The Linklaters Podcast

Episode 5: Tranche Up In the fifth episode of Tranche Up, we welcome David Saunders from the Santander Corporate & Investment Banking to the podcast. Join us to hear about the proposed implementation of the Basel IV output floor and its impact on SRT transactions. To listen to the full series, visit our Tranche Up webpage .

Episode 1: US and UK Developments Doug Davison, Richard Smith, Alison Saunders and Adam Lurie identify the most important issues in business crime enforcement in the US and the UK at the moment.

Episode 4: Visionary Voices In episode four, Brooke Lindsay, acting general counsel at e& (formerly known as Etisalat), speaks about championing women in the workplace. Brooke talks to corporate managing associate Claire Neil, through her journey of challenging gender bias and creating diverse teams, and shares her perspective on whether women can “have it all” in both their professional and perso...

Episode 24: Payments Monthly  Before you can start a regulated business, you need a licence. Jean Price, Olivia Murphy and Simon Treacy talk us through this first step in the life of a payments firm: applying to the FCA for authorisation.

Episode 11: Non-financial misconduct and whistleblowing In this podcast episode we discuss the FCA’s evolving use of its powers to require firms to pay redress to customers. This episode features Alison Wilson, Linklaters’ Global Head of Dispute Resolution and a member of our contentious regulatory partner team in London and Sara Cody, counsel in Linklaters’ Financial Regulation practice.

Episode 3: Visionary Voices In episode three, we hear from another successful woman, Afshan Akhtar. She is a chief legal counsel at Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco), and a passionate advocate to bring wider societal change in her #BreakingTheBias journey. Afshan shares how she encountered age and gender bias and how she overcame them by strengthening relationships. She also emphasises the importa...

Episode 4: Tranche Up Speakers:  Leanne Banfield ,  Ruhi Patil  and Alessandro Garelli In the fourth episode of Tranche Up, Leanne Banfield and Ruhi Patil welcome Alessandro Garelli from the European Investment Fund (EIF) to the podcast. Join us to hear about the EIF’s mission and what makes the EIF a big player in the synthetic securitisations space. To listen to the full series, visit our Tranch...

Episode 3: The Linklaters Ideas Foundry Dr Sharon Varney and Ian Rodwell We often say we live in a ‘complex’ world. But what does that really mean — and how can an understanding of the intriguing world of complexity theory help you lead and perform in a world where change is the only constant? In this episode with Dr Sharon Varney (author of Leadership in complexity and change), we unpack what com...

Episode 2A: Visionary Voices In part two of  episode two, energy and infrastructure associate Deepika Sriram continues her conversation with Swati Mandava, senior vice president of legal and regulatory at Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Swati encourages women to put themselves first and advocates for limited gendered language to achieve an inclusive workplace.

Episode 23: Payments Monthly The FCA’s interpretation of e-money safeguarding rules has been dismissed by the courts. Harry Eddis, Frances Hodgkins and Simon Treacy consider what the ipagoo decision means for payments firms.

Episode 2 - Part 1: Visionary Voices In part one of the second episode, energy and infrastructure associate Deepika Sriram speaks to Swati Mandava, senior vice president of legal and regulatory at Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Swati shares her experience of working in different jurisdictions, as well as reflects on how specific character traits of women are perceived differently to men and a co...

Episode 3: Tranche Up Speakers: Leanne Banfield , Ruhi Patil , Olivier Renault In the third episode of Tranche Up, we welcome Olivier Renault from Pemberton Asset Management to the podcast. Join us to hear about Olivier’s new role, his take on the development of the SRT market and a snapshot of what features make up a good synthetic securitisation. To listen to the full series, visit our Tranche U...

Episode 1: Financial services enforcement trends 2022 In this podcast episode we highlight our top five financial services enforcement trends for 2022.   This episode features counsel Sara Cody and managing associate Duncan Campbell of Linklaters' London Financial Regulation team. For more details, see our full publication on financial services enforcement trends for 2022, and visit our dedicated...

Episode 1: Visionary Voices In this introductory episode, energy and infrastructure associate, Deepika Sriram speaks with Sameera Kimatrai. Sameera shares her career journey into the world of FinTech and corporate life, whilst juggling her duties as a mother to three young girls. She is a Linklaters alumna and senior legal counsel and global head of licensing for a licensed and trusted crypto asse...

Episode 3: Global Foreign Investment Podcast Series In our third podcast Christoph Barth, partner at our Antitrust and Foreign Investment Group in Dusseldorf, welcomes Florentine Kessler-Grobe, Head of Unit for Foreign Investment Screening of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Action (“MoE”). Together they discuss recent trends, procedural questions and top tips for investors following a...

Episode 2: Diversity Talks With Bank of America Moderator Alice Eady Ketchell (Associate General Counsel, Bank of America) talks to our own Doug Davison (Partner, Dispute Resolution), Richard Smith (Partner, Dispute Resolution) and Tina Green (Director, Bank of America) about the importance and impact of being anti-racist in the workplace. This conversation covers the difference between ‘not being...

Episode 1: Diversity Talks With Bank of America Moderator Alice Eady Ketchell (Director, Bank of America) talks to our own Victoria Koko (Senior BD Manager, Banking) and Ayo Ajaja (Director, Bank of America) about their roles leading the race & ethnicity networks at our respective institutions. This conversation covers what it means to feel a sense of 'belonging', how employee networks can promote...

Introduction: Tranche Up Speakers: Leanne Banfield , Ruhi Patil In the first episode, Tranche Up hosts Leanne Banfield and Ruhi Patil introduce DSP’s first SRT podcast focused on regulatory and market developments in the synthetic securitisations space and offer a glimpse into what listeners can expect from upcoming episodes. To listen to the full series, visit our Tranche Up webpage .

Episode 2: Tranche Up Speakers: Leanne Banfield , Ruhi Patil , Jennifer Bearden In the second episode of Tranche Up, we welcome Jennifer Bearden from IACPM to the podcast. Along with Jennifer, we discuss regulatory changes and market trends in the EU, UK and the US markets relating to synthetic securitisations and explore topics that market participants are most likely to focus on in the near futu...

Episode 2: The Linklaters Ideas Foundry Wenying Li and Ian Rodwell Anyone working in global organisations, or with clients, suppliers and partners around the world, will know about the challenges and rewards of operating across different cultures. In this episode, we discuss why cross-cultural competence is important and how it can help you in your career. We also explore the key research on cultu...

Episode 9: Operational Resilience Clare McMullen, Rebecca Heaysman and Simon Treacy share some feedback from the FCA on firms’ readiness for the UK operational resilience rules. Clare McMullen, Partner: “You have to remember that the first time the regulator picks up this self-assessment document could be in the wake of an incident.”

Episode 10: Global Business Crime Outlook In our tenth episode, Alison Saunders is joined by Erez Liebermann, Richard Smith and Adam Lurie where they discuss how to respond to a cyber-attack and what compliance and litigation risks you may face when dealing with a cyber-attack.

Episode 1: The Linklaters Ideas Foundry Nicola Raw and Ian Rodwell Is your phone the first and last thing you check every day? Do you find yourself constantly reaching for your phone, or worse still, feel uncomfortable when you’re without it? If so, this is the episode for you. Join us as we explore what digital wellbeing is and why it is so crucial to both our work and non-work lives. We delve in...

Episode 22: Payments Monthly The FCA wants more powers to regulate the conduct of individuals working in the payments sector. In this episode, Nik Kiri, Jean Price and Simon Treacy look at the FCA’s individual accountability regime – the SMCR – and predict how it could be applied to payments and e-money firms.

Episode 6: The FCA’s Consumer Duty In this podcast episode we discuss implications for asset managers of the FCA's second consultation paper on its proposed new consumer duty, including its scope, interaction with existing Principles, application throughout the distribution chain, monitoring and testing, and steps that asset managers can take now to prepare.  This episode features Raza Naeem and S...