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Welcome to the Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast series, where we explore strategies that help law firms build stronger client relationships. In the second episode, we dive into one of the hottest topics in the industry: artificial intelligence. We ask how AI will impact marketing, business development and client relationships, and we consider the role that BD and marketing p...

Welcome to the Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast series, where we explore strategies that help law firms build stronger client relationships. In the first episode, we’re joined by John Matson from Arthur Cox, one of Ireland’s top law firms. John has years of experience working with major clients and navigating the challenges of building trust and delivering value. Hosted by E...

In the second episode of the IBA Employment and Industrial Relations Committee podcast series, hosted by Veena Gopalakrishnan from Trilegal, India and Mikko Kontturi from AURORALAW, Finland, with guests Stephan Swinkels from Littler, The Netherlands, Roselyn Sands , RoselynSands Law, France and Kirsten Lucas , Stephenson Harwood, United Arab Emirates, we discuss the best practices and insights on...

In this episode, Don C Smith, Editor of the Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law (JERL), interviews SEERIL Chair Matthias Lang at the 2025 IBA Annual Conference in Toronto. They discuss the Conference and plans for future SEERIL events.

Our guest for the next episode of the IBA Insolvency Section Podcast is one of the most distinguished and well-known experts in international insolvency and restructuring law – Professor Bob Wessels . With over 50 years of experience as a practitioner, judge, legal advisor to the European Commission and academic researcher, Wessels brings exceptional insight to the subject of this episode:  ‘ The...

 In the opening episode of the new podcast series by the IBA Employment and Industrial Relations Committee, hosted by Veena Gopalakrishnan from Trilegal, India and Mikko Kontturi from AURORALAW, Finland, with guests Hector Gonzales Graf from MGGL, Mexico, Lucy Gordon from Walker Morris LLP, UK, and Gordon Williams from MinterEllison, Australia, we discuss the current state and what to expect in th...

As legal technology/AI continues to have an impact on transactional-focused practices, this podcast assesses where we’ve come from, where we are and where a thought leader and innovator of legal technology believes we are headed, specifically with respect to M&A transactions, including private equity. The conversation is moderated by Adina Shapiro, Scholarship Officer of the IBA Corporate and...

In this IBA Criminal Law Committee podcast, five experts explore the global legal and policy response to female genital mutilation (FGM), which affects over 230 million women and girls worldwide. The podcast is framed around a forthcoming pro bono report prepared by King & Spalding and WilmerHale for UK charity the Vavengers, which highlights legislative gaps, data poverty and proposes actiona...

In this fourth instalment of the IBA Insolvency Section’s podcast series, Brett Axelrod, Managing Partner of Fox Rothschild’s Las Vegas office and past Co-Chair of the firm’s nationwide Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Department, along with Brittany Michael, Senior Counsel at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones specialising in the representation of tort creditors’ committees, discuss the se...

In the third podcast from the IBA Insolvency Section, Juana Pulgar, Chaired Professor in Business Law at the University Complutense of Madrid and a member of the International Insolvency Institute, discusses the Draft EU Directive published on 7 December 2022, which focuses on harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law.

In the second podcast from the IBA Insolvency Section, Carolyn Jones, a full-time mediator at CJ Mediation, speaks to Gordon Hollerin, a partner at Harper Macleod. Carolyn is an experienced mediator, having been a solicitor for over 25 years in a career that includes work on commercial and banking litigation, bank remediation projects and, extensively, corporate and personal insolvency matters. Th...

In this podcast, Tim Harris, Podcast Officer on the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee and financial crime lawyer at Cohen & Gresser, speaks to Lord Edward Garnier KC, barrister and member of the House of Lords, and Nicola Bonucci, criminal lawyer and former Director of Legal Affairs at the OECD, on the subject of the current approach in the UK and Europe to compensation for overseas victims of eco...

In this podcast from IBA Insolvency Section, Alexander Klauser, UNCITRAL Liaison for the IBA Insolvency Section and a professor of insolvency law at the University of Graz, discusses the latest insolvency news from the recent meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group V in Vienna.

In this, the first Business Law International (BLI) podcast, Melissa Stock, Member of the BLI Editorial Board and a barrister at Millenium Chambers in London, invites a panel of experts to analyse the UK’s Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, which became law in October 2023. The panel discuss the background to the legislation and its implications, including in respect of failure to prev...

In this podcast, privacy and data protection barrister, Melissa Stock, speaks with Professor Fraser Sampson, Professor of Governance and National Security at Sheffield Hallam University and former Biometrics & Surveillance Camera Commissioner for the UK, about the complex legal context surrounding the use of facial recognition technology by British police, the difficulties of legislating for t...

Podcast: Brazilian private equity

Episode 4 of Torture A-Z covers the juxtaposition of human rights and humanitarian law (‘H’) and Islamic law (‘I’) in a fascinating discussion with Dr Julie Fraser (Assistant Professor with the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights and the Montaigne Centre for Rule of Law at Utrecht University, the Netherlands) and Dr Ahmed Aldawoody (Legal Adviser for Islamic Law and Jurisprudence at the Internat...

Ellisa Habbart, Director of The Delaware Counsel Group in Wilmington, Delaware, asks Vice Chancellor J Travis Laster of the Delaware Court of Chancery to share his thoughts about issues he believes should be of concern to practitioners. A conversation ensues that addresses a range of issues from governing law provisions to ‘so-called’ boilerplate in merger and related agreements to legal opinions....

In this Committee podcast, Paul White, a corporate partner at A&L Goodbody in Dublin, interviews Dwayne Lysaght, co-head of M&A EMEA at JP Morgan. The interview focuses on the role of the board of directors of a target company and its advisers. The podcast also assesses what corporate lawyers should consider when advising boards of directors. The discussion explores the period before any t...

From being global in a true sense, to witnessing the emergence of protectionist regimes around the world, organisations today are more focused on exploring domestic consolidation, the diversification of supply chains and acquiring/ramping up their digital capabilities, all while responding to macro-economic challenges. This represents a paradigm shift for the global M&A landscape.

This episode – ‘G’ for Guantanamo voices – is dedicated to two powerful people: Mohamedou Ould Slahi and Nancy Hollander, who have both helped to shine a light on the humanitarian and human rights catastrophe that is Guantanamo Bay. 

Europe faces a critical energy security situation in the northern hemisphere’s 2022-2023 winter in the months ahead. How will the continent deal with the cut-off of energy, especially gas, from Russia? Will the continent be able to ‘keep the lights on’ in a manner of speaking? In this episode, German attorney Dr Matthias Lang, a European energy law expert, explores the challenges that lie ahead wi...

Regulatory requirements have become increasingly important in the European deal environment over the last few years. Whilst the M&A community is used to the relevance of antitrust filings, foreign investment control (FIC) is today equally important for deals, especially those involving non-EU investors.  In this podcast, Petra Linsmeier, Head of Antitrust at Gleiss Lutz in Munich, and Jacob vo...

In this episode, Don C Smith, Editor of the Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law (JERL) and Director of the Environmental and Natural Resources Program at the University of Denver (US) Sturm College of Law interviews Alain De Serres, Deputy Director in the Policy Studies Branch of the OECD Economics Department.

Resilience can be seen and learnt from recent legal responses to crisis, such as pandemics and climate breakdown. This podcast discusses how resilience can be understood as a feature of the legal system to sustain in times of disruption. In a wider sense, it is the ability of our social-ecological ecosystems to resist and adapt to disruptions, and to pursue sustainable development and equity in an...