The Linklaters Podcast

Episode 5: The Most Important Issues in Business Crime podcast series In our fifth episode, US DR partner Doug Davison is joined by guests Rachel Metcalf and James Bowen to discuss the UK’s recently published Economic Crime Bill and its aim to crack down on economic crime and improve transparency over corporate entities. They also discuss the important developments for corporations, boards and exe...

Episode 6 – China Fay Zhou and Arthur Peng discuss with Marcus Pollard about the key amendments made to China’s 14-year-old anti-monopoly law. Zooming into merger control, anti-competitive agreements, and penalties, our experts share their insights into the rationale and implications of the revisions, such as the introductions of a “stop-the-clock” mechanism for merger review, a safe harbour for v...

In episode four, capital markets managing associate, Sergey Shiposha, speaks to Dr. Sumaya Yusuf Hasan, Chairperson of Natural Resources & Environment department at the Arabian Gulf University to discuss the challenges in waste management in the GCC and how is the region imposing initiatives to address these issues.

Episode 5 – Australia Felicity McMahon and Rosannah Healy, from our integrated alliance partner Allens, joins Marcus Pollard in discussing how the competition landscape in Australia has already shifted under the new government as it ramps up its efforts to enhance enforcement of competition and consumer laws. Our experts share the significant changes they anticipate to see, including on the countr...

Episode 9: The FCA’s Consumer Duty In this podcast episode we work through case studies illustrating Consumer Duty scoping for asset managers.  We discuss discretionary management on a delegated basis, pensions schemes, and investment trusts.  This episode complements our November webinar on Consumer Duty scoping and setting up implementation for success. This episode features Duncan Campbell (sen...

Episode 8: The FCA’s Consumer Duty In this podcast episode we work through case studies illustrating Consumer Duty scoping for wholesale firms.  We discuss the implications of the definition of "retail customer" and opting up, where you might rely on the relevant exemptions including ECM, DCM and retail structured products, and being in a "distribution chain" and consequences for custody services....

In episode three, energy & infrastructure managing associate, Leila Amos, speaks to Abdulrahman Bajammal, senior manager for portfolio asset management at Vision Invest to discuss how they have integrated ESG in their portfolio asset management and the wealth of opportunities in the infrastructure and public-private partnerships space in Saudi Arabia and the wider Gulf Cooperation Council.

Episode 7: R&I Soundbites In this seventh episode of our R&I soundbites series, our partner Nicholas Le Masurier and counsel Paul Sidle discuss the use of Holdco PIK (payment-in-kind) as a recent trend in restructurings. Nick and Paul provide an overview of the key features of Holdco PIK, explain why there has been an increase in its use, and consider the issues and risks associated with this inst...

In episode two, corporate partner, Waleed Rasromani, speaks to Habib Abdur-Rahman, Head of ESG at Investcorp, to take a closer look at the opportunities for investors and the private sector to embed ESG in their day-to-day business operations, and the development of new technologies that will help the transition to net zero.

Episode 6: R&I Soundbites In this sixth episode of our latest R&I soundbites series, our partner Juliana Leite de Barros and counsel Paul Sidle take a look at Nostrum Oil & Gas PLC's scheme of arrangement and consider the impact that sanctions have on restructurings

Episode 4 – Thailand Conversations on ASEAN continue in this episode, where Marcus Pollard joins our Bangkok team, Sutthipong Koohasaneh and Sonya Kalnin to share their views on the enforcement focus of the Trade Competition Commission of Thailand – zooming into issues in the digital economy and updates on Thai merger control regime. Our experts on the ground share their insights on some distincti...

Episode 5: R&I Soundbites In this fifth episode of our latest R&I soundbites series, our managing associate Sara Arriaza and counsel Paul Sidle discuss the restructuring of Spanish steelmaker Celsa and how it will test the recent legislative changes to Spanish insolvency law, which transpose the European Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks.  

In this episode, Dubai energy & infrastructure managing associate, Deepika Sriram, speaks to Ibrahim Al-Zu’bi, Chief Sustainability Officer at Majid al Futtaim, Vice Chair of the United Nations Global Compact Network UAE and author of ‘How To Net Positive’, to discuss the evolution of ESG in a post covid-19 era and share strategies on how to embed ESG principles in corporate policies to generate l...

Episode 4: R&I Soundbites In our latest R&I soundbites series, we will explore a range of topics and case studies that are front of mind in the restructuring market. In this first episode, our partner Damien Gomez and counsel Paul Sidle discuss the restructuring of Hong Kong Airlines, which involves a parallel Hong Kong scheme of arrangement and a UK Part 26A restructuring plan. They delve into po...

Episode 4: The Most Important Issues in Business Crime podcast series In our fourth episode, Doug Davison ,  Richard Smith ,  Alison Saunders  and  Adam Lurie examine the recently announced initiatives by the US Department of Justice to crack down on corporate crime. We have also published a client note on this development, available here.

Episode 26: Payments Monthly The FCA has finalised its plans for a new Consumer Duty. Harry Eddis, Olivia Murphy and Simon Treacy highlight what’s changed since the draft rules and other points of interest for payment and e-money institutions. In their discussion, they consider scoping issues including through the lens of some specific e-money and payments scenarios, as well as touching on impleme...

In this episode, Linh Bui from Allens’ Ho Chi Minh City office and Yolanda Hutapea from our formal association firm in Indonesia, Widyawan & Partners, joins Kathleen Gooi in bringing you an overview of the antitrust developments in the ASEAN region. Zooming into Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, our experts share their insights into the common themes antitrust regulators are actively loo...

Episode 8: The Linklaters Ideas Foundry Ben White and Ian Rodwell Many of us wistfully speculate about trying something completely new.  Could we/should we forsake the day job to follow our passions and enthusiasms? Well, Ben White is someone who did exactly that. With a whole drawerful of ideas and business plans, he stepped away from the roles of private practice lawyer and then in-house counsel...

In this episode, Sonam Mathur from TT&A shares with Marcus Pollard India’s recent antitrust trends and CCI’s strong enforcement focus in the digital sector which goes beyond big tech’s behavioural conduct and increasingly targets their use of consumer data. Our experts share their insights into the Competition Amendment Bill and how it will substantially modernise India’s competition law regime. T...

10 years after the adoption of the Competition Ordinance, we are witnessing an unprecedented surge of enforcement efforts by the Hong Kong Competition Commission. In this episode, our dispute resolution partner Andrew Chung joins Marcus Pollard and Kathleen Gooi to discuss the latest enforcement trends in Hong Kong and what they expect to come next. Our experts share their views on the most recent...

Episode 3: R&I Soundbites In this podcast, our Paris-based Partner Carole Nerguararian and Associate Etienne Lupuyo provide a comprehensive overview of the recent legislative changes to French insolvency law, which transpose the European Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks. They discuss what these changes mean to different stakeholders and the key points to consider.

Episode 3: Latin America Developments In our third episode, US Dispute Resolution Partner Doug Davison is joined by guest Geert Aalbers , Partner at Control Risks – a global specialist risk consultancy – to discuss the current business crime environment in Latin America.

Episode 7: The FCA’s Consumer Duty The FCA has now published its final rules implementing a new Consumer Duty. In this podcast episode we highlight key changes from the draft rules and begin to explore what the implementation journey will look like across the spectrum of firms subject to the Duty. This episode features Sara Cody (counsel) and Duncan Campbell (senior associate) from Linklaters’ Fin...

Episode 13: Human rights disclosures and the link with due diligence In this podcast, James Marlow and Wahdana Bilal discuss due diligence in the context of human rights disclosures and the link between the two.

Episode 12: Human rights disclosures In this podcast, Sarah Martin and James Marlow discuss human rights disclosures and why there are different to other types of ESG disclosures.