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The main body of the Renting Homes (Wales) Act 2016 came into force in December 2022 and overhauled the legal relationship between residential landlords and tenants in Wales. In this PROPcast, our Principal Associate Steven Thom and guest speaker Emyr Jones, Barrister at Francis Taylor Buildings, discuss the legal framework, how key principles might be addressed in legal documents and potential challenges that remain.
Our Energy Transition Series continues to bring you leading global content to support your energy transition journey. You’ll hear from energy industry experts exploring global key energy trends and the latest analysis and insights to help you deliver a lower carbon future.
During this short, 30 minute webinar, our panel takes a deep dive into various contracted revenue models for battery energy storage systems (BESS) including revenue floor, tolling and other financial or insurance products.
Welcome back to Through the Inquisitor's Lens, the podcast that explores the complex world of public inquiries and inquests, one question at a time.
Angharad Hurle, Legal Director at Eversheds Sutherland, sits down with Clive Smith, President of The Haemophilia Society and a Core Participant in the Infected Blood Inquiry to answer the question “To CP or not to CP?”. Given the breadth of topics they cover, this conversation has been split into two parts. In Part 1, they discuss: The campaign that led to the public inquiry, Clive’s decision to apply for core participant status, The challenge of gathering vast amounts of evidence within a tight timeframe Listen to the podcast on our player below or as a podcast on our Legal Insights channels on Spotify or Apple Podcasts.
Stay tuned for Part 2, launching at the end of the month.
Welcome back to Through the inquisitor's lens, the podcast that explores the complex world of public inquiries and inquests, one question at a time.
In the final part of this two-part episode, we explore the government's response, issued in February this year, to the House of Lords Statutory Inquiries Committee report, which examined how to increase public trust and confidence in public inquiries.
Catherine Henney is joined by Sarah Jones and Isabelle Mitchell, partners in Eversheds Sutherland’s Public Inquiries team, as they continue their discussion from part 1 by focusing on how to minimise delays and reduce costs in public inquiries.
In this podcast, UK Pensions Partner Vanessa Wells explores key trends in workplace and private pension provision across Europe. She’s joined by fellow pensions experts François Barker (UK), Eric Bergamin (Netherlands), and Jan-Jacob Roeder (Germany), who share insights from their respective jurisdictions.
Topics discussed include: The shift from defined benefit (DB) to defined contribution (DC) schemes and how this transition is unfolding in their countries and The challenges of DC decumulation and the innovative strategies being used to address them
Tune in to hear from leading voices in the field and stay informed about the evolving European pensions landscape.
Listen to the latest episode of our UK Conversations in Credit podcast, where our Senior Associate, Alexandra Byard, discusses the UK HM Treasury’s response to the BNPL Consultation and its implications for consumers and businesses.
Listen to the latest episode of our UK Conversations in Credit podcast, where our Senior Associate, Alexandra Byard, discusses the UK's HM Treasury Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA) Reform Phase 1 consultation and its implications for consumers and businesses.
In this PROPcast, Heather Tomlinson discusses some of the potential pitfalls (and solutions) for commercial operators in mixed use spaces when taking space, fitting out or making alterations.
Speaker: Heather Tomlinson
Welcome back to Through the inquisitor's lens, our new podcast series which explores the complex world of public inquiries and inquests, one question at a time.
In this two-part episode, we explore the Government’s response in February this year to the House of Lords Statutory Inquiries Committee report, which looked at how to increase public trust and confidence in public inquiries.
Catherine Henney, Legal Director, is joined by Sarah Jones and Isabelle Mitchell, both Partners in the Eversheds Sutherland Public Inquiries team. Together, they examine the three key areas addressed by the Committee - the implementation of inquiry recommendations, the persistent challenges of delay and cost, and potential approaches for improving best practice.
Part two of the discussion will follow in the next episode of Through the Inquisitor’s Lens.
Listen to the latest episode of our UK Conversations in Credit podcast, where Joanne Owens and Alexandra Byard discuss the Financial Conduct Authority’s latest discussion paper regulating Crypto Asset activities, with a particular focus on retail lending and retail borrowing.
InFocus provides an update from our leading real estate dispute resolution team on the property issues that matter. We hope you enjoy listening and welcome any feedback that you may have.
Speakers: Anna Bevan Jones, Carly Fishwick
We discuss what AI agents are and how they differ from traditional AI applications, the legal and regulatory challenges associated with the deployment, how AI agents might impact the workforce and the next big trends in their development.
Our Energy Transition Series continues to bring you leading global content to support your energy transition journey. You’ll hear from energy industry experts exploring global key energy trends and the latest analysis and insights to help you deliver a lower carbon future.
This webinar explores the critical aspects of grid reform and its role in the energy transition. The panel discussed several key topics, including the increasing need for transmission in the US, UK, and EU. They also examined the comparative regulatory frameworks in these regions and their impact on transmission investment, as well as challenges associated with grid development in the US, UK, and EU.
Welcome back to Through the inquisitor's lens, the podcast that explores the complex world of public inquiries and inquests, one question at a time.
In this episode, we explore whether Coroners’ Prevention of Future Death (PFD) Reports are truly fit for purpose. Catherine Henney, Legal Director at Eversheds Sutherland, and David Pojur, Barrister at Lincoln House Chambers and Assistant Coroner for North Wales, discuss the statutory role of PFD reports, the training and guidance provided to coroners on when to issue them, and the frequently raised concern that PFDs lack real enforcement power, with no sanctions for those who fail to respond.
They also consider whether the approach of the new Chief Coroner signals a shift in emphasis, and whether we are likely to see greater scrutiny of PFD reports and of those who fail to engage with them.
The ‘sold with information’ regime is a key mechanism for parties looking to allocate liability for historic contamination to land. In this PROPcast, partners Claire Gregory and Catherine Manning discuss the origins of the arrangement, the tests that have to be satisfied, its use in drafting and potential pitfalls.
We are pleased to share with you our latest episode of Pensions in a Pod, where industry specialists Tim Smith, Emma King, and Gemma Hanley explore the pressing issue of non-compliance with section 37, following the landmark Virgin Media judgments. As this issue evolves, our specialists help you stay ahead of the curve.
In part 2, Sierra Nicholson is joined by Eversheds Sutherland partners Ginger Faulk (US) and James Lindop (UK) to reflect on part 1 and discuss navigating the complexities of international regulatory differences, managing economic tensions among major global trading regions and identifying opportunities for financial services firms to enhance transaction facilitation and build trust between 'neutral market' partners.
In this series, Matthew Allen speaks with leaders and luminaries from the financial services industry exploring trends and opportunities in global financial markets in 2025. In this episode, Matthew is joined by Nicola Watkinson, Head of International at TheCityUK to explore trends in international trade and their impact on financial services. Listen to hear them discuss underlying themes in current trade policy, different regulatory approaches across global markets and increasing regional alliance, the role of financial services in global trade and how international regulatory cooperation impacts their operations and forecasts on the evolution of trade policy and the opportunities that presents
In our latest podcast, Clare Ward and Leonie Mcquaide explore the impact of the Morais decision in relation to withdrawing staff benefits during industrial action and the scope of Blacklisting Regulations.
The European Commission has introduced "Omnibus I", a set of proposed changes aimed at simplifying the CSRD, CSDDD, Taxonomy, and CBAM regulations under the Green Deal. These updates are designed to reduce the compliance burden for businesses operating within and outside the EU.
During this podcast, our team covers several key topics, including: • An analysis of the proposed changes • A discussion on the strategic implications for businesses and investors • Strategies for affected businesses to ensure compliance amidst uncertain and evolving legal requirements
& more!
Listen to the latest episode of our UK Conversations in Credit podcast, where Joanne Owens and Alexandra Byard discuss the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s findings on vulnerable customers and key themes from their recent publications, highlighting their impact on the retail finance market.
Listen to the latest episode of our UK Conversations in Credit podcast, where we discuss topical issues and news related to consumer credit and mortgages, including the ongoing House of Lords Financial Services Committee hearing and its debates on balancing growth and innovation to ensure financial stability with regulations to protect consumers, and whether these can coexist.
With the present focus on infrastructure, DCOs are intended to streamline and expedite the planning process for specific types of projects. Planning Partner, Laura-Beth Hutton discusses when a DCO will be relevant and how to get the best out of the DCO procedure.
In this episode, we explore the distinctions in the role of counsel in inquests and inquiries.
Angharad Hurle, Legal Director at Eversheds Sutherland, and Sophie Cartwright KC, Barrister at Deans Court Chambers, examine the role and responsibilities of counsel in both inquisitorial processes. They delve into whether there are fundamental differences between the roles and consider the implications of transitioning an inquest into an inquiry.
Building on the release of our Global Freezing Orders Guide last year, this series of videocasts and podcasts features our colleagues from around the world discussing key issues and trends related to freezing orders in their respective jurisdictions.
In the seventh episode of the series, we are joined by Mark Cooper, Matthew Howse, and Alastair Frood. Together, they provide valuable insights into the key aspects of freezing orders in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.
Sierra Nicholson is joined by Rhys McWhirter and Rachel Reid to reflect on part 1 and provide additional insights into expectations for growth in the digital assets market, balanced regulation and rulemaking, consumer expectations driving investor appetite for emerging tech.
With under one week to go to our annual UK Pensions Conference, Simon Daniel sits down with Tessa Page, Partner and UK Wealth Strategy Leader at Mercer.
Join them as they discuss the government’s stance that pension schemes should do more to invest in UK economic growth, and other topical questions.
In this episode, Matthew is joined by Azmina Keshani at Zodia Custody to explore:
trends in the digital asset markets across global regions , finding balance between regulations that foster innovation and those that hinder it, digital asset innovation beyond cryptocurrency , practical tips for institutions looking to explore or deepen their investment in digital assets
Building on the release of our Global Freezing Orders Guide last year, this series of videocasts and podcasts features our colleagues from around the world discussing key issues and trends related to freezing orders in their respective jurisdictions.
In the sixth episode of the series, we are joined by Jason Tam and Wing Chan from our Hong Kong practice. Together, they provide valuable insights into the key aspects of freezing orders in Hong Kong.
Our Energy Transition Series continues to bring you leading global content to support your energy transition journey. You’ll hear from energy industry experts exploring global key energy trends and the latest analysis and insights to help you deliver a lower carbon future.
Hydrogen and green ammonia are at the forefront of the renewable energy revolution, but their success depends on securing bankable offtake agreements. Ensuring alignment between project developers, offtakers, and financiers is key to securing funding in this rapidly growing sector. This webinar will explore key aspects to unlocking bankability, including risk allocation, long-term security, price stability, and regulatory considerations.
Join Charlotte Smart and Owen Dutton as they discuss the dynamics of retail letting and asset management from both a landlord and tenant perspective, including expansion vs consolidation, changing rent structures, the need for store flexibility and the move from online to physical retail.
Charlotte Smart – Partner – Charlottesmart@eversheds-sutherland.com Owen Dutton – Legal Director – owendutton@eversheds-sutherland.com
In this episode, Catherine Henney sits down with Kate Grange KC (39 Essex Chambers) and Nick Griffin KC (QEB Hollis Whiteman) to reflect on their significant public inquiry experience, including the Grenfell Tower inquiry. We discuss what tools are available to inquiry chairs to manage the risks where there are separate criminal proceedings including how to ensure engagement of inquiry witnesses and core participants, and when undertakings or anonymity orders may be appropriate.
We also discuss the powers of suspension, and how balance must be maintained to ensure that proceedings on both sides can progress as expediently as possible.
Tune in to the eighth episode of our podcast series on Private Equity trends in Europe. Partners Matthew Allen, Anthony Cross, and Principal Associate Chris Archer provide an overview of the TMT Private Equity market, highlighting current market conditions, local trends and active sectors, as well as future market prospects.
Building on the release of our Global Freezing Orders Guide last year, this series of videocasts and podcasts features our colleagues from around the world discussing key issues and trends related to freezing orders in their respective jurisdictions.
In our fifth episode, we are joined by Rebecca Copley, Shalagh Massingham and Shibani Kapur from our Dubai office. They provide a comprehensive overview of freezing orders in the UAE - an increasingly relevant topic given the growing number of businesses and high-net-worth individuals relocating to the region. As this influx of capital continues, the ability to secure assets and enforce legal measures has become more critical than ever.
We're delighted to share with you a new series of podcasts that explore key themes and trends impacting the financial services industry throughout 2025. In today’s episode Sierra Nicholson is joined by Eversheds Sutherland speakers, Renée Dailey and Ben Davis, to reflect on part 1 and provide additional insights into what is driving growth in the private placement market, the rise of new and innovative structures in transactions and how the addressable market for private credit might evolve in the year ahead.
We're delighted to share with you a new series of podcasts that explore key themes and trends impacting the financial services industry throughout 2025.
In this series, Matthew Allen conducts a number of interviews with leaders and luminaries from the financial services industry, exploring trends and opportunities in global financial markets in 2025. Each month, we will hear from our clients on a particular hot topic.
In this first episode, Matthew is joined by Ed Jolly and Jack Gilbert at PGIM Private Capital to discuss the inexorable rise of private credit.
Listen to hear our speakers discuss trends in this area over the next 12 months, PGIM’s approach to private credit in the corporate space and sponsored deals and practical tips for investors who are looking to broaden their exposure to private credit.
Visit our digital guide for further information on this podcast series and to register for upcoming episodes.
Building on the release of our Global Freezing Orders Guide last year, this series of videocasts and podcasts features our colleagues from around the world discussing key issues and trends related to freezing orders in their respective jurisdictions.
In the fourth episode of our series, we are joined by Joos Hellert and Agnieszka Feind from our German practice. Together, they dive into the application of freezing orders in Germany and provide essential insights for clients when encountering such orders.
In the first edition of “Pensions in a pod” in 2025, our team consider what lies ahead for pensions schemes, providers and employers.
Join Jeremy Goodwin, Charlotte Cartwright, Simon Daniel, and Amanda Small as they discuss the significant developments and challenges facing the pensions market in 2025 and beyond.
Listen to the latest episode of our UK Conversations in Credit podcast, where Joanne Owens and Alexandra Byard discuss how the current Consumer Finance regulation changes are shaping the landscape for vulnerable customers.
Eversheds Sutherland’s Bonnie Burke and Emma Quinn are pleased to continue their podcast series, Conversations across the pond, comparing and contrasting US and Irish employment law. In the latest episode, Bonnie and Emma discuss contractual protections – including intellectual property considerations, confidentiality clauses, and restrictive covenants like non-compete and non-solicitation provisions. Their discussion highlights how these issues are handled across jurisdictions, including variations in enforceability and legal challenges. They also review the latest news on noncompete clauses in the US, including the Federal Trade Commission's recent attempt to ban them. The episode concludes with a discussion of non-disparagement clauses and their varying treatment in both countries.
Welcome back to Through the inquisitor's lens, our new podcast series which explores the complex world of public inquiries and inquests, one question at a time.
In each monthly episode, members of Eversheds Sutherland’s Inquiries & Investigations (I&I) team sit down in conversation with leading barristers and industry professionals, leaning on their own experience of working on a number of significant inquests and inquiries.
In this series we explore a range of topics relating to public and independent inquiries, complex inquests and investigations. Providing legal and practical insights, alongside commentary on high profile cases in this field, we hope this series will be a useful tool in developing an understanding of the workings of inquiries, inquests and investigations.
In the second episode of our series, we dive into the intricacies of chairing a non-statutory independent inquiry, focussing on the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Telford (“the Inquiry”), where Eversheds Sutherland acted as the Commissioning Body, and worked together with the Chair, Tom Crowther KC, Barrister at 23ES. Gina Margaroni, a key member of the Commissioning Body team, sits down with Tom Crowther to reflect on the Inquiry’s work.
The Inquiry was launched in 2019 and concluded in July 2022. The Chair’s report contained 47 recommendations, and both the Chair and Eversheds Sutherland visited Telford again in 2024, two years later, to assess the progress made against those recommendations. This discussion was recorded in July 2024, on the day that the Inquiry’s two-year review report was published.
In the podcast, Gina and Tom discuss:
the framework and structure of the Inquiry, establishing the Inquiry’s terms of reference, the pandemic’s impact on the Inquiry’s operations, functioning as a non-statutory inquiry, the importance of building in the ability to review progress against recommendations, insights from the 'Telford model'
Together, they provide an in-depth look at the challenges and lessons learned from conducting an independent, non-statutory inquiry – as opposed to a public inquiry.
Listen to the latest episode of our UK Conversations in Credit podcast, where Joanne Owens and Alexandra Byard inaugurate the 2025 series with a retrospective on consumer finance regulations in 2024 and share their insights on the anticipated developments for this year.
Building on the release of our Global Freezing Orders Guide this summer, this series of videocasts and podcasts features our colleagues from around the world discussing key issues and trends related to freezing orders in their respective jurisdictions.
In our third episode, we are joined by Kiko Carrion, Eduardo Buitron, and Francisco Lopez Blanco of our Spanish practice. Together, they dive into the workings of Spanish freezing orders and the key considerations businesses should be aware of when encountering them.
We're delighted to share the first episode in this short legal insights podcast series where we explore some of the legal risks that operational disruptions pose to financial services in this evolving, technology-driven, global enterprise landscape. In this episode, our speakers discuss the operational risks associated with the UK’s Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SMCR).
In this seasonal special edition of our Pensions in a Pod, join Jeremy Goodwin as he reflects on the biggest developments of 2024, as well as looking ahead to what will shape the pensions landscape in 2025.
Don't miss out on this festive episode featuring Charlotte Cartwright and Emma King discussing the evolving world of buyout surpluses. Rosamund Wood diving into the dynamic UK buyout pensions market. Michael Jones exploring the rise of DC megafunds. Gary Delderfield offering insights into LGPS funds and the crucial deadlines around LGPS pools. Simon Daniel examining the disparity in DC fund allocations to domestic investments between the UK and Australia, and Jen Green sharing her knowledge on achieving benefits of scale with group personal pensions.
In our latest Labor Law Exchange podcast, Stephen Chegwin and Clare Ward review three significant UK labor law cases, with additional details provided in this edition's labor law update below.
Building on the release of our Global Freezing Orders Guide this summer, this series of video podcasts features our colleagues from around the world discussing key issues and trends related to freezing orders in their respective jurisdictions.
In the final instalment of this two-part episode, Sheena Buddhdev and William O'Brien explore the key aspects of freezing orders in England, Wales and the United States.
Welcome to Through the inquisitor's lens, our new podcast series which explores the complex world of public inquiries and inquests, one question at a time.
In this episode we delve into the question of how you measure the success of a public inquiry, particularly from the perspective of victims and survivors, and their families.
Catherine Henney, Legal Director at Eversheds Sutherland, alongside our guest speaker, Austin Welch from Lincoln House Chambers, look at issues of accountability; what the purpose of an inquiry may be, and how an inquiry achieves its aims. We also touch on the duty of candour, and the increasing focus on this is receiving when public bodies are involved.
Building on the release of our Global Freezing Orders Guide this summer, this series of podcasts features our colleagues from around the world discussing key issues and trends related to freezing orders in their respective jurisdictions. In the first instalment of this two-part episode, Sheena Buddhdev and William O'Brien explore the key aspects of freezing orders in England, Wales and the United States.
Building on the release of our Global Freezing Orders Guide this summer, this series of podcasts features our colleagues from around the world discussing key issues and trends related to freezing orders in their jurisdictions. In our first episode, Lennart Baijer and Marije van de Langemheen share insights on the key aspects of freezing orders in the Netherlands.
On 5 November 2024, the National Energy System Operator (NESO) published its “Clean Power 2030” (CP30) advice to the UK Government and launched a consultation on the three Methodologies that will underpin the critical detail of the new TMO4+ connections process and how it proposes to align this with the Government’s wider strategic energy plans.
In the fourth episode of our Tech Talks legal insights podcast series, Partners Michael Bahar, Mark Herlach, Neal Higgins, Phil James and MJ Wilson-Bilik discuss what Trump 2.0 could mean for AI Policy and the global technology sector.
In the third episode of Conversations across the pond, Eversheds Sutherland’s Bonnie Burke and Emma Quinn discuss the use of offer letters and employment agreements in the US and Ireland. They explore the key differences and similarities between US and Irish employment law regarding these documents, highlighting that offer letters in Ireland are often brief, focusing on high-level terms like salary and benefits. In the US, the documents tend to be more comprehensive and detailed, sometimes serving as a complete employment document. Both Bonnie and Emma explain the legal requirements and common practices for including important clauses such as confidentiality, restrictive covenants, and probationary periods in offer letters and employment agreements. They emphasize the importance of clearly addressing these legal issues, if applicable, in employment documents to protect both employers and employees.
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has launched a consultation on reforming the electricity generation and network consenting processes in Scotland. The proposed amendments to the existing regime under sections 36, 36C and 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 include significant changes to the procedure and requirements for electricity generation and transmission developers seeking consent from Scottish Ministers.
Listen to our podcast to hear more about the proposed changes and, discuss the commercial implications.
In the latest edition of Pensions in Pod, Jeremy Goodwin, Head of Pensions at Eversheds Sutherland, discusses the changes to the pensions and inheritance tax regime announced at the recent Budget with former Pensions Minister, Ros Altmann, and Pensions Partner, Ele Lovering.
In this podcast, Paul Beausang and Charlotte Stodell from our real estate tax team, in conversation with Rebekka Sandwell, revisit their pre-Budget predictions in light of the actual tax announcements in the Budget, and discuss the potential impact of those developments.
In the ninth episode of our PROPcast series, Kelly Holmes and Caroline Andresier discuss the issues to consider when appointing a property manager.
Speakers: Kelly Holmes, Partner and Caroline Andresier, Legal Director
Herausforderungen bei der Lohnsteuer, Betriebsstätten, dem Konzernsteuerrecht und bei Verrechnungspreisen
In our latest Tax Talk, Global tax team provides an update on both Pillars I and II and BEPS, and provides examples of practical approaches to preparing for and managing a tax audit, including US and European considerations. In addition, this program includes an overview of transfer pricing audit trends in the US and Europe, lessons learned, as well as a discussion on alternative dispute resolution mechanisms.
A few months ago, the European Commission published the first draft of the ‘debt-equity bias reduction allowance’ directive (DEBRA), which is designed to encourage greater equity funding and discourage excessive debt funding. In our latest Tax Talk, our Global Tax team discuss the impact the directive could have on businesses, key considerations and the potential impact of DEBRA from a European perspective.
We are delighted to share the next episode of the fourth instalment of the Energy Transition Series. Engage with leading experts in the energy sector as they explore pivotal global energy trends, offering the latest insights and analyses to support your journey towards a more sustainable, low-carbon future.
Bioenergy is rapidly emerging as a pivotal component in the global transition to sustainable energy. This webinar will explore the critical issues and opportunities that lie ahead in the bioenergy sector. Our distinguished speakers will share their insights on the importance of the technology, the demand for it and market dynamics shaping the future of bioenergy.
Listen to this thought provoking webinar now.
Eversheds Sutherland’s Bonnie Burke and Emma Quinn are pleased to continue to their podcast series, Conversations across the pond, focusing on key differences between US and Irish employment law. In the latest episode, Bonnie and Emma focus on the difference between independent contractors and employees. Their discussion highlights how both countries have recently updated their legal frameworks for classifying workers. They explain the legal tests used in both jurisdictions and the use of robust written agreements to clearly define the nature of the working relationship.
Our Global M&A team has joined forces with the Aon Global M&A Insurance Team to host a three-part podcast-series regarding M&A trends on both sides of the Atlantic. In episode 3, we explore: - Differences in M&A deal terms and conditions between the US and Europe - Differences in M&A insurance products (RWI and W&I policies) between the US and Europe - Growing alignment/convergence of M&A deal and insurance terms across the Atlantic
In this episode, Paul Beausang and Charlotte Stodell from Eversheds Sutherland’s real estate tax team discuss their predictions for the tax changes that may be announced in the UK Autumn Budget 2024 and the potential impact of those changes on taxpayers.
Our Global M&A team has joined forces with the Aon Global M&A Insurance Team to host a three-part podcast-series regarding M&A trends on both sides of the Atlantic. In episode 2, we explore differences in M&A deal terms and conditions between the US and Europe, differences in M&A insurance products (RWI and W&I policies) between the US and Europe and growing alignment/convergence of M&A deal and insurance terms across the Atlantic
In the eighth episode of our PROPcast series, Nadine and Joe share their expertise gained from major infrastructure projects that can be scaled down to any size of project.
Lateral infrastructure is the unsung hero of development. Whether running a cable from a wind farm stretching across 100 different farmers’ fields or connecting a data center to a substation five units away, the process of assembling the rights is the same.
Speakers: Nadine Gutteridge, Legal Director | Joe Geen, Principal Associate PSL
Our Global M&A team has joined forces with the Aon Global M&A Insurance Team to host a three-part podcast-series regarding M&A trends on both sides of the Atlantic.
We explore the key differences in, and even convergence of some, M&A terms between the US and Europe, including differences in M&A deal terms and conditions, differences in M&A insurance products (RWI and W&I policies) and the growing alignment / convergence of M&A deal and insurance terms across the Atlantic.
In this episode, Naeema Choudry and Suzanne Caveney explore the Worker Protection Act (2023) and the amendments to the Equality Act 2010, which will come into effect on October 26, 2024. They focus on the measures employers need to implement to prevent sexual harassment.
Eversheds Sutherland’s Bonnie Burke and Emma Quinn are excited to launch a new podcast series, Conversations across the pond, focusing on key differences between US and Irish employment law. In the first episode, they discuss recruitment processes, highlighting key considerations, potential legal pitfalls and discrimination risks. They also cover strategies for successful interviews and compare positions on background checks.
In the seventh episode of our PROPcast series, Ian Owen and Anna Woodford discuss the issues around buying, funding, and developing single family homes including stabilised stock, and the pitfalls and risk areas to avoid.
Speakers: Ian Owen, Partner | Anna Woodford, Principal Associate PSL
In the latest episode in our monthly podcast series, Jeremy Goodwin and Ele Lovering, were joined by special guest David Fairs, partner at LCP (and former Executive Director of Regulatory Policy, Analysis and Advice at The Pensions Regulator) to discuss the new DB funding regime, which applies to valuations from 22 September 2024.
Their discussion covers key issues related to the new DB funding regime.
In our September quarterly labor law podcast, we review the government’s latest plans for making significant changes to industrial action and collective bargaining law and practice, and discuss how employers should respond.
Tune in to the seventh episode of our podcast series on Private Equity trends in Europe. Partners Matthew Allen and Michael Mosimann provide an overview of the Swiss Venture Capital market, highlighting current market conditions, local trends and active sectors, as well as future market prospects
In the latest episode of our podcast series, our speakers discuss the recent decision of the Court of Appeal to uphold the High Court’s decision in Virgin Media v NTL Pension Trustees. This episode outlines the background to the case and where we are now, the potential implications for schemes, what schemes should consider doing now and practical tips where trustees are looking for evidence of actuarial confirmation.
Tune in to the sixth episode of our podcast series on Private Equity trends in Europe. Partners Lorenzo Fratantoni, Davide Proverbio and Alessandro Vischi provide an overview of the Italian Private Equity and Venture Capital markets, highlighting current market conditions, local trends, and active sectors, as well as the future of the markets.
In the third episode of our Tech Talks legal insights podcast series, Partners Nasser Ali Khasawneh, Hannah Mahon and Stephen Chegwin discuss Generative AI in Employment and Labor law across the globe. They explore the employment law bias and the legal issues AI may create, and the potential impact on Trade Unions and employees, and more.
In the fifth episode of our podcast series on Private Equity trends in Europe, Partners Matthew Allen and Cristina Audran-Proca provide an overview of the French Venture Capital market, highlighting current market conditions, local trends and active sectors, as well as future market prospects.
Public authorities, and private sector companies that interact with them, face unique challenges when it comes to using, sharing and storing data. In this episode of our Data as an Asset podcast, Liz Fitzsimons, Philip James, Elizabeth Marshall and Nicolette Sanders discuss the UK and international data rules public bodies, and private sector businesses that work with them, need to know, upcoming changes to procurement legislation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland impacting bidders and suppliers, plus what is the impact of the rise in disinformation and new technologies on elections, and how are governments worldwide responding?
The EU's Digital Markets Act and the UK's Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act both aim to make the digital sector fairer and more competitive, and identify gatekeepers. In this podcast, Marjolein De Backer, Julia Woodward-Carlton and Annabel Borg compare the two regimes, their impact on M&A, and the implications for international businesses.
The UK's Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act means that, for the first time, the Competition and Markets Authority will be able to take action against businesses that breach consumer law, including imposing fines. In this podcast, Matthew Gough, Joanna Hooper and Julia Woodward-Carlton discuss the CMA's new enforcement powers and how businesses can prepare.
Our Pensions in a Pod podcast series keeps you informed on topical issues within the pensions and benefits world.
In latest instalment in this podcast series, Jeremy Goodwin and Charlotte Cartwright focus on trustee governance with guest speakers Nick Gannon (the Pensions Regulator) and Annabelle Hardiman (IGG).
In the sixth episode of our PROPcast series, Paula Barrett and Joe Geen focus on the intricate area of data protection issues in the real estate world, and how to stay on the right side of the law.
Speakers: Paula Barrett, Partner | Joe Geen, Principal Associate PSL
We are delighted to share the first episode of the fourth instalment of the Energy Transition Series. Engage with leading experts in the energy sector as they explore pivotal global energy trends, offering the latest insights and analyses to support your journey towards a more sustainable, low-carbon future.
The first episode tackles the intricacies of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) amidst the evolving energy landscape.
We are currently witnessing the golden age of PPAs, a pivotal period where these agreements serve as a dynamic force propelling the growth of renewable energy, spurring innovation, and contributing to meaningful progress in our energy transition.
Listen to this thought-provoking webinar that sheds light on the present state of PPAs and the broader energy market. Our esteemed panel of international industry figures dissect critical trends and obstacles, such as the volatility of power prices, the regulatory framework, the significance of environmental attributes, the impact of project delays, and the emerging emphasis on Virtual PPAs.
The final countdown… just 48 hours to go to the results of the UK General Election. This episode covers a summary of some of the key findings from previous episodes and some of the takeaways from our General Election event with Paul Johnson, Director of the Institute of Fiscal studies. Nicolette also discusses what might come next following the election: the immediate aftermath, the King’ Speech and further ahead.
Tune in to the fourth episode of our podcast series on Private Equity trends in Europe. Ignacio Balañá, Sixto de la Calle and Maria Ramalle Quiñones provide an overview of the Spanish private equity and venture capital markets, highlighting current market conditions, local trends, and active sectors, as well as the future of the markets.
In the twelfth and final episode in this series, we are joined by Jennifer Miles in London and Ron Zdrojeski in New York for a discussion on disputes and regulatory enforcement considerations around AI.
In this episode of our EU AI Act legal insights podcast, Lorna Doggett, Nils Müller and Carolyn Sullivan, our regulatory AI, data privacy and cyber security law experts, continue their discussion on the implementation of the EU AI Act now that the final text is published. They explore how businesses can address the Act’s requirements and discuss additional steps to consider.
In this episode of our EU AI Act legal insights podcast, Lorna Doggett, Nils Müller and Carolyn Sullivan, our regulatory AI, data privacy and cyber security law experts, discuss the implementation of the EU AI Act now that the final text is published. They discuss what to do next, how our AI Mitigator tool can help, and practicalities of seeking information from suppliers of AI tools to help with reviews of compliance.
Welcome to the first edition in our Pensions in a Pod podcast series. This series keeps you informed on topical issues within the pensions and benefits world.
Ahead of the UK's general election on July 4 2024, our speakers discuss details of the political parties' pensions policies and manifesto commitments, including the effect the general election has had on pensions policy, proposals for pensions reform and plans for DC schemes to invest in UK growth assets.
In this podcast, Paul Beausang, Charlotte Stodell and Rebekka Sandwell discuss the abolition of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR) in England and Northern Ireland, and proposed changes to Land Transaction Tax (LTT) in Wales.
The UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act introduces broad changes to the merger control regime. In this podcast, Julia Woodward-Carlton, Peter Harper, Claire Morgan and Laura Wright discuss the crackdown on killer acquisitions, changes to jurisdictional thresholds and merger investigation procedures, as well as new mandatory merger reporting requirements that businesses need to be aware of.
Tune in to the third episode of our podcast series on Private Equity trends in Europe. Partners Gavin O'Flaherty and Mary Kiely provide an overview of the Irish private equity and venture capital markets, highlighting current market conditions, local trends, and active sectors, as well as the future of the markets.
In the eleventh episode in this series, we are joined by Simon Lightman in London and Cynthia Shoss in New York for a discussion on ethics and digital trust considerations around AI.
Tune in to the second episode of our podcast series on Private Equity trends in Europe. Partners Matthew Allen and Steffen Schniepp provide an overview of the German private equity and venture capital markets, highlighting current market conditions, local trends, and active sectors, as well as the future of the markets.
In the tenth episode in this series, we are joined by Michael Bahar in Washington and Philip James in London for a discussion on fraud prevention and cybersecurity considerations around AI.
In the fifth episode of our PROPcast series, Heather Tomlinson and Anna Bevan-Jones discuss the impact of some of the latest case law on the 1954 Act, following a spate of interesting cases.
Speakers: Heather Tomlinson, Principal Associate PSL | Anna Bevan-Jones, Principal Associate PSL
Dive into the UK’s new Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Act and its implications for subscription contracts with consumers. The Act introduces a specific regime to prevent “subscription traps” and ensure fair treatment for customers. In this podcast, Julia Woodward-Carlton, Eve England and Zoe Haden discuss the key operational changes businesses need to implement to comply with the Act’s new requirements.
Tune in to our inaugural episode of our new podcast series on Private Equity trends in Europe. Partners Matthew Allen and James Trevis discuss our Private Equity team's recent win at the Real Deals Private Equity Awards, highlight some recent key deals we have advised on, and what the future holds for the team.
In the ninth episode in this series, we are joined by John Pruitt in New York and Martin Mankabady in London for a discussion on AI use cases and regulation in the insurance industry.
In our eighth episode we are joined by Ann Fort (US Intellectual Property Partner) and David Wilkinson (UK Company Commercial Partner) for a discussion on Intellectual Property and Anti-Trust. Designed to help you look beyond the headlines and hype cycle, this series will help you make the most of the significant opportunity AI brings on an informed basis, taking into account the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and risk and control frameworks in which the financial services industry operates.
Utilizing health data requires health and life sciences companies to tread a fine line between innovation and protecting patient privacy. Listen to the latest episode in our Data as an Asset podcast series, where we outline: key US, EU and UK regulations global health and life sciences companies need to be aware of, the obstacles and opportunities for research, product development, patients and the public good and AI's potential for healthcare innovation
Having first been introduced in the House of Commons 13 months ago, the UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (#DMCC) Act received Royal Assent today. In this podcast, Julia Woodward-Carlton and Annabel Borg explain how the new regime will proceed and what businesses need to do to comply.
Listen to this podcast highlighting a surge in 2024 mergers and acquisitions in the UK's challenger bank sector, contrasting with 2023's low activity. Paul Pugh, Timothy Fosh, Shelley Evans and Emma Jones discuss the profitability challenges of challenger banks, the complexities of deal structures, regulatory issues, and integration hurdles, suggesting mergers might often be more effective than acquisitions.
In our seventh episode we are joined by Babar Hayat, Head of tech and transformation at Konexo, for a discussion on AI perspectives on digital transformation. Designed to help you look beyond the headlines and hype cycle, this series will help you make the most of the significant opportunity AI brings on an informed basis, taking into account the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and risk and control frameworks in which the financial services industry operates.
New personal liability measures for senior managers within digital businesses: The UK Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill marks a significant shift in responsibility and risk onto individuals, for example company directors, including stricter fines for non-compliance.
Find out the responsibilities senior managers and the board need to be aware of and how they differ from similar regimes, such as UK financial services regulations, in our latest podcast.
To discuss how these measures will impact you, get in touch with Julia Woodward-Carlton, Elizabeth Coleman, Claire Carroll and Ruth Haynes.
In our sixth episode we are joined by our German partner Nils Müller, for a discussion on AI perspectives on EU Regulation. Designed to help you look beyond the headlines and hype cycle, this series will help you make the most of the significant opportunity AI brings on an informed basis, taking into account the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and risk and control frameworks in which the financial services industry operates.
In the fourth episode of our podcast series focused on the upcoming UK General Election, Nicolette Sanders is joined by Neal Higgins who is based in our Washington office. Neal shares an insight into the legislative process in the US and how it is currently functioning including how the current administration gets things done (or not) in light of the current majorities in the respective Houses; how this plays out in terms of legislative/exec orders and judicial activity; and touch on current state of play in cyber regulation.
In this fifth episode we are joined by Amman partner Sarah Khatib for a discussion on AI regulation in the UAE and Middle East. Designed to help you look beyond the headlines and hype cycle, this series will help you make the most of the significant opportunity AI brings on an informed basis, taking into account the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and risk and control frameworks in which the financial services industry operates.
The Building Safety Act 2022 brought with it a tide of new regulations and legal requirements for owners and occupiers of properties with a residential element. The vast majority of the Act is now in full force and effect in England and there are obligations for all occupiers of tall mixed use buildings – even those with purely commercial premises in such properties.
If you’re an owner or manager, do you know your safety case from your building assessment certificate, or your engagement strategy from your mandatory occurrence reporting? If you occupy commercial premises in a mixed use building, do you know how you could be affected by the Act?
In this fourth episode we are joined by Hong Kong partner Frankie Tam for a discussion on AI regulation in Hong Kong and China.
Designed to help you look beyond the headlines and hype cycle, this series will help you make the most of the significant opportunity AI brings on an informed basis, taking into account the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and risk and control frameworks in which the financial services industry operates.
Given the increase in dawn raids and competition law investigations, now is a good time to familiarize yourself with the UK Competition and Market Authority's new and extended powers of investigation that are being introduced by the Digital Markets Competition and Consumers Bill. This includes the power to access premises, conduct interviews and impose new civil penalties against both individuals and companies.
In this podcast episode, Elizabeth Coleman, Julia Woodward-Carlton and Emily Beighton explain the changes to investigations and how companies can prepare.
Designed to help you look beyond the headlines and hype cycle, this podcast series will help you make the most of the significant opportunity which AI brings, but on an informed basis taking account of the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and risk and control frameworks in which your business operates.
In this third episode we are joined by Washington DC partner Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik, for a discussion on regulation of AI from a US (federal and state) perspective.
Designed to help you look beyond the headlines and hype cycle, this podcast series will help you make the most of the significant opportunity which AI brings, but on an informed basis taking account of the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and risk and control frameworks in which your business operates.
In this second episode we are joined by London partner Tim Fosh for a discussion on the regulation of AI in financial services from a UK perspective.
Listen to the latest episode in our Data as an Asset podcast series for an overview of the competition and disputes issues relating to data. Philip James, Daniel von Brevern, Matthew Howse, James Hyde and Aisling O’Hare discuss EU and UK data and competition regulations that businesses need to be aware of, including the EU Digital Markets Act, contractual disputes, and trends in data privacy litigation.
Listen to the latest episode in our Data as an Asset podcast series for an overview of the competition and disputes issues relating to data. Philip James, Daniel von Brevern, Matthew Howse, James Hyde and Aisling O’Hare discuss EU and UK data and competition regulations that businesses need to be aware of, including the EU Digital Markets Act, contractual disputes, and trends in data privacy litigation.
Listen to the latest episode in our Data as an Asset podcast series for an overview of the competition and disputes issues relating to data. Philip James, Daniel von Brevern, Matthew Howse, James Hyde and Aisling O’Hare discuss EU and UK data and competition regulations that businesses need to be aware of, including the EU Digital Markets Act, contractual disputes, and trends in data privacy litigation.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our new financial services podcast series, Decoding AI. Designed to help you look beyond the headlines and hype cycle, this series will help you make the most of the significant opportunity AI brings on an informed basis, taking into account the rapidly evolving legal, regulatory and risk and control frameworks in which the financial services industry operates. In this first episode we are joined by Lloyd’s of London CIO Rebecca Womersley for a discussion on AI use cases and current and future industry impact.
In the third episode of our podcast series focused on the upcoming UK General Election, Nicolette Sanders is joined by Matthew Niblett from Independent Transport Commission (ITC) who shares an insight into some of the transport challenges that the next Parliament will face.
They discuss travel trends pre and post pandemic and the implications these have for transport policy; how new and emerging technologies are reshaping the transport sector; and the social and equity impacts of vehicle decarbonization policies.
The EU Data Act introduces new rules for businesses providing connected products, including enabling customers to switch cloud providers and access Internet of Things data. In this episode of our Data as an Asset podcast series, Philip James, Nils Muller, Olaf van Haperen and Annabel Borg share tips on how to comply with these new data sharing obligations and how they fit with the EU's strategy for a competitive data market.
In this podcast, Elizabeth Coleman (Partner) and Richard Bacon (Principal Associate) provide an introduction to competition collective actions in the UK, discussing how claims can be brought, the current landscape and areas to watch moving forward. This is an area of risk for all corporates with activities in England and Wales.
In this latest edition of Barker's Dozen, Claire Carroll, Richard Bacon and Amanda Rowley provide us an update on the world of Pensions Disputes, including data breaches in relation to Farley v Paymaster.
The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers (DMCC) Bill brings consumer law compliance high on the risk agenda for UK businesses. It introduces greater enforcement powers for the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and changes to subscription contracts. In the latest episode of our new podcast series, Eve England, Julia Woodward-Carlton and Zoe Haden discuss what these changes look like in practice for businesses engaging with individual consumers and what you can do to prepare.
Listen to the latest episode of our Data as an Asset podcast series for tips on how to develop and implement a commercial data strategy. Partners Philip James, Rhys McWhirter, Nils Müller, Emmanuel Ronco, and our guest speaker, Simon Hay, an investor and board advisor to AI and technology start-ups, discuss how to measure and monetize data, as well as legal and regulatory challenges in the UK, EU, and China.
In the first episode of our new podcast series, Julia Woodward-Carlton, Elizabeth Coleman and Eve England discuss the competition and consumer law changes that businesses should be aware of, when it will come into force, and what you should do to prepare.
In the third episode of our PROPcast series, Gareth Planck and Fiona Linklater, hosted by Caroline Andresier discuss essential commercial landlord & tenant differences across England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
In the second episode of our podcast series focused on the upcoming UK General Election, Nicolette Sanders is joined by John Dickie from Business LDN who shares an insight into the London Mayoral election process. They discuss the pre-election period by giving an overview of current scope and breadth of the Mayor’s powers, key areas of policy divergence between the main parties and also some key take aways for businesses to prepare.
In this podcast, Charlie Stodell, Anisha Polson and Rebekka Sandwell discuss changes to the UK’s Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) which will take effect from 6 April 2024, including a new regulation that will exclude many landlord to tenant payments from the scope of the CIS.
In this episode, Claire Carroll and Simon Collins discuss a recent update by the FCA regarding firms’ implementation of the Consumer Duty, which includes examples of good practice and areas for improvement. They discuss what the FCA is doing to raise visibility of the Consumer Duty, what good practice looks like and what firms are doing well and what they could be doing better
In this episode, Claire Carroll and Sumitra Subramanian look at the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) focus on fair value in the context of the Consumer Duty. They discuss the FCA’s latest commentary about fair value, why fair value is receiving more attention than the other Consumer Duty outcomes and what firms should be doing to ensure they’re meeting the FCA’s expectations around fair value
In this episode, Claire Carroll and Naomi Seward discuss the findings of the FCA’s retail banking Consumer Duty multi-firm work, which were published last month. They discuss what the review looked at, what the FCA found in terms of frameworks and methodologies used by firms and what's next for firms implementing the Consumer Duty
In this episode of Barker’s Dozen, Stuart Earle, Jen Green and Tim Smith discuss the pensions lifetime allowance, which is due to be abolished on 6 April 2024, and explain what this means for pension schemes and employers.
In this podcast, the first of two episodes on tax risk insurance, Ben Jones, Helen Mackey, Lars Haverkamp, Todd Betor and Rebekka Sandwell provide a general introduction to tax risk insurance from UK perspective, as well as discussing insights from Germany and the US.
We continue our China hot topics in Financial Services podcast with a discussion of China’s regulation of private equity. Matthew Allen, Global Head Financial Services Sector, is joined by King & Wood Mallesons (China) Partner Han Yue in the latest episode of our series designed to help financial institutions navigate the complexities of doing business in China.
In our latest quarterly labor law podcast, Tom Player and Clare Ward discuss this year’s collective pay negotiations, including employer planning and strategy, against the backdrop of ongoing cost of living challenges.
Listen to the first episode of our Data as an Asset podcast series where we discuss the EU Data Act, a significant new regulation designed to make data more accessible for all. We delve into the conflicts between statutory open data legislation and intellectual property protection across the UK, EU and US.
We are delighted to announce our new Preparing for Change podcast series focused on the upcoming UK General Election which will look at political change across a variety of areas and sectors. The series will be hosted by Nicolette Sanders, a former senior civil servant in the Government Legal Department who prior to joining Eversheds Sutherland led the legal team advising the Prime Minister’s Office and the Cabinet Office.
Political change matters, it will affect businesses across multiple sectors. Our new series will examine what happens in Government in the run up to an election, what happens behind the scenes, what happens in parliament, what will happen in the US in their election, we will look at the impact across key sectors: digital, AI, competition, transport, employee relations – all areas that may be impacted by a change of government. We will be looking at the national and the international picture, the London mayoral elections and the picture in the devolved nations – Scotland and Wales and other key jurisdictions around the globe who go to the polls in 2024.
In this second episode of our 2024 PROPcast series, Andrew Burns and Jodie Butler touch on the key real estate factors to consider whenever setting up a property or portfolio with EV charging capability, hosted by Joe Geen. The transition to electric vehicles will be a major part of the UK’s response to the climate crisis. With the number of EVs on the road undoubtedly set to increase, commercial property owners and occupiers must be ready or risk being left behind.
We continue our China hot topics in Financial Services podcast with a discussion of China’s regulation of carbon trading. Matthew Allen, Global Head Financial Services Sector, is joined by King & Wood Mallesons Partner Molly Su in the latest episode of our series designed to help financial institutions navigate the complexities of doing business in China.
We continue our China hot topics in Financial Services podcast with a discussion of China’s regulation of generative AI. Matthew Allen, Global Head Financial Services Sector, is joined by King & Wood Mallesons Partner Seagull Song in the latest episode of our series designed to help financial institutions navigate the complexities of doing business in China.
Jo Owens and Alexandra Byard provide the recent industry updates from January, including an overview of Consumer Credit, Conduct, and Consumer Duty.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our China hot topics in Financial Services podcast, a series designed to help financial institutions navigate the complexities of doing business in China. In this first episode Matthew Allen, Global Head Financial Services Sector, is joined by King & Wood Mallesons Partner Harry Liu to discuss criminal compliance and investigations in China.
In this episode of Barker's Dozen, Laura Brook, Stuart Earle and Daniella Farsiani discuss the imminent new General Code of Practice, including what schemes should do to comply with the latest legal requirements.
In our latest podcast Antony Walsh, Eric Knai and Claire Morgan from Eversheds Sutherland are joined by special guest Gary Hancock, Managing Director at DC Advisory, to discuss the latest themes and trends shaping the corporate M&A landscape. In this episode, the team discuss regulatory hurdles along with their own insights on the current state of the market – we hope you enjoy it!
In the first episode of our 2024 PROPcast series Natalie Edwards, Stephen Jefferson, Nicola Woods and Heather Tomlinson discuss the legal framework around the laudable aim to leave the natural environment in a measurably better state after development than beforehand.
Welcome to the latest edition of Barker's Dozen, our first episode of 2024. To kick off the new year, we'll be speaking to some of our Pensions and Benefits colleagues across the globe for a 60 second update on topical pensions issues in their jurisdiction.
Welcome to the latest episode of Defined Conversation, the DC podcast from Eversheds Sutherland where we discuss all things DC and the latest developments and trends in the market. This is an exciting and hugely significant time for DC and the pensions industry as a whole. Over the last year, there have been a series of consultations, proposals and strategically important developments driven by the Edinburgh Reforms, Mansion House reforms and the recent Autumn Statement. While there will likely be no pensions bill this side of the general election, the Autumn Statement set a clear direction of travel for changes to the UK pensions system. In this episode, Michael Jones, Amanda Small and Jen Green focus on the decumulation developments and how these could evolve.
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK.
We have officially reached the end of our 2023 holiday countdown! We hope that you have found this podcast series both captivating and enlightening. Bringing this series to a close, Thekla Fellas offers a glimpse into the upcoming developments on the telecoms landscape for 2024.
In the third episode of our EU AI Act legal insights podcast Carolyn Sullivan, a Senior Associate in our data protection and cybersecurity team and Jannick Thonemann, AI and IT specialist are joined by David Wilkinson, Intellectual Property (IP) Partner. In this episode we cover: the impact on IP rights, issues around training data and the risk of IP infringements when using AI solutions.
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Join Mark Moutran in the eleventh episode as he shares insightful commentary on the question, ‘What is the termination process?’
Tune into our latest podcast series, Legal Frequencies. In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the recent decisions and developments in the UK's telecoms law, served in bite-size portions. The tenth episode features Thekla Fellas providing insightful commentary on the question, 'what is the imposition process?'
Welcome to the latest edition of Barker's Dozen, our festive and final episode of 2023. In this slightly extended episode, members of our UK pensions team delve into their stockings to reveal a number of pensions-related presents. With no shortage of legal and policy developments currently happening within the pensions landscape, our team reveal what their gifts may indicate for the year ahead. In accordance with tradition, we also supply some musical accompaniment to brighten your day.
Our pensions team wish you a peaceful festive season and a prosperous New Year.
In our latest quarterly labor law podcast, we interview Kirk Hope, CEO at Business New Zealand, to better understand the impact of Fair Pay Agreements on a legal system similar to our own, and review other Labour Party proposals for unionized employers (Fair Pay Agreements are a form of sectoral collective bargaining proposed by the UK Labour Party and recently implemented in New Zealand).
Tune into our latest podcast series, Legal Frequencies. In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the recent decisions and developments in the UK's telecoms law, served in bite-size portions. In this episode Thekla Fellas and Jennifer Leah dissect the lease and licence distinction in the context of agreements under the Electronic Communications Code.
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Join Karen Mitchell in the ninth episode as she shares insightful commentary on the question, ‘what is consideration and compensation?’
Listen to our Tech Talks legal insights podcast series, which explores the latest trends and topics shaping the technology sector. In this episode, Rhys McWhirter and Michael Bahar at Eversheds Sutherland delve into the impact of Generative AI on regulations in Asia and the US. They discuss the complexities of this emerging technology, including its ethical concerns and competitive nature, which can have potential trade and national security implications. They also cover the evolving regulatory landscape for GenAI and more.
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Join Heather Brown as she dissects the meaning of a code agreement in our eighth episode.
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Join Jennifer Leah in the seventh episode as she shares insightful commentary on the fundamental question, ‘What is an MSV?’
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Join Tess Geraghty as she dissects the meaning of an occupier in our sixth episode.
Tune into our latest podcast series, Legal Frequencies. In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the recent decisions and developments in the UK's telecoms law, served in bite-size portions. The this episode we feature Thekla Fellas and Karen Mitchell dissecting the new Interim Arrangements and ADR provisions in the code.
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Join Alexandra Gee in the fifth episode as she shares insightful commentary on the fundamental question, ‘What is land?’.
Jo Owens and Alexandra Byard provide a weekly wrap of current awareness across the UK consumer finance area. They discuss some of the key initiatives outlined in the Financial Conduct Authority's regulatory initiatives grid published last week.
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Join Vishal Babu as he dissects the meaning of ECA in our fourth episode.
In the third episode of our ESG solutions for the financial services sector podcast series Matthew Allen, Global Head of the Financial Services Sector, is joined by Clifford Kirsch in New York and Michaela Walker in London to discuss trends and hot topics in financial product disclosures as well as predictions for the next 12 months.
Emma King and James Ellis are joined by special guests Alan Pickering of BESTrustees and Chair of the Trustee of the Clara Pension Trust, along with Hattie Clover, General Counsel for Clara Pensions. In this episode, they'll discuss the recent news of Clara becoming the UK’s first DB consolidator to transact and what lies ahead for Clara.
In this episode, Emma King, Mark Latimour and Vanessa Wells look at the latest topical pensions issues and hot topics including surpluses within DB schemes and the abolition of the lifetime allowance coming into effect Spring next year.
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Join Sanya Azam in the third episode as she shares insightful commentary on the fundamental question, ‘What is a Code right?’
Tune into 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown.
In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Join Alex Terry as he dissects the meaning of a telecoms operator in our second episode.
Join us for 'Legal Frequencies - What is Telecoms?'. Our newest podcast series kicking off the 2023 holiday countdown. In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the basics of telecoms in the UK. Charlotte Mavor leads the way in our first episode as she initiates the discussion with the fundamental question, 'what is the code?'.
Tune into our latest podcast series, Legal Frequencies. In this series, our telecoms team provides insightful commentary on the recent decisions and developments in the telecoms law, served in bite-size portions.
The first episode features Thekla Fellas and Karen Mitchell dissecting the decision of the First Tier Tribunal in October in the case of On Tower UK Limited v Gravesham Borough Council.
Sutherland attorneys Cynthia Krus, Lisa Morgan, and Terri Jordan, present the first session in their BDC Directors Training Series. The call will include:
What is expected of a BDC director? What should BDC directors expect of their management teams? What should BDC directors expect in the new regulatory environment?
In the second episode of our ESG solutions for the Financial Services Sector podcast series Matthew Allen, Global Head of the Financial Services Sector, is joined by Kari Mccormick in London and Ronald Zdrojeski in New York to discuss trends in ESG litigation and regulatory enforcement
Jo Owens and Alexandra Byard provide a weekly wrap of current awareness across the UK consumer finance area. They discuss the Financial Conduct Authority’s approach to Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and the Consumer Duty, the EU Consumer Credit Directive (CCDII), and more.
To coincide with COP28 we are pleased to be sharing a short podcast series between now and the end of the year focussing on hot topics in ESG for the financial services industry.
In this first episode Matthew Allen, Global Head of the Financial Services Sector, is joined by Sophie White and Thomas Player to discuss social responsibility and governance including the importance of diversity and inclusion and the rapidly evolving regulations, standards and expectations in the world of social governance.
Listen to our Tech Talks podcast series exploring the latest trends and topics shaping the technology sector. In this episode, Marie McGinley at Eversheds Sutherland, Jeremy Rollison, and Florian Pennings from Microsoft discuss cybersecurity as a key focus for organizations, especially as AI becomes more prevalent. They also explore the importance of policymakers remaining responsive to rapidly evolving technologies when developing a legislative framework to govern AI, dive into the EU AI Act and more.
In our first episode of Conversations in Credit, Jo Owens and Alexandra Byard provide a weekly wrap of current awareness across the UK consumer finance area. They discuss the Financial Conduct Authority's initial findings on the closure of bank accounts because of customers' political views, diversity and inclusion in the financial sector, regulating crypto assets, and more.
In this episode Claire Carroll and Jen Green talk about closed-book Consumer Duty implications for pensions. They discuss what type of pension schemes fall in to the closed-product remit, the challenges you may face in relation to closed pension products and the FCA’s expectations regarding closed pension products.
In this episode Claire Carroll and Tom Black talk about Consumer Duty implications for closed-book mortgages. They discuss what a closed product is in a mortgage context, the four outcomes firms should look at when considering what obligations Consumer Duty will impose in relation to closed products and ask, will Consumer Duty require mortgage lenders to conduct retrospective assessments for consumer duty compliance?
In this episode Claire Carroll and Naomi Seward talk about the impacts of the Consumer Duty on closed products and services. They discuss what closed products and services are, the issues with categorizing closed products, how firms may find achieving compliance with the closed book and practical actions firms can take.
In the latest episode of Tax Sound Bytes, a podcast series from the Tax Practice Group covering issues affecting federal and international tax, Eversheds Sutherland Partners David Blair and Xenia Garofalo explore the Inflation Reduction Act’s proposed regulations regarding prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship requirements with Associate Benje Selan.
David and Xenia provide an overview of the proposed regulations, with particular emphasis on how a taxpayer can meet the requirements. They also review the application of the deficiency procedures and the type of information a taxpayer needs to submit to show compliance before they speculate on what’s next.
Listen to the inaugural episode of our metaverse podcast series, where Paul Verrico, Sarah Valentine, and Philip Crosbie discuss how energy companies can use the metaverse to meet their health, safety, and environmental needs. They also explore the legal ramifications of the metaverse and how clients are using it to improve their systems.
In our quarterly labor law podcast, Clare Ward and Leonie McQuaide review the latest hot topics concerning trade union and workforce engagement, including contingency planning and the use of agency workers during strikes, news this month from the Labour Party on potential changes to collective labor law, should they win the next election, reflections on the Government’s new Minimum Service Levels legislation and an update on significant labor cases before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court.
In the second episode of our EU AI Act legal insights podcast Lorna Doggett, data privacy and cyber expert is joined by Jannick Thonemann, AI and IT specialist as well as Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik, the head of our US AI practice to discuss how our colleagues across the pond are grappling with the regulation of AI.
We are pleased to announce the launch of our EU AI Act legal insights podcast, a new series where we look closely at the EU AI Act. We'll discuss the implications for clients in both the financial services and technology industry of its implementation, and how it compares to the UK and US approach. In this inaugural episode we introduce the EU AI Act, what it is and what it covers.
In this podcast, we will explore the multifaceted ESG issues businesses face in the global supply chain, an increasingly fraught and complex landscape that holds both risks and opportunities for businesses. Navigating these challenges across differing jurisdictions using an ESG strategy, as well as harnessing the power of the rising trend, can help companies anticipate, adapt to, and bounce back from risks while accessing the many business benefits of ESG.
In the latest episode of Tax Sound Bytes, a podcast series from the Tax Practice Group covering issues affecting federal and international tax, Eversheds Sutherland Partners David Blair and Xenia Garofalo explore the Inflation Reduction Act’s direct pay and transferability provisions as moderated by Associate Anna Hargett.
David and Xenia discuss at-length who is impacted by these provisions, key issues to note and the path forward, in their view.
In our debut episode, we hear from alumnus Nick On, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Legal Officer at Pure Data Centres Group. Nick joined us as a banking partner in 1999 and, a decade later, was appointed the first Group General Counsel at property company Grainger plc. He joined Pure in 2017, leading on strategic transactions and investor relations while overseeing all aspects of legal and compliance. Nick is also a published poet, having gained a distinction in the MA Writing Poetry program at Newcastle University.
The tax treatment of carried interest is currently a very hot topic in the UK. In this podcast, Ben Jones, Ben Shem-Tov and Rebekka Sandwell discuss the tax rules that currently apply to carried interest, and the possible changes that could be introduced by a Labour government in the future.
The tax treatment of carried interest is currently a very hot topic in the UK. In this podcast, Ben Jones, Ben Shem-Tov and Rebekka Sandwell discuss the tax rules that currently apply to carried interest, and the possible changes that could be introduced by a Labour government in the future.
In this episode of Grounds for Growth Michael Koffler joins Sierra Nicholson to explore the SEC’s proposed rules for private funds, with a particular focus on the preferential treatment and prohibited activities rules.
In this episode of Grounds for Growth, Senior Associate Jennifer Evans joins Sierra Nicholson to discuss all things hydrogen including uptake in investment across the UK, EU and US, the hydrogen rainbow, and keys to success for hydrogen projects.
On our latest podcast for education institutions Rob Gray, David O’Hara and Laura Marsh discuss the forthcoming changes to employment law which institutions need to be aware of.
ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) is front of mind for many businesses, as well as their customers, investors and employees. In this podcast, the second of two episodes focusing on tax and ESG, Ben Jones, Deepesh Upadhyay and Rebekka Sandwell discuss how the social and governance components of ESG relate to tax.
ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) is front of mind for many businesses, as well as their customers, investors and employees. In this podcast, the first of two episodes focusing on tax and ESG, Ben Jones, Deepesh Upadhyay and Rebekka Sandwell discuss the overall relationship between tax and ESG and how the environmental component of ESG relates to tax.
This podcast with Laura Pharez-Zea and Frances O’Neill is the second in a series of quick fire ‘top tips’ episodes, exploring the lifecycle of an employment tribunal claim and, here, the sometimes underestimated significance of disclosure as well as important practical issue. Look out for future episodes focusing on identifying witnesses and preparing witnesses for giving evidence.
In the fifth episode in our series "Grounds for Growth," a podcast series focused on private capital, Partner Xenia Garofalo joins Sierra Nicholson to explore the Inflation Reduction Act and what the act means for non-US investors seeking to invest in US renewable energy projects.
In episode four Partners Waltter Kulvik and Ted Cominos Jr join Sierra Nicholson to explore the legal considerations involved in the fund formation process.
In episode three Waltter Kulvik and Ted Cominos Jr join Sierra Nicholson to explore the key elements for fund managers related to securing investors into the fund.
In episode two Partners Waltter Kulvik and Ted Cominos Jr join Sierra Nicholson to explore financial due diligence considerations in the current market.
In episode one Partners Waltter Kulvik and Ted Cominos Jr join Sierra Nicholson to discuss considerations for creating a fund team. They explore recent shifts in the private funds landscape, team creation as the first priority in establishing a fund, discreet actions managers should take when building a fund team.
In the latest podcast from our Life Sciences M&A and competition teams, partners Steven Hacking, Peter Harper, Josh Shapiro, Martin Bechtold, Jeff Bialos, Claire Morgan and Daniel von Brevern explore the topic of foreign direct investment controls which regulate investment into domestic companies - a global trend and a regime which we have seen substantial expansion in throughout the EU, UK and US as well as elsewhere globally.
In the latest episode of our Consumer Duty podcast series Claire Carroll is joined by Principal Associate Jen Green to talk about the FCA’s latest Dear CEO letter to SIPP operators. They discuss: duties for SIPP operators and further guidance for them from the FCA, key messages from the latest letter and how a SIPP operator is categorised under the Consumer Duty.
In this episode Claire Carroll is joined by Partner Naomi Seward to talk about the FCA’s findings from their review of fair value assessments. They discuss the outcomes of the assessment, issues our clients are facing relating to Consumer Duty and key takeaways from the findings.
Hear from our Life Sciences and Competition teams, including partners Steven Hacking, Peter Harper, Josh Shapiro, Martin Bechtold, Jeff Bialos and Claire Morgan as they explore the issues competition regulators focus on when they assess M&A deals in the sector and discuss topics such as the continued digitalization of healthcare and lessons learned, offering perspectives from both Europe and the US.
In the second part of our restructuring and redundancy series, Tom Bray, Huw Jones and Emma Humphreys discuss some key legal issues to consider when changing terms of contracts of employment.
In the third instalment of our series on Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) in Financial Services, Hannah Mahon and James England discuss the fine distinction between lawful “positive action” and unlawful “positive discrimination” under the Equality Act 2010.
In our latest quarterly podcast, Clare Ware and Stephen Chegwin look back at an unusual year for industrial relations and consider some practical lessons learnt for both employers and trade unions.
In our latest Employment Exchange podcast, Ellie Brown and Clare Ward discuss recent, important clarifications around collective bargaining and the potential risks for employers of breaching section 145b of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992. The podcast considers key issues and practical implications for employers.
In this episode Legal Director Lorna Doggett who is a data specialist in the financial services sector and Partner Naomi Seward talk about the impacts of the Consumer Duty on data privacy. They discuss what to think about when processing personal data in order to comply with Consumer Duty requirement, third-party down-stream contracts, and understanding how third parties will use data and what firms need to tell their customers regarding data processing as part of Consumer Duty.
In this episode Simon Collins, Managing Director of the FS Regulatory Compliance team at Konexo and Claire Carroll, Partner at Eversheds Sutherland discuss the role of the Consumer Duty Champion. They explore who the Consumer Duty Champion should be, what regulators are expecting from this role and some of the challenges firms face in appointing the Consumer Duty Champion.
Andrew Page, Head of Commercial Services at Anglian Water shares the benefits achieved from alliancing with Tom Douglas, Construction and Engineering partner at Eversheds Sutherland and Edd Burton, Director in Buildings and Places and Advisory Services Lead in Infrastructure at AECOM.
Andrew Cubitt, Procurement and Supply Chain Director at HS2 joins Tom Douglas, Construction and Engineering partner at Eversheds Sutherland and Edd Burton, Director in Buildings and Places and Advisory Services Lead in Infrastructure at AECOM to share his insight.
In the latest episode of our Consumer Duty podcast, Claire Carroll is joined by Julian Brown to deliberate recent pronouncements from the FCA on Consumer Duty, specifically in relation to asset management. They discuss the most recent messaging from the FCA highlighting the “Dear CEO” letters, the role of the Consumer Duty champion, plus deadlines and pronouncements firms will need to consider going forward.
In this episode, Jeremy Goodwin, Simon Daniel and Gemma Hanley look at the Pensions Regulator’s current consultation on a new funding Code of Practice for DB schemes, including what’s expected of trustees when dealing with the investment aspects and whether employers will have to fund their DB schemes to a greater degree and more quickly than they do currently
Damon Brown from Legal & General joins Tom Douglas, Construction and Engineering Partner at Eversheds Sutherland and Edd Burton, Director in Buildings and Places and Advisory Services Lead in Infrastructure at AECOM to share his thoughts on effective collaboration.
In times of difficult economic conditions, employers may have no alternative but to review operations and some, to restructure. However, employers should be aware that the law and practice in this area has not stood still in recent years and are generating new practical and legal challenges. In this first episode we’ll cover some hot topics including the impact of recent case law and new working arrangements.
Find out how to secure the benefits of collaborative procurement on your project with Tom Douglas, Construction and Engineering partner at Eversheds Sutherland and Edd Burton, Director in Buildings and Places and Advisory Services Lead in Infrastructure at AECOM.
In this podcast episode focused on employment law, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Michael Woodson and John Hays continue exploring various considerations related to the FTC's Proposed Rule concerning non-compete clauses. (Catch up on the first two episodes of this series here and here!)
Up this week, Michael and John provide an overview of potential consideration issues as employers review and update restrictive covenant agreements with their workforce.
For more content related to employee benefits, executive compensation and employment law, the “Do you have a minute?” video series covers a variety of questions and topics to help you stay on top of the latest changes and common issues, all in less than a minute. If you have questions about these videos, please reach out to a member of the Employment and Employee Benefits teams.
In the latest episode of our Consumer Duty podcast series, Martin Ward and Claire Carroll, both partners in our Financial Services Disputes Investigations team discuss the impact of Consumer Duty on claims management companies (CMCs). They discuss the impact that the Consumer Duty will continue to have on CMCs, the FCA’s residual concerns regarding misleading consumers including; unfair advertising, poor disclosure, CMCs providing unregulated services and the FCA’s future strategy for CMCs.
In this podcast episode focused on employment law, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Michael Woodson and Bonnie Burke continue their series discussing the Federal Trade Commission’s Proposed Rule to ban the use of post-termination non-compete clauses and employment agreements.
In the latest episode, Michael and Bonnie focus on alternatives to non-compete clauses.
For more content related to employee benefits, executive compensation and employment law, the “Do you have a minute?” video series covers a variety of questions and topics to help you stay on top of the latest changes and common issues, all in less than a minute. If you have questions about these videos, please reach out to a member of the Employment and Employee Benefits teams.
Listen to Chloe Themistocleous and Sasha Lormant, discuss their top tips in terms of what to consider when a claim form lands and what factors give rise to added complexity.
In this podcast episode focused on employment law, Eversheds Sutherland attorneys Bonnie Burke and John Hays kick off a series that explores the recent Notice of Proposed Rulemaking issued by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). As drafted, it purports to ban all post-termination non-compete clauses and clauses that act as a functional equivalent to a non-compete.
In the first episode, Bonnie and John review the Proposed Rule and provide a summary of its contents.
For more content related to employee benefits, executive compensation and employment law, the “Do you have a minute?” video series covers a variety of questions and topics to help you stay on top of the latest changes and common issues, all in less than a minute. If you have questions about these videos, please reach out to a member of the Employment and Employee Benefits teams.
In this podcast, Partners Catherine Detalle and Stacey Kern from Eversheds Sutherland discuss topics such as the increased foreign investment screening of transactions, the sensitivity of the Consumer sector post-pandemic and protectionism, offering perspectives from both Europe and the US.
Welcome to the latest episode of Defined Conversation, the DC podcast from Eversheds Sutherland. In this episode, Michael Jones and Amanda Small are joined by special guest, Sonia Kataora (Partner and Head of DC Investment, Barnett Waddingham) to discuss the impact of the current economic climate on DC investments and how DC investment strategies may start to evolve in 2023 and beyond.
The first edition for 2023 of Barker's Dozen, our 13-minute podcast series, is now available. In this episode, Emma King and Mark Latimour discuss the economic outlook for the year in the US, Europe and the UK with Michael Bell, Executive Director and Global Market Strategist at J.P. Morgan Asset Management.
In the latest Consumer Duty podcast episode, Principal Associate Ruth Fairhurst and Partner Claire Carroll discuss an update on payments and e-money including the diversity of the sector, distribution chains and contractual relationships and specific issues which firms in the payments and e-money sector are likely to encounter.
Claire Carroll speaks with Naomi Seward, Partner and Head of Retail Finance, about how the Consumer Duty will impact mortgage providers. They discuss the issues and priorities at front of mind for mortgage providers, focusing on distribution V.s Manufacturer and the impact of this on delivering the four new outcomes and customer understanding outcome and how this impacts communication, including Terms and Conditions
An update on how the Consumer Duty impacts personal pension schemes, including SIPPs. In this episode Jen Green, Principal Associate in our pensions team joins Claire Carroll to discuss further guidance from the FCA on pensions and investments, additional considerations for schemes with Non Standard Investments (NSIs) and future developments (expected over the next 12-18 months) to look out for.
This program provides a preview of important tax legislation as we head into the 2023 sessions. In addition to pre-filed state tax bills and those we expect to be introduced, Michele and Charlie discuss current state tax policy efforts at the Multistate Tax Commission and Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board.
2022 has been exceptionally difficult for a lot of industries and individuals, and UK pensions are no exception. But to strike a more optimistic note as we head into the festive season, we’re here to show you that there are reasons to be cheerful about the future of pensions.
Our new podcast series explores employment law developments and topical issues. In our latest podcast we catch up with our team as they discuss and demystify complex legal issues. Take a listen to our first episode with Partners Naeema Choudry and Mark Pipkin as they explain how the recent changes to employees' working habits and locations can affect giving evidence for hearings.
In the first of a new series of podcasts, partners from our UK and Ireland offices, David Gray, Norman Fitzgerald and Graham Kenny discuss the likely scenarios in which government-backed loans given during the pandemic will be unwound.
In the second episode in our podcast mini-series on the UK FCA’s regulatory hosting consultation and with the implementation deadline looming, Stefanie Sahla-Jones and Ronald Paterson are once again joined by Andrew Shrimpton from IQ-EQ to discuss the implications of the new rules for AIFs and AIFMs.
Welcome to the third and final episode in a three-part special edition series of our Barker's Dozen podcasts, focussing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in pensions. For these Barker's Dozen (and a bit) episodes, we'll be stretching slightly over our usual 13 minutes to do our topics and guest speakers justice. In this third and final episode, Charlotte Cartwright, Michael Jones and Amanda Small are joined by Lauren Peacock, Responsible Investment Manager at Scottish Widows, to discuss how DE&I and social factors are relevant to pension scheme investments, and what trustees can do in this area.
The first in a series of podcasts exploring corporate hot topics in the Consumer sector. In this episode we discuss the current state of M&A activity in the sector and what the future might hold.
Ben Wood and Matt Kelly from our education team discusses best practice around managing industrial relations in educational institutions, and what measures you can put in place.
Tom Black and Claire Carroll, both Partners in our Financial Services and Disputes & Investigations team, discuss an update on the FCA's expectations for customer communications, including a reminder of the key proposals, responses received by the FCA and changes made to the draft rules, and the FCA's response to concern around possible conflicts with other duties.
In our latest quarterly podcast, we're joined by Susan Clews, Chief Executive of Acas, for a discussion on current employee relations challenges and how Acas are playing their part in trying to resolve strikes and industrial action. We also touch on what can be done to address and resolve some of the more contentious and entrenched workplace disputes.
Ben Wood and Matt Kelly from our education team will be discussing best practice around managing industrial relations in colleges and what steps you can take to put measures in place.
In the third of our set of three TUPE podcasts, partners Mark Hammerton, Huw Jones and Tom Bray focus on how business works with TUPE and what changes may be in the pipeline.
In the second of our set of three TUPE podcasts, partners Mark Hammerton and Huw Jones explore what complexity TUPE causes on transactions involving people issues.
In the first of our set of three TUPE podcasts, partners Mark Hammerton and Huw Jones discuss the origins and legal principles around TUPE.
Michael Jones and Rosamund Wood from our Employment, Labor and Pensions group join Jo Owens to discuss how the Consumer Duty impacts occupational pension schemes. They discuss the implications for trustees and their service and product providers and how the rules apply in the context of defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) pension schemes.
Welcome to the second in a three-part special edition series of our Barker's Dozen podcasts, focussing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in pensions. For these Barker's Dozen (and a bit) episodes, we'll be stretching slightly over our usual 13 minutes to do our topics and guest speakers justice. In this second episode, Emma King and Charlotte Cartwright are joined by Claire Harcup, Director at the communications specialists Quietroom, to discuss practical tips for improving DE&I in Trustee appointments.
After a significant period of M&A in the building products and services sector, the podcast explores the M&A prospects in both the short and longer term, as well as discussing topics such as ESG and the impact of government initiative in driving M&A in the sector forward.
Partner Joanne Owens is joined by Chris Stott, Principal Associate in our Financial Services Disputes & Investigations team, to discuss the interaction between financial crime compliance and the Consumer Duty. They consider AML and KYC guidelines, suspicious activity reporting, customer complaints, and the impact of the Duty on firms’ financial crime risk appetite.
Alison Oldfield and Katlyn Wild from our education team discuss what’s next for the UK's Office for Students (OfS) and what priorities the OfS has set for the next academic year and beyond in its Annual Report and Strategy 2022 to 2025.
In our latest podcast episode for education institutions on holiday pay, Rob Gray and David O’Hara discuss the recent decision by the Supreme Court in the case of Harpur Trust v Brazel and the implications for institutions.
Welcome to the first in a three-part special edition series of our Barker's Dozen podcasts, focussing on diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in pensions. For these Barker's Dozen episodes, we'll be stretching slightly over our usual 13 minutes to do our topics and guest speakers justice. In this first episode, Emma King and Charlotte Cartwright are joined by David Fairs, Executive Director of the Pensions Regulator, to discuss the Pensions Regulator’s new DE&I action plan published recently, TPR’s expectations on trustees in this area, and practical tips for trustees on DE&I.
In this episode of Con-versations, real estate professional support lawyer Caroline Andresier discusses how the Building Safety Act 2022 has made statutory changes to residential service charges and how this affects the nature of claims that can be brought by the landlord.
In the sixth episode of Tax Sound Bytes, a podcast series from the Tax Practice Group covering issues affecting federal and international tax, host and Eversheds Sutherland Associate Mary Kate Nicholson speaks with Partner Xenia Garofalo concerning the stock buyback tax. The stock buyback tax, a nondeductible 1% excise tax on the repurchase of corporate stock, was recently enacted as part of the Inflation Reduction Act, which President Biden signed into law on August 16. You can read Xenia’s in-depth article about the stock buyback tax in Law360, as well as more commentary from our Tax Practice Group on provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act here.
During this episode, Xenia and Mary Kate discuss who the tax is imposed on, its various implications and how exceptions apply.
Continuing tradition, their conversation concludes with Mary Kate’s favorite nontax question – if there was a book you could read over again for the very first time, what book would that be?
To stay up-to-date on the digital tax information you need to know for your business, subscribe to our Digital Taxation mailing list to receive updates from Digital Tax Bytes on a weekly basis.
Ian Stott, Head of Financial Services at Konexo, joins Claire Carroll to revisit the monitoring, data and MI reporting requirements set by the Consumer Duty. They discuss how firms are progressing with meeting the implementation deadlines set by the final rules and guidance, tips on applying the rules to existing products and services, and the role of data in implementation planning.
Take a listen to our new podcast series exploring the UK Procurement Bill and its progress through parliament. In the first episode, our Procurement team discuss the parliamentary process including where we are now, amendments to the legislation and what comes next. Disclaimer: This episode was recorded before the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Some of the dates referred to in the episode will change in light of the period of national mourning.
Claire Carroll is joined by Simon Collins, Managing Director Regulatory & Compliance at Konexo, to revisit the impact of the Consumer Duty on the Senior Managers and Certification Regime and individual accountability, now that the Financial Conduct Authority’s final rules have been published.
They consider the key points impacting senior management that the FCA has highlighted as part of its final rules and guidance, implementation planning and immediate actions for senior managers, and the FCA's expectations of the Board.
What will the Consumer Duty mean for the treatment of vulnerable customers? In this podcast episode, Partners Tom Black and Claire Carroll discuss the Financial Conduct Authority's expectations and how firms are getting on with implementing the FCA's guidance on vulnerable customer treatment.
In this podcast from the Eversheds Sutherland pensions team, partners Simon Daniel, Michael Jones and Mark Latimour discuss the evolution of TCFD, investment developments and what’s in the pipeline for pension schemes. Listen for key learnings from larger schemes who have already been through the mandatory TCFD reporting process and how TNFD, social factors, SRD and stewardship developments are set to move the dial on ESG….
In our second podcast episode released since the publication of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) final rules, Naomi Seward and Claire Carroll take a deep dive into FCA’s expectations in relation to implementation. They discuss what will the implementation plan need to address? what should firms be doing now to prepare? plus, tips for complying with the October deadline
In this podcast from the Eversheds Sutherland employment team, Simon Rice-Birchall and Emma Humphreys highlight some key employment law considerations on hybrid working, should employers increase, reduce or maintain hybrid working arrangements, and discuss changes which may be around the corner.
We are delighted to be joined by Stuart Holland, Director of External Affairs at Equifax in episode three of our Buy Now, Pay Later podcast series to discuss the proposals relating to creditworthiness and credit reporting. We cover what Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs) do, what credit files are and how these are currently used by lenders and borrowers, HMT’s proposals for credit reporting and creditworthiness checks for Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL), what role credit reporting and credit files play in helping BNPL providers navigate their regulatory responsibilities regarding creditworthiness, vulnerable customers and avoiding over-indebtedness and the wider implications of the proposals on consumers and lenders and how the data will feed into credit files.
In the fifth episode of Tax Sound Bytes, a podcast series from the Tax Practice Group covering issues affecting international and taxation of the digital economy, host and Eversheds Sutherland Associate Mary Kate Nicholson is joined by Partner Amish Shah to discuss the reinstatement of the Superfund chemicals excise tax, or the Superfund Tax, effective July 1.
They cover the background of the Superfund Tax, and who it’s imposed on, including manufacturers, producers and importers of specified chemicals and on importers of specified taxable substances that contain such taxable chemicals. In addition, Amish reviews potential exemptions from the tax, and what companies should do to ensure they stay in compliance.
You can find our team’s full Legal Alert on the Superfund Tax here, as well as read the most recent edition of our quarterly newsletter, Green Tax, which recaps some of the important energy tax issues of the last quarter, including court rulings, IRS rulings and guidance, legislative activity, and more.
Continuing tradition, their conversation concludes with Mary Kate’s favorite nontax question – if there was a book you could read over again for the very first time, what book would that be?
To stay up-to-date on the digital tax information you need to know for your business, subscribe to our Digital Taxation mailing list to receive updates from Digital Tax Bytes on a weekly basis.
With effect from June 28, 2022 third parties, who perhaps had no direct involvement in the development or who thought their liabilities had long since ended, can now be held liable for the rectification of building safety defects. This is due to a host of new measures introduced by the Building Safety Act 2022, including Remediation Orders, Remediation Contribution Orders and Building Liability Orders.
Construction Professional Support Lawyer Gemma Irving talks with Kate Hencken in our construction disputes team, as well as Victoria Groves in our corporate team and Steve Manson in our real estate team to find out what this means and how clients can respond to these changes.
On July 27, 2022 the Financial Conduct Authority published its final rules on the much anticipated Consumer Duty. In this episode, retail finance and payments Partner Jo Owens joins Claire Carroll to share their initial reflections on some of the key new features. They cover the timeline for implementation and what firms should do now to prepare, what does the FCA say about compliance with existing rules,the responsibilities of firms with regards to avoiding reasonable harm and taking pre-emptive steps to redress harm and new notification obligations for those in the distribution chain.
- how the new rules will impact the sale and purchase of regulated product books
In episode 14 of our Sustainable Finance podcast, Alison Barry and Tom Rivers from HSBC join Alex Smith to discuss the evolution of the documentation process in sustainable finance loans. The episode covers: what is the transaction management function documenting sustainable transactions at HSBC and the top negotiated points and how to encourage companies to take on sustainability-linked loans
In our latest pensions podcast, Emma King, Claire Carroll and Jen Miles discuss the dreaded section 72 notice: the Pensions Regulator’s powers, steps to take when a section 72 notice lands, and how technology can streamline the process.
The Consumer Duty will impact claims management companies (CMCs), given that they are regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority with retail customers. In this episode, Martin Ward and Claire Carroll, both partners in our Financial Services Disputes & Investigations team, discuss how will CMCs use the Consumer Duty to advance complaints? what will be the impact on CMCs as regulated entities? and how does the Duty differ from the current rules?
In our latest Financial Services podcast, Partners Ronald Paterson and Stefanie Sahla-Jones are delighted to be joined by IQ-EQ’s Chair of Regulatory and Compliance, Andrew Shrimpton to discuss the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) regulatory hosting consultation. They cover the key proposals in the FCA's regulatory hosting consultation, the benefits of regulatory hosting and what appointed representatives need to do to comply with the FCA’s minimum expectations.
How will the Consumer Duty impact personal pension schemes and personal pension providers? In this episode Jen Green, Principal Associate in our pensions team, joins Claire Carroll to discuss the changes pension providers should consider, including customer communications and engagement, investment risk, and distribution chains, the issues applicable to self-invested personal pensions (SIPP) provider and top tips for pension providers.
In this bite-size podcast from the Eversheds Sutherland immigration law team, we discuss often-missed issues on corporate transactions that will impact a skilled worker visa. Our speakers focus on the risk of failing to report or comply with sponsor obligations, when the obligation to report arises and when to seek advice and support.
International Corporate Reorganization projects have many key drivers that will be similar among different clients and their businesses. In this podcast, we’ll discuss the past 12 months where a number of trends in reorganizations have developed, as well as looking at some key steps clients can take to consider if a reorganization of their business might be worthwhile.
In the second episode of our Buy Now, Pay Later podcast series, we explore the Treasury’s response to the previous consultation on the regulation of BNPL on June 20 and take a closer look at the proposals as they currently stand.
Chris Busby, UK Head of our Financial Disputes and Investigations Group, joins Claire Carroll to consider how the Consumer Duty will change complaints handling.
The episode covers the changes complaints handling teams will need to make to their approach, the impact on vulnerable customers and MI, the role of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) in the new environment and how the Consumer Duty will impact court proceedings.
In the fourth episode of Tax Sound Bytes, a podcast series from the Tax Practice Group covering issues affecting international and taxation of the digital economy, host and Eversheds Sutherland Associate Mary Kate Nicholson welcomes Partner Jon Sambur to discuss a hot topic – the taxation of cryptocurrency.
They cover the 2021 US Infrastructure Bill, which included several provisions aimed at cryptocurrency and digital assets, as well as a proposal for information reporting by certain financial institutions and digital asset brokers from the US Treasury’s Green Book. Jon provides his thoughts on how he sees the new reporting obligations from the Infrastructure Bill playing out once they go into effect in 2023, as well as how the proposed reporting obligations could change things. In addition, they speak to recently proposed legislation under a bipartisan bill, the Lummis-Gillibrand Responsible Financial Innovation Act, which aims to correct certain aspects of the Infrastructure Bill. They wrap up the tax portion of the conversation with Jon’s thoughts on where he sees the crypto space going in the near term.
Continuing tradition, their conversation concludes with Mary Kate’s favorite nontax question – if there was a book you could read over again for the very first time, what would it be?
To stay up-to-date on the digital tax information you need to know for your business, subscribe to our Digital Taxation mailing list to receive updates from Digital Tax Bytes on a weekly basis.
With effect from June 28 2022, the Building Safety Act amends the limitation periods for certain types of claim, and introduces new rights of action with limitation periods that are much longer than those typically seen under construction contracts.
Construction Professional Support Lawyer Gemma Irving talks with Nick Pinder, Kate Hencken and Jennifer Hurley in our construction disputes team to find out what this means and how clients can respond to these changes.
Ask any senior business leader about their most important priorities and it’s likely that digitalization will be mentioned. Put simply, this means using new technology and data to cut costs, improve business processes or streamline customer experiences. The opportunities are great, but the risks are equally significant, and they need to be carefully managed to ensure that digitalization is a success.
For many respondents of our survey, the risk of litigious and product safety related action, is a real concern. Globally, the shift in the ownership and responsibility of product risk is significantly impacting all businesses involved in manufacturing and supplying physical products. 56% of respondents told us increasing complexity made it challenging to verify the safety of their digital tech. We call it the ‘digital safety gap’.
Partner James Hyde and Legal Director Peter Shervington discuss respondents’ views of the key risks around digitalization, their attitudes and approaches to resolving tech disputes, and tech product safety, now and in the future.
In our latest UK labor law podcast, we provide a news round-up and consider the impact of inflationary pressures on employee relations, including practical and legal insights for employers dealing with pay negotiations and other collective change.
Tom Black and Claire Carroll, both Partners in our Financial Services Disputes & Investigations team, discuss the Financial Conduct Authority's expectations for customer communications.
- how does the Consumer Duty differ from current expectations to deliver clear and fair communications?
- what will the FCA guidance look like in practice?
- what are the key elements financial services firms should be focusing on?
- top tips for testing and reviewing communications
Multi-Academy Trusts that operate academy schools in England often participate in multiple LGPS Pension Funds where their academy schools are located in different geographical areas across the country. In this Pensions Education Podcast, Sarah Franklin is joined by Cat Ellis and Alec Bennett to discuss the potential for Multi-Academy Trusts to consolidate their participation arrangements into one LGPS Pension Fund and the issues, benefits and potential challenges when doing so.
Ask any senior business leader about their most important priorities and its likely that digitalization will be mentioned. Put simply, this means using new technology and data to cut costs, improve business processes or streamline customer experiences. The opportunities are great, with expectations that businesses will spend $10trillion+ in the next five years, but the risks are equally significant, and they need to be carefully managed to ensure that digitalization is a success.
For companies focussing on the employment, labour and pensions related issues, our research showed 27% anticipate employee/skills shortages as a result of the organization’s use or provision of digital technologies. While 64% of businesses say that building trust with stakeholders - which includes employees - is a key focus for their digitalization strategy, only 45% of respondents carry out training to ensure that staff are implementing digital technologies responsibly.
Our report concluded that action in relation to ethics and corporate digital responsibility is insufficient as only 33% of respondents have implemented governance frameworks, including rules, practices or processes, which direct and shape employee and vendor behaviour and ensure compliance with applicable laws and internal policies.
Partner Hannah Wilkins and Principal Associate Jennifer Mann talk through some of the key Employment related findings and discuss key considerations which companies need to be aware of.
Welcome to our new podcast series “Conversations in Credit” where our Retail Finance team explores all legal and regulatory matters relating to consumer credit and mortgages. In episode one, Partner Joanne Owens and Senior Associate Rachael Browning focus on the Financial Services Consumer Panel’s position paper and research on how vulnerable customers choose and buy equity release products. They also discuss the Treasury’s Summary of Responses to the Access to Cash consultation and the FCA's publication regarding the regulator's new power to cancel or vary a firm’s permission without consent.
Julian Brown, a Partner in our financial services team, joins Claire Carroll to examine how each of the Consumer Duty outcomes will impact the asset management sector.
They discuss:
- what are the key challenges for asset managers?
- how does the Consumer Duty differ from existing regulations?
- what will be the impact on the distribution chain?
Technology Partner Craig Rogers joins Claire Carroll to talk about the effect of the Consumer Duty on outsourcing arrangements.
They discuss:
- practical considerations for firms in relation to existing and new outsourcing arrangements
- the timescales for implementation and advice on change management
- whether firms can treat intra-group arrangements differently from services provided by third parties
Ask any senior business leader about their most important priorities and its likely that digitalization will be mentioned. Put simply, this means using new technology and data to cut costs, improve business processes or streamline customer experiences. The opportunities are great, with expectations that businesses will spend $10trillion+ in the next five years, but the risks are equally significant, and they need to be carefully managed to ensure that digitalization is a success.
Eversheds Sutherland Partners Charlotte Walker-Osborn and Bill Dudzinsky talk with Thomas Sturge, Group Editor at Longitude, a Financial Times company, about the opportunities, risks and rewards of digitalization. They discuss why corporate digital responsibility is a phrase we will be hearing a lot more, as a term that is defining the commercial, legal, compliance, ethical, ESG, governance and oversight imperatives that companies need to consider when making decisions relating to technology and data.
In our latest pensions podcast, Gary Delderfield, Cat Ellis and Alec Bennett take a look at three areas of public sector pensions law: the employer flexibilities introduced for managing deficits in the LGPS, the Treasury’s New Fair Deal guidance in relation to outsourcing and rules for private sector contractors, and the recent proposals set out in the Government’s Levelling Up White Paper.
In this bite-size podcast from our immigration law team, we discuss the common issues for employers to consider when undertaking skilled worker applications.
In the first episode of our Buy Now, Pay later podcast series, our Retail Finance Partners Joanne Owens and Naomi Seward discuss the background to BNPL, the existing regulation of credit products and why the FCA and Treasury are recommending that these products are now caught under the UK’s FCA’s regulatory regime. They also explore the impact on lenders, merchants, and consumers alike and the key considerations going forward.
Paula Gaddum, a Partner in our Insurance & Reinsurance team, joins Claire Carroll to examine how the Consumer Duty will impact the insurance sector.
They discuss:
- how the Duty differs from existing regulations, including PROD 4
- the key challenges for insurance firms, including resourcing and distribution arrangements
- what do insurance firms need to be doing now?
In Episode 13, Annie Lam, Of Counsel in our Hong Kong office, joins Alex Smith to discuss the sustainable finance market in Hong Kong.
The episode covers:
- the history of the emergence of sustainable finance in Hong Kong
- trends in the Hong Kong sustainable finance market and surrounding jurisdictions
- who are the key players driving these developments?
In the third episode of Tax Sound Bytes, a podcast series from the Tax Practice Group covering issues affecting international and taxation of the digital economy, host and Eversheds Sutherland Associate Mary Kate Nicholson is joined by Partner Mary Monahan and Associate Daniel Strickland to dig into the recent Supreme Court decision in Boechler PC v. Commissioner.
They provide background on the case, which saw the court analyzing whether the 30-day filing requirement in section 6330(d)(1) is jurisdictional, as well as the IRS’ position and how they think Boechler PC v. Commissioner is going to affect tax litigation moving forward.
Continuing tradition, their conversation concludes with Mary Kate’s favorite nontax question – if there was a book you could read over again for the very first time, what would it be, and why?
To stay up-to-date on the digital tax information you need to know for your business, subscribe to our Digital Taxation mailing list to receive updates from Digital Tax Bytes on a weekly basis.
In our sixth episode in our Consumer Duty podcast series, Claire Carroll and Jo Owens, a Partner in our Retail Financial Services team, discuss how the Consumer Duty will impact motor finance. Find out about the impact on lenders and dealers in the distribution chain, tips on clear customer communications, and how the new requirements interact with the consumer credit regime.
In this episode of the Tax Talk, our global tax team (Ben Jones, Jens Binding, Ferielle Habili, Myrto Archontaki) focus on ATAD 3, its purpose, and the latest updates with regards to substance regulations across Germany, France and Luxembourg.
In this episode of The Tax Talk, our partner colleagues Simon Weppner and Lars Haverkamp discuss the recent clarifications by the German tax authorities on the application of the German license barrier rule on intra-group royalty payments, and the effect on multinational enterprises with subsidiaries in Germany.
Claire Carroll and Gareth Vowles, both Partners in our Financial Services Disputes & Investigations team, discuss how the Consumer Duty will impact disputes.
They cover:
- the Financial Conduct Authority’s decision not to grant a private right of action
- the likely impact of the Consumer Duty on other causes of action
- whether material created as a consequence of monitoring and governance requirements will be disclosable in civil litigation
In the second episode of Tax Sound Bytes, a new podcast series from the Tax Practice Group covering issues affecting the taxation of the digital economy, host and Eversheds Sutherland Associate Mary Kate Nicholson welcomes Associate Hasnain Valika for a discussion about foreign tax credits (FTCs).
During their conversation, they cover what exactly a FTC is, including its inclusion in specific tax codes, and how new regulations issued in December affect credibility of certain FTCs and interact with the OECD’s Pillar I and II proposals. In addition, they discuss how the FTC regime would be changed by the Build Back Better Act.
The conversation concludes with Mary Kate’s favorite nontax question – if there was a book you could read over again for the first time, what would it be, and why?
To stay up-to-date on the digital tax information you need to know for your business, subscribe to our Digital Taxation mailing list to receive updates from Digital Tax Bytes on a weekly basis.
Claire Carroll speaks with Simon Collins, Managing Director - Financial Services at Konexo, about how the Consumer Duty will impact the Senior Managers and Certification Regime (SM&CR) and individual accountability.
In this episode, they discuss:
- practical tips for Senior Managers on how to execute the requirements
- how firms with both retail and non-retail businesses should approach implementation
- what does 'reasonableness' mean in practice for Senior Managers?
Join Jennifer Miles and Helen Eastwood in our latest and final episode of the series as they discuss, Without Prejudice Privilege, what it is and how you can ensure you benefit from it.
Join Jennifer Miles and Helen Eastwood our latest episode of the series as they discuss Litigation privilege, what it is and how you can benefit from it.
Join Jennifer Miles and Helen Eastwood in our latest episode of the series as they discuss Legal Advice Privilege, what it protects and provide some useful tips on how to maintain it!
Join Jennifer Miles and Helen Eastwood in episode 1 of our latest series as they discuss Legal Privilege including an introduction of what it is and what you need to know about it should you become involved in a dispute, from a UK law perspective. We want you to better understand how Legal Privilege may impact on any dispute you are handling and how you can use it to your advantage.
In the last of our DC podcast series, Michael Jones, Amanda Small and Amanda Cooke discuss master trust onboarding from the view point of the transferring trustees, employers, providers and the receiving master Trust trustees. They share their experiences advising the different parties and in particular the roles each party plays in the process and managing competing interests.
In the second of our DC podcast 3-part series, Michael Jones, Amanda Small and Amanda Cooke discuss the topical issue of value for members. They explore what value for members actually means and the shift over the last few years in the way value is assessed with trustees looking to move away from cost and charges towards developing a more holistic framework.
In the first of our DC podcast 3-part series, Michael Jones, Amanda Small and Amanda Cooke discuss the evolving nature of DC governance and why good governance is important. They consider the ways it has evolved over the last five years and share their thoughts on how it will continue to do so as schemes become more commercial and professionalized.
Tax Sound Bytes is a new a podcast series from the Eversheds Sutherland Tax Practice Group, covering issues affecting the taxation of the digital economy.
In the first episode, host and Eversheds Sutherland Associate Mary Kate Nicholson interviews Partner Randy Buchanan, and together they delve into President Biden’s Fiscal Year 2023 Budget and the US Treasury’s Green Book. Randy and Mary Kate examine features of the Budget and Green Book, with key emphasis on the international provisions, as well as how the proposals intersect with the Build Back Better Act and the OECD’s Pillar I and II global agreement.
To stay up-to-date on the digital tax information you need to know for your business, subscribe to our Digital Taxation mailing list to receive updates from Digital Tax Bytes on a weekly basis.
Claire Carroll is joined by Ian Stott, Head of Financial Services at Konexo, to discuss the monitoring, data and MI reporting requirements set by the Consumer Duty.
In this episode, they cover:
- what should firms be doing now to prepare for implementation?
- the role of data in effective programme planning and management
- how to establish a programme plan
In this episode, Claire Carroll speaks with Naomi Seward, Partner and Head of Retail Finance, about how the Consumer Duty will impact products and services. They discuss:
- where organizations should start with their change programme
- the scale of products and services change required
- top tips for implementation
In episode 12, Marc Finer, Director in the Debt Finance team and Sustainable Finance lead at KPMG, Ian Tetsill, Head of Debt Finance Strategy at Eversheds Sutherland, and Alex Smith discuss approaches to supporting the sustainability journey.
The episode covers:
- how to effectively assess and address ESG issues within your business
- setting sustainability goals and frameworks
- the sustainability strategies and drivers impacting lenders and borrowers
Following recent World events, and the Chancellor’s Spring Statement last week, in our latest pensions podcast, David Gray, Charlotte Cartwright and Rosamund Wood explore what is on the horizon for restructurings and insolvencies, and what are the pensions options if a scheme’s sponsor is in distress.
In episode 11, Chris Williams, Partner in our Banking & Finance team, speaks with Alex Smith about the guidance on reporting requirements for green, social and sustainability-linked loans issued by the joint working group of the Loan Market Association (LMA), Loan Syndications & Trading Association (LSTA) and Asia Pacific Loan Market Association (APLMA).
The episode covers:
- an overview of the sustainable finance products and reporting requirements covered in the guidance
- the impact on such sustainable finance transactions
- points parties should consider
In the first episode of this new series, Claire Carroll talks with Gareth Vowles, both Partners in our Financial Services Disputes and Investigations team, about the new Consumer Duty. In this episode they explore:
- what is the new Consumer Duty and how does it differ from current regulation?
- what retail financial services firms need to think about next
- why is the Consumer Duty causing such consternation in the industry?
Piaras Power, head of Banking and Finance in our Dublin office talks about the role of the sustainability coordinator on sustainability-linked transactions with Robert King, Head of Sustainability, and Olivia Le Hunte, Associate Director in the Sustainable Finance team, both at HSBC.
In our latest pensions podcast, Emma King, Charlotte Cartwright, Freya Stuart and Daniel Jackson discuss the new transfer regulations that have resulted in a change to the way transfers are processed and how the risk has been transferred onto trustee boards.
In this short immigration podcast, Audrey Elliott, Simon Kenny and Corrine Bentham discuss issues raised in a recent Business Visitor Masterclass at Eversheds Sutherland and offer suggestions about how to manage travel across the European Economic Area.
Head of Infrastructure at Eversheds Sutherland, Mark Dennison, speaks with Arash Mojabi, UK Sustainable Finance Lead within Infrastructure at ING, about the place of infrastructure finance in the transition to net zero and the adaptation of finance products to tackle climate change.
Join our European Financial Services team as they discuss typical issues for UK firms providing cross-border services in the EU post-Brexit using examples from France, the Netherlands and Ireland.
Ahead of Tuesday's Supreme Court appeal, Thekla Fellas and Karen Mitchell provide a summary of three key cases: Cornerstone v Compton Beauchamp, Arqiva v AP Wireless, and Cornerstone v Ashloch and other.
Naomi Seward is joined by Lloyd Cochrane from Natwest and Emma Harvey from the Green Finance Institute to discuss green finance in the retail banking and consumer finance sector.
In our latest 13 minute pensions podcast, our host, François Barker, channels his inner Scrooge. Will visits from the spirits of pensions past, present and yet to come convince François to change his ways? You'll have to listen to find out...
We hope this podcast provides a useful review of recent and current challenges, and a look forward to the demands of the year ahead. In accordance with tradition, we also supply some musical accompaniment to brighten your day.
As part of the latest materials in our Evolution of Work series, Elizabeth Graves and Geraldine Ahern at Eversheds Sutherland discuss the UAE’s eagerly-awaited new Labour Law and the implications for employers in this 18 minute podcast.
In the next in our series of sustainable finance podcasts Paul Pugh, Corporate Partner and co-lead of Financial Services M&A is joined by Alison Collins, Director Head of ESG programme and Chair of ESH Committee at Pollen Street Capital to discuss private capital through the sustainability lens.
Join Elizabeth Graves - Global Co-Head Health & Life Science and Louise Bland (Corporate Claims) as they ask: Can there be any civil liability on the part of care homes for covid deaths or illness of residents or carers? What can organizations do to help protect against the risk these claims? What can care providers do to protect against the risk of stress claims in the meantime?
The information we have provided is accurate as at November 29, 2021. The information in this podcast is for guidance purposes only and should not be regarded as a substitute for taking legal advice.
Join Elizabeth Graves - Global Co-Head Health & Life Science, Sasha Willmott (Employment) and Ellie Brown (Employment) as they discuss employment risks regarding the current situation on mandatory vaccinations in care homes and all front line NHS staff, how should employers deal with staff who refuse to be vaccinate , and what steps should employers be taking now in relation to the new Regulations. The information we have provided is accurate as at November 29, 2021. The information in this podcast is for guidance purposes only and should not be regarded as a substitute for taking legal advice.
In the next in our series of sustainable finance podcasts we are joined by Ruby Fowler at Joules PLC and Jim Quantrill and Marco DeBenedictis at Barclays Corporate Banking to discuss their experience with ESG linked finance arrangements
In our quarterly podcast we consider the UK Supreme Court judgment in Kostal Ltd v Dunkley, a significant decision concerning collective bargaining with trade unions and, in particular, how employers can lawfully respond to an impasse with unions when negotiating changes to pay and other terms.
In the next in our series of podcasts, Jonathan Malim and Herbert Short continue their discussion on the role of Debt Capital Markets within the move to sustainable finance
In the next in our series of Sustainable Finance podcasts, Jonathan Malim and Herbert Short discuss the role of Debt Capital Markets within the move to sustainable finance.
In the latest of our series of Sustainable Finance podcasts, we continue our discussion on why sustainable credit is good credit.
In this episode of our Sustainable Finance podcast, we explore sustainable finance in conversation with Coralie De Maesschalck - Head of ESG, Kartesia and Thomas Freund - Partner, Germany, Eversheds Sutherland and discuss the appeal of ESG within leveraged finance, unique concerns of the leveraged market with ESG,developments we would like to see in the market and how the private debt industry’s ESG agenda will evolve over the next 3 years
In this short ESG podcast, Thomas Player, Kelly Holmes and Lee O’Connell discuss the approach to human rights due diligence both in own organizations and supply and value chains, including consideration of appropriate contractual provisions with suppliers and the practical measures that can be taken in relation to risk assessment measures for suppliers, including responding to potential human rights violations.
As cannabis-derived products are becoming more and more popular in Europe, in many countries it remains unclear, what types of goods and under what circumstances may actually be marketed. In Germany a decision of the German Federal Court of Justice in from 2021 has opened the market to cannabis-derived products. In Poland, however, there is no similar, local ruling that would directly affect the situation of manufacturers and sellers: the basis for marketing of cannabis-derived products are general EU rules.
In this podcast Magdalena Kotyrba-Hagenmaier (Senior Associate, IP, Health and Life Sciences, Germany) and Jowita Prokop (Associate, Commercial, Life Sciences and Regulatory, Poland) discuss the legal status of cannabis-derived products in Germany and Poland.
They will tell you about: Cosmetics, foods, medicines. What types of cannabis-derived products may be marketed in Poland and Germany? THC levels and type of hemp in marketed products, What is the criminal law perspective? and what are novel foods?
In our latest pensions podcast, Sarah Swift, Michael Jones and Freya Stuart give a flavour of CDC, how it will work, and why it’s an important development for pensions.
The third podcast in the series focuses on the obligations on trustees in relation to investment monitoring and stewardship and considers whether current market practices are aligned with the Regulator’s new expectations.
The second podcast in the series highlights the Regulator’s expectations on trustees when it comes to investment governance, investment decision making and some of the new requirements for documentation, training and advice.
The first podcast in the series looks at the background to the Single Code of Practice and the new obligations on trustees in relation to climate change and the sorts of steps trustees might wish to consider.
What is COP26? Phil Spyropoulos, Partner in the Financial Services team at Eversheds Sutherland, looks at the upcoming UK hosted UN Climate Summit (COP26) and provides background as to what it is, why it’s important, and what developments might arise from the conference taking place in Glasgow from October 31 - November 12, 2021.
In this short podcast, Celine Wauters and Isabelle Gerzat discuss how the return to work in Belgium will be affected by Covid-19 and answer important questions regarding this topic.
In this short podcast, Thomas Player, Tamsin Wallace, Carlo van Haasteren and Bernd Pirpamer discuss the move from voluntary to mandatory human rights due diligence legislation in the European Union, Germany and The Netherlands, along with the UK’s Modern Slavery Act, and the implications for global labor practices if businesses fail to address human rights issues in the supply chain.
Listen to our first episode as host Susan Lafferty is joined by David McCullough and Alex Holtan to provide insight in the US carbon markets — deciphering what they are and how to get involved.
Listen to the latest podcast in our Hydrogen series. In this episode, we sit down with Keith Mcgrane of Corre Energy to discuss some of the key issues in developing grid-scale hydrogen-based renewable energy storage projects.
In our latest 13-minute podcast, Mark Latimour, Simon Daniel and Ros Wood discuss some of the trickier issues that Trustees should be aware of ahead of looking at pensions risk-transfer.
In this short podcast, partners Audrey Elliott and Jessie Uppal discuss the impact of Brexit on right to right to work processes and the changes brought about for employers in relation to the employment of EU and non-EU nationals.
As part of the latest materials in our Evolution of Work series, Elizabeth Graves and Antonio Santini at Eversheds Sutherland discuss the recent developments in Italy in relation to the use of “green passes” and the implications for employers in this 13 minute podcast.
In this webcast, the presenters discuss the latest procedural guidance released by the IRS to assist taxpayers in considering and implementing the Final Regulations under Sections 451(b) and (c). Released amidst the flurry of filing season, Rev. Proc. 2021-34 provides taxpayers with ample opportunity not only to comply with the Final Regulations in 2021, but also early adopt them on their 2020 returns. This webinar provides not only an overview of the guidance and its various procedural nuances, but also best practices to ensure taxpayers, whether early adopting in 2020 or considering their 2021 returns, fully consider and evaluate the implications of the newly-provided method changes.
In a world and state already riddled with uncertainty, California holds a recall election. Through it all, however, taxes remain a constant. Join us for a look at what 2021 hath wrought thus far in California tax legislation, administration and litigation.
In the first in our series of podcasts, Alex Smith, Senior Associate at Eversheds Sutherland is joined by Emma Harvey, Programme Director at the Green Finance Institute and Ian Tetsill, Global Head of Debt Finance Strategy at Eversheds Sutherland to discuss why sustainable credit is good credit.
Mainland China recently introduced two brand new pieces of data protection laws, which will have a profound impact on how organisations should process Mainland Chinese residents’ data. Join Philip Chow and Kenny Tam from our Asia Technology and Data Privacy Team in this inaugural episode of our “Road to Compliance: China’s new data privacy regime” podcast series where we unpack the new laws.
This UK labor law podcast provides an update on new and emerging matters, followed by a look at staff shortages, recruitment and retention issues across multiple industries and what this means for organised labor, employees and worker engagement.
Read our latest UK labor law update
This webcast will discuss state tax department responses to marketplace issues from Bloomberg Tax’s 2021 Survey of the States. As part of this survey, Bloomberg Tax sent detailed questionnaires to the 47 jurisdictions that impose a sales and use tax. The questions addressed a broad range of policy topics, including numerous questions regarding the administration of marketplace facilitator law.
Areas responded to by the states that are addressed during the webcast include:
- Marketplace facilitator tax collection requirements
- Options for marketplace sellers to retain tax collection functions
- Sourcing for different types of marketplace facilitators
- Rules for payment processors and advertisers
- Reporting obligations for marketplace facilitators and sellers
In Poland, electronic delivery service is something completely new. It was introduced on July 3, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In Germany, on the other hand, the possibility to deliver court documents online existed already in 2004.
There are some similarities in the functioning of electronic delivery in Poland and Germany, but also many differences.
In this podcast, Agnieszka Feind (Associate, Dispute Resolution, Germany) and Michał Miąskiewicz (Senior Associate, Dispute Resolution, Poland) discuss: How does electronic delivery work in both countries? Can other parties to the proceedings send documents via the systems used? When is the letter considered delivered? What are the advantages and disadvantages of electronic delivery?
In our latest 13 minute pensions podcast, François Barker, Charmian Johnson and Helen Tabiner discuss the key deadlines for trustees and sponsors over the next two terms and beyond.
Join Gayle McFarlane as she discusses the recent publication of the ICO consultation on the future of international transfers of personal data from the UK, which is asking for responses by October 8, 2021.
Listen as Maciej Jóźwiak (Partner heading our Dispute Resolution team in Poland) and Stefan Saerbeck (Principal Associate on the Dispute Resolution team in Germany) discuss further aspects of negotiations that may be crucial to those doing business in Poland and Germany.
If you conduct or expect to conduct negotiations with Polish or German entities, the answer to these questions may be of your interest: If I conclude a contract under the pressure of unlawful threats or deception, can I evade its effects? Do the benefits and obligations in the contract have to be equal? What about exploiting other party’s weaker position?
François Barker introduces this 13 minute pensions podcast, as Stuart Earle, Laura Brook and Andy Wright discuss pensions dashboards: what do we already know, what’s coming next and what should trustees should be doing now?
Self-testing has become popular in the last months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Self-tests for laymen are intended to be used by everyone, also those without any medical education, in order to detect an infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, not many know that such tests constitute a very specific kind of products and as such are subject to respective legal requirements.
In this podcast, Magdalena Kotyrba-Hagenmaier (Principal Associate, IP, Health and Life Sciences, Germany) and Martyna Gałdecka (Associate, Commercial, Poland) discuss Covid-19 Self-tests for laymen in Poland and Germany. They will cover:
- Are self-tests considered medical devices and need to be registered?
- Is the emergency approval procedure implemented in both countries?
- Do such tests need to be specifically labelled?
The Legal Project Management Team are pleased to share with you their new podcast series looking at a range of topics at the forefront of litigation technology and legal project management. In this episode we will focus on the role of Costs Lawyers Legal Project Management (LPM) sphere of Litigation.
This second session provides an in-depth evaluation of income recognition with the panelists walking through the historical evolution of the All Events Test and income recognition methodologies. In light of the recent changes to Section 451(b) and 451(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, this session provides a timely overview of the new statutory provisions, as well as their accompanying final regulations. The panelists evaluate the implications of Section 451(b)’s new AFS Income Inclusion rule to your business, as well as opportunities for income deferral under the new Section 451(c).
Following Property Tax 101, this training continues with an overview of property tax, specifically on the valuation of property and assets.
To kick off our four-part series, the speakers review the significance of accounting methods, evaluate what is and what is not an accounting method, and walk through the variety of ways to change an accounting method. This panel also discusses the substantive and procedural considerations to evaluate when determining whether and how to file a change in accounting method, as well as the implications of a change in accounting method. The panelists also provide a primer on accounting periods and changes in accounting periods.
Virtual hearings are a solution which has been implemented or developed in numerous countries due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There have been some revolutionary changes in this scope now, especially in Poland, where they became a new standard. Also in Germany, however implemented some time ago, they became much more popular.
In this podcast, Agnieszka Feind (Associate, Dispute Resolution, Germany) and Michał Miąskiewicz (Senior Associate, Dispute Resolution, Poland) discuss the topic and share their experiences in this scope. They will talk about:
- Why some of the courts resign from holding the hearings online?
- Are such hearings suitable for all types of cases?
- Main problems – is it just about the technical issues?
- Advantages of virtual hearings – are they the future of justice?
In this episode of our global directors’ duties podcast series, Michael Yau provides an overview on Directors’ Duties in Asia.
Free movement is over, and EEA citizens applying for roles in the UK will now need to demonstrate their immigration status. In this podcast, principal associates Simon Kenny and Emily Hasted discuss major issues and actions for HR teams to consider.
For further information, contact hrpgmarketing@eversheds-sutherland.com
In this episode of our global directors’ duties podcast series, Oliver Beldi and Natalie Schwager provide an overview on directors duties in Switzerland.
In Episode 4, Rhys McWhirter is joined by Charlotte Walker-Osborn and Mary Jane Wilson-Bilik to discuss how artificial intelligence is impacting our financial services clients across Asia, Europe and the US. They also talk about a topic that dominated news headlines around the world last year - the 2020 US Presidential election. Listen to find out how the new Biden administration is driving regulatory change in the technology sector, and the effect it is having on US-China relations.
If you missed our webinar on the global rise of SPACs and the opportunities they bring to private companies, the recording is now available to listen on demand
As economies open up and begin their road to recovery, what Brexit issues may come to light, which have previously been hidden by the pandemic?
A case study comparing 3 EU countries:
A British company considers to move the assembly of batteries for electric vehicles to the continent. The company considers three countries: Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands. Are there any restrictions or positive elements in their choice?
Speakers:
Wijnand Blom, Netherlands
Eric Bergamin, Netherlands
Rolf Kowanz, Germany
Laetitia Nagels, Belgium
François Barker introduces this 13 minute pensions podcast, as Emma King, Tom Player and Alex Lane discuss what the future holds for auto-enrolment, particularly in light of recent case law regarding modern working practices.
In this episode of our global directors’ duties podcast series, Pim van Leersum and Elmer Veenman discuss Directors’ Duties in the Netherlands.
The ES Locate team, part of our greater Litigation Technology and Legal Project Management Team, are pleased to share with you their new podcast series looking at a range of topics at the forefront of litigation technology and legal project management. In this episode we will focus on integrity behind data collections and what this means. We discuss the intricacies of different data collections methodologies available to us, their advantages and pitfalls and how to best balance proportionality, defensibility and costs.
This UK labor law podcast provides an update on new and emerging matters, followed by a look at two significant labor relations issues: how an employer’s Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) commitments interact with worker voice, and the Acas report on ‘fire and re-hire’ and what it means for employers.
In this episode of our global directors’ duties podcast series, Kamil Ciodyk and Michał Miąskiewicz discuss Directors’ Duties in Poland
Our global restructuring team hosted a webinar alongside the Global Restructuring Review – ‘Managing cross-border restructurings in a post-Brexit world – how different will things be?’. Simon Waller, Alex Rogan, Aurélien Loric, Dr. Christian Hilpert and Pim van Leersum, were joined by the Editor of the GRR to discuss managing cross-border restructurings in a post-Brexit world
In the latest episode of our Hydrogen podcast series, we sit down with Dr. Sam French from Johnson Matthey as we discuss the trajectory of the hydrogen market and the issues associated with developing the supply chains for the hydrogen economy and Johnson Matthey's experience as both components and systems supplier for hydrogen production technologies and fuel cells.
The key to navigating the volatility and uncertainty in privacy and cybersecurity is to develop and main a proactive, agile and holistic data strategy – not just react when new court rulings, regulations or a data breach hit.
Our privacy and cyber lawyers address the emerging US privacy regulations and how to achieve compliance across multiple US and global jurisdictions. Effective tips and strategies are discussed, including how to generate unified sets of policies, how to adopt revolutionary technologies like AI and biometrics, how to marry up employment law with privacy law, how to mitigate regulatory and class action risk, and how to balance enterprise needs and the rules governing the “sale” of data and the treatment of “sensitive” personal information.
Specific US privacy laws addressed include:
- The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed in November 2020, which significantly amends the CCPA. When it goes into effect in 2023, the CPRA will further strengthen the rights of California residents and tighten regulations on use, retention and sharing of personal information. It also expands the private right of action and sets up a new enforcement agency, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA).
- Recent passage of the Virginia Consumer Privacy Act.
- Other states where privacy laws are under consideration – Alabama, Arizona, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, and Oklahoma.
In addition, this webinar examines key global privacy trends.
The ES Locate team, part of our greater Litigation Technology and Legal Project Management Team, are pleased to share with you their new podcast series looking at a range of topics at the forefront of litigation technology and legal project management. In this episode we will focus on the challenges around foreign language documents and translations, what our in-house technology can offer around those and how to promote a more efficient review of foreign language documents.
In this third session, our expert panel discusses and evaluates a selection of emerging technologies and the role they may play in the global energy transition. Our panelists also share their views from across industry, tech and law.
One month since President Biden’s release of The Made in America Tax Plan, and the initial Congressional responses to the Plan, there has been significant political jockeying between the Biden Administration and Congressional leadership. Proposals and counterproposals have been made, bipartisan meetings have occurred, Congressional hearings ongoing, and the legislative environment remains fluid. As a sequel to our April webinar, this conversation provides a political and legislative update to the Plan and its significant federal tax provisions, a forecast of what to expect as we lean into the summer, and a number of tax planning ideas to consider in response to the pending future legislation.
On April 29, the UK Government’s long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill received Royal Assent. In this podcast we discuss the new regime and how the Act will enable the UK government to scrutinise and intervene in acquisitions and investments from international businesses to protect national security in the UK.
Pensions unscripted: François Barker introduces our latest 13 minute podcast, as Mark Latimour, Simon Daniel and Amanda Small discuss five pension investment issues to keep in mind in addition to the new TCFD governance and reporting obligations.
Poland is currently planning to implement the ECN+ directive to provisions of the competition act – however, also other provisions are planned to be adopted. In Germany the laws are changing dynamically too: on January 19, 2021, new German antitrust rules entered into force.
In this podcast Fabrice Witzke (Principal Associate, Antitrust Law, Germany) and Dariusz Aziewicz (Senior Associate, Competition Law, Poland) share important information concerning new antitrust risks in both countries and answer, among others, the following questions:
May the whole capital group be liable in case one of its companies breaches competition law?
Can effective compliance programs lead to a reduced fine imposed by the German Federal Cartel Office?
What are the new merger control thresholds in Germany?
Hosted by Meriam Nazih Al-Rashid, Eversheds Sutherland Partner and Global Co-Chair of International Arbitration, in our inaugural episode we are joined by Cherie Blair CBE QC, Founder of the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women to discuss diversity and inclusion, and specifically, gender parity vs gender equality.
Failure to project manage effectively can cause many problems and lead to important deadlines being missed. In this podcast Amanda Partland is joined by Niki Evans, Wyn Jones and Oliver Beldi to talk about some of the top tips for effective project management – and how to get it right!
In this episode of our global directors’ duties podcast series, Enda Cullivan and Norman Fitzgerald discuss Directors’ Duties in Ireland
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, different European countries have dealt with the rebalancing of contracts in a very different way.
In which real estate areas rebalancing has been most needed and why? Is the possibility of requesting rebalancing by tenants based on any specific regulations? Have the tenants 'and owners' approach to negotiations evolved in the past 15 months? And in the Courts?
If you want to know how the Rebus Sic Stantibus clause has been applied in the Netherlands and Spain, listen to our podcast now!
The cultural and legal differences between two countries, as well as failure to acknowledge them, may be the source of some serious troubles. Maciej Jóźwiak (Partner heading our Dispute Resolution team in Poland) and Stefan Saerbeck (Principal Associate in our Dispute Resolution team in Germany) discuss a series of issues crucial to those who do business in Poland and Germany.
In this episode of our global directors’ duties podcast series, Stacey Kern and Doug Leary discuss Directors’ Fiduciary Duties in the US
Join James Barrett, Senior Legal Project Manager joined alongside Legal Project Management Coordinators Sarah Murray and Khrystyna Chelak as they discuss Legal Project Management. This 3 episode series explores what is Legal Project Management and the approach the firm takes towards it followed by a discussion around the tools and terminology around it
In the second episode of our global directors’ duties podcast series, Dr. Christian Hilpert and Dr Anne Riewe discuss the directors duties in Germany in the phase where a legal entity is in distress and exposed to the risk of insolvency.
Pensions unscripted: in this 13 minute podcast, François Barker is joined by Stuart Earle and Vanessa Wells to discuss the Pensions Regulator’s vision for its proposed super-code of practice, consolidating all its codes into one 149-page composite document.
In this episode, we speak to Damien Hawke, Director of Future Networks, Safety and Network Strategy at Cadent where we discuss some of the technical, operational, and safety issues that need to be taken into consideration when blending hydrogen into the gas grid.