Chambers Expert Focus Podcasts

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan (SyCipLaw) Partner Aaron Roi “Ace” Riturban and Special Counsel Catherina “Kate” Fernandez discuss the current regulatory framework as well as recent legal developments governing the mining industry in the Philippines.

Nadine Goldfoot and Hans Benson of Fragomen LLP outline the key strategies companies should adopt when presented with a crisis management situation.

Katarzyna Randzio-Sajkowska and Katarzyna Stradomska-Balcerzyk, members of the white-collar defence, investigations and compliance team at Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, consider the risks businesses may face from the perspective of Polish criminal law. The conversation delves into the basics of criminal regulations, criminal risks faced by entrepreneurs in Poland, and advice on minimising the...

In the ninth episode of his China In & Out podcast series, recorded on 27 November in Shanghai, Frank Hong of Longan Law, delves into the regulatory landscape for businesses in China, focusing on the nuts and bolts of business formation and licensing across the board

The EU Digital Reforms Package has so far introduced upwards of 30 pieces of legislation that require tech company compliance. In this podcast, David Kirton and Roisin Culligan of William Fry LLP in Dublin discuss the implications of the latest legislation – the DSA, the DMA and the upcoming AI Act – with Morgan Flanagan Creagh of the firm’s digital marketing department.

In the eighth instalment of Longan Law Firm’s “China In and Out” podcast series, Frank Hong explores both the current state of global supply chains and likely future trends, in particular the effect of “de-risking” on China.

Devon Bodoh, head of Weil, Gotshal & Manges’ international and cross-border tax practice, and Greg Featherman, a New York-based partner in the firm’s tax practice, examine tax insurance, Pillar 2 and more in the context of deal economics.

As the scoping plan for the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) comes into focus, so too do new opportunities for New York State and the various stakeholders connected to the CLCPA. Most notably, through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This podcast delves into several topics related to the various synergies and key points of connection between the CLCPA and the IRA. David Fl...

In the latest edition of the Weil Gotshal & Manges Expert Focus series on US tax issues, tax partners Robert Frastai and Andrew Morris discuss the impact of the SEC’s recently adopted rules under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 on certain tax structuring and compliance matters for private funds, including after-tax clawback obligations, blocker and withholding taxes that are allocated to i...

In the sixth instalment of Longan Law Firm’s “China In and Out” podcast series, Frank Hong delves into the complexities of China’s evolving legal landscape in the context of international trade and diplomacy, suggesting that these developments are indicative of China’s broader ambitions on the world stage.

Anne Hoffmann and Guy Narburgh of Herbert Smith Freehills discuss macro trends in the insurance market, with particular focus on D&O insurance, ESG insurance and cyber-insurance.

In this edition of Weil, Gotshal and Manges’ Expert Focus series on tax issues, the firm’s tax co-chair Joe Pari and international tax head Devon Bodoh discuss recent developments in tax aspects relating to M&A including debt exchanges, OECD’s implementation of Pillar Two, treaty qualification and tax insurance.

In this podcast, Monica Pizarro, partner at Baker McKenzie, discusses the regulation of remote work in Peru, Mexico, Venezuela, Argentina, Colombia, and Chile with senior associates Daniela Lievano and Sebastian Nastari. They consider how the COVID-19 pandemic left an important footprint on the way work is done, in particular by promoting the use of remote and hybrid working.

In the sixth instalment of Longan Law Firm’s “China In and Out” podcast series, Frank Hong discusses how it is hoped that the Apostille Convention will help to facilitate access to the courts, especially in the context of growth in volume and procedural complexity of cases.

DLA Piper partners and leading voices on global sanctions – John Forrest (head of international trade in the London office) and Ignacio Sanchez (chair of the firm’s national security and global trade group in Washington, DC) – discuss how the legal and regulatory framework of sanctions is affecting global business and what clients can do from their side. Patrick Rappo (global co-chair of complianc...

If you have ever wondered which cases make it to trial and why, this Chambers Expert Focus article will provide the answers. Stephen Molo and Sarah Margolis of Molo Lamken provide an insight into what leads to trials in Commercial Disputes and how those involved should tackle such matters.

In this Chambers Expert Focus Podcast, Devon Bodoh and Joseph Pari of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP discuss new developments which are impacting spin-offs and the current use of leverage in spin-off transactions in the United States of America.

This Chambers Expert Focus Podcast covers an analysis of India’s Payment System Regulations and discusses how a change to digital payments is impacting India's economy and consumer behavior.

In these Expert Focus podcast, and accompanying article, David P. Flynn, a partner and Energy Law co-leader at Phillips Lytle LLP, discusses New York’s nation-leading Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act with Dennis W. Elsenbeck, head of Energy & Sustainability at Phillips Lytle Energy Consulting Services, and a member of the New York State Climate Action Council.

A review of the new medical device regulatory landscape in Brazil, by Benny Spiewak of SPLaw – Spiewak e Carneiro Advogados.

In this episode, Frank S. Hong explores the regulatory landscape of compliance in China, including how regulatory compliance became so prominent in China today, its US influence, and its future.

In this edition of the Chambers Expert Focus Weil Tax Insight Series, Joseph Pari – co-chair of Weil’s tax department – and Devon Bodoh – head of Weil’s international tax practice – discuss the domestic and international tax issues facing special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and prospective merger targets.

In this Expert Focus podcast, Leticia Ribeiro, an employment law partner at Trench Rossi Watanabe, together with Diego Bongiovanni and Liliana Hernandez, employment partners at Baker McKenzie, discuss the adjustments made in the employment sector in Latin America as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the substantial impact they have on the way in which employees currently work.

In this Chambers Expert Focus video, tax co-chair Joseph Pari and partner Stuart Goldring of Weil, Gotshal and Manges LLP discuss how corporations and non-corporate taxpayers can monetise tax losses inherent in the stock of subsidiaries.

In the third instalment in Longan Law Firm’s “China In and Out” podcast series, Frank Hong asks why China, especially in comparison with the EU and United States, appears to be so relaxed about artificial intelligence regulation.