transparency over corporate entities. They also discuss the important developments for corporations, boards and executives and employees flowing from that....
Episode 6 – China Fay Zhou and Arthur Peng discuss with Marcus Pollard about the key amendments made to China’s 14-year-old anti-monopoly law. Zooming into merger control, anti-competitive agreements, and penalties, our experts share their insights into the rationale and implications of the revisions, such as the introductions of a “stop-the-clock” mechanism for merger review, a safe harbour for vertical agreements and personal liability for substantive violations, to name a few. Listen now to s...
In episode four, capital markets managing associate, Sergey Shiposha, speaks to Dr. Sumaya Yusuf Hasan, Chairperson of Natural Resources & Environment department at the Arabian Gulf University to discuss the challenges in waste management in the GCC and how is the region imposing initiatives to address these issues.
Episode 5 – Australia Felicity McMahon and Rosannah Healy, from our integrated alliance partner Allens, joins Marcus Pollard in discussing how the competition landscape in Australia has already shifted under the new government as it ramps up its efforts to enhance enforcement of competition and consumer laws. Our experts share the significant changes they anticipate to see, including on the country’s voluntary merger control regime and attempts to regulate digital platforms. Listen now and keep ...
Episode 9: The FCA’s Consumer Duty In this podcast episode we work through case studies illustrating Consumer Duty scoping for asset managers. We discuss discretionary management on a delegated basis, pensions schemes, and investment trusts. This episode complements our November webinar on Consumer Duty scoping and setting up implementation for success. This episode features Duncan Campbell (senior associate) and Clare Wiles (associate) in Linklaters' London financial regulation team. If you wou...
Episode 8: The FCA’s Consumer Duty In this podcast episode we work through case studies illustrating Consumer Duty scoping for wholesale firms. We discuss the implications of the definition of "retail customer" and opting up, where you might rely on the relevant exemptions including ECM, DCM and retail structured products, and being in a "distribution chain" and consequences for custody services. This episode features Sara Cody (counsel) and James Morris (managing associate) in Linklaters' Londo...
In episode three, energy & infrastructure managing associate, Leila Amos, speaks to Abdulrahman Bajammal, senior manager for portfolio asset management at Vision Invest to discuss how they have integrated ESG in their portfolio asset management and the wealth of opportunities in the infrastructure and public-private partnerships space in Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf Cooperation Council.
Episode 7: R&I Soundbites In this seventh episode of our R&I soundbites series, our partner Nicholas Le Masurier and counsel Paul Sidle discuss the use of Holdco PIK (payment-in-kind) as a recent trend in restructurings. Nick and Paul provide an overview of the key features of Holdco PIK, explain why there has been an increase in its use, and consider the issues and risks associated with this instrument.
In episode two, corporate partner, Waleed Rasromani, speaks to Habib Abdur-Rahman, Head of ESG at Investcorp, to take a closer look at the opportunities for investors and the private sector to embed ESG in their day-to-day business operations, and the development of new technologies that will help the transition to net zero.
Episode 6: R&I Soundbites In this sixth episode of our latest R&I soundbites series, our partner Juliana Leite de Barros and counsel Paul Sidle take a look at Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC's scheme of arrangement and consider the impact that sanctions have on restructurings
Episode 4 – Thailand Conversations on ASEAN continue in this episode, where Marcus Pollard joins our Bangkok team, Sutthipong Koohasaneh and Sonya Kalnin to share their views on the enforcement focus of the Trade Competition Commission of Thailand – zooming into issues in the digital economy and updates on Thai merger control regime. Our experts on the ground share their insights on some distinctive characteristics of the regulator’s enforcement, against the backdrop of the ongoing consultations...
Episode 5: R&I Soundbites In this fifth episode of our latest R&I soundbites series, our managing associate Sara Arriaza and counsel Paul Sidle discuss the restructuring of Spanish steelmaker Celsa and how it will test the recent legislative changes to Spanish insolvency law, which transpose the European Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks.
In this episode, Dubai energy & infrastructure managing associate, Deepika Sriram, speaks to Ibrahim Al-Zu’bi, Chief Sustainability Officer at Majid al Futtaim, Vice Chair of the United Nations Global Compact Network UAE and author of ‘How To Net Positive’, to discuss the evolution of ESG in a post covid-19 era and share strategies on how to embed ESG principles in corporate policies to generate long term value.
