Osborne Clarke.TV Podcasts

Pensions 22 is a series of six podcasts on key pensions issues for trustees and employers in 2022. In this first episode, Jonathan Hazlett (Partner and Head of Pensions at Osborne Clarke) talks to Freddie Carter (a trainee solicitor) about the new rules for pensions transfers that started to apply on 30 November 2021. They discuss what the new rules say, why they were introduced, and the actions t...

This is the fifth episode in Osborne Clarke's Energy Innovation podcast series. In this episode Simon Hobday interviews Jason Stocks, Head of Demand and Flexible Generation at Limejump (part of Shell Renewables and Energy Solutions) on battery storage investable assets.

In our latest Employment Law Coffee Break podcast, we talk to employment partner, Julian Hemming who highlights considerations for employers in the current climate, many of whom are keen for staff to celebrate after nearly two years of working through the challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the latest episode of Osborne Clarke's Mobility as a Service (MaaS) podcast series Marie-Claire Day speaks with Intellectual Property and Data Privacy expert and OC Partner, Tamara Quinn, about IP considerations in MaaS.

In this podcast, James Watson, Matthew Germain and Caroline Bush from Osborne Clarke's Decarbonisation team are joined by Brian Kelly, Deputy GC of DocuSign to discuss ESG for international businesses and the role of the GC.

In episode five of Osborne Clarke's Mobility as a Service ("MaaS") podcast series, Jeremy Godley is joined by Parveen Arora - Partner and head of the energy and infrastructure practice and Shloka Vaidialingam, principal associate, both at Osborne Clarke's relationship firm in India, BTG Legal, to discuss some of the wider mobility trends in India.

Danielle Kingdon, employment partner, speaks with Emma Ladley, Associate Director, on how employers can protect their businesses from unfair employee competition.

Danielle Kingdon, employment partner, speaks with Kate Howitt, UK Counsel for Zynga, a leading developer of social games, about Zynga's diversity and inclusion strategy and the steps they have taken to attract and support diverse talent in their business.

Danielle Kingdon, employment partner, speaks with Nancy Doyle, CEO of Genius Within to provide a practical introduction to neurodiversity and the considerations for employers seeking to attract, retain and support neuro-diverse talent.

In our latest tax podcast, Veronica McMahon, a senior corporate tax specialist and Matt Greene, an associate director, discuss preliminary issues hearings. They look at when you might want to take one particular issue in a tax dispute and have it determined by the tax tribunal first, before all the other issues are resolved.

In this new episode we continue to shine a light on the topic of digital inclusion and power of digital in a post-COVID environment. For this edition, Caroline Saul, interviews Cain Ullah and Harriet Green from Mission Beyond a social impact initiative on the power of data, reporting and digital trends in tackling D&I within businesses.

This podcast discusses the issues arising out of the Criminal Finances Act, 4 years after its introduction. The team are seeing an increase in HMRC investigating whether the criminal offence of failing to prevent the facilitation of tax evasion has been committed.

This podcast discusses why mediation can work even though HMRC's Litigation and Settlement Strategy broadly means that they will not settle for less than they believe (on a "more likely than not" basis) they would obtain before a tribunal. For example, mediation can work where there is a factual dispute. Although tax mediation shares many similarities with commercial mediation, there are some impo...

In this episode of our Future of Work hybrid working series, Employment Partner Olivia Sinfield talks with Becky Crawford, a Senior Associate in the Commercial Disputes team about the various commercial issues businesses need to be aware of when implementing new workforce or workplace strategies.   The last 18 months or so has seen businesses relying on newer and more effective technology systems...

This podcast has been set up to capture conversations with individuals who are pushing the boundaries across sectors as we move towards the goal of reaching Net Zero. For this third edition Caroline Saul, Partner and 'Funding the transition to a low carbon future' Stream Lead interviews Simon Thompson, Chief Executive of the Chartered Banker Institute. Caroline and Simon discuss what green finance...

This is the fourth episode in Osborne Clarke's Energy Innovation podcast series. In this session, Deborah Harvey is joined by Matthew Lewis and Tamara Quinn to discuss the due diligence process when acquiring technology or digital assets in the energy innovation space, and the unique IP and data considerations that may arise as part of that process.

In our latest podcast, Veronica McMahon, senior technical specialist in our Tax Group is joined by Erika Jupe, who leads the International Tax Practice Group in the UK. They discuss the tax challenges arising from globalisation and the digitalisation of the economy, with particular reference to the latest progress and announcements from the OECD, G20 and G7 confirming an agreed global solution. Th...

This podcast has been set up to capture conversations with individuals who are pushing the boundaries across sectors as we move towards the goal of reaching Net Zero. For this second edition James Watson, Osborne Clarke's International Head of Decarbonisation interviews Damian Dunphy, Energy Transition Director at DLL.

In our latest podcast, Matt Greene, Associate Director in our tax disputes team is joined by Rachel Couter, who leads our contentious financial services practice, to discuss how non-compliance with tax obligations can have an impact if you hold a senior position in the financial services industry. Financial regulators require senior individuals (who undertake certain functions) to be "fit and prop...

Two Sinfields in a Pod? In this episode Adam Sinfield, Senior Immigration manager, discusses the "need to knows" of all things immigration with Employment Partner, Olivia Sinfield. Is a "working from anywhere" model advisable? Is it possible for companies to adopt a cross border and hybrid working model? What has been the impact and challenges of Brexit on immigration regimes? Can you really work...

The latest podcast in our tax series focuses on judicial review ("JR"), which allows a court to overturn a HMRC decision (in particular where the HMRC has exercised its discretion or reversed a decision), and is separate from going to the tax tribunal.

Many businesses are considering allowing employees to work on a permanent or temporary basis from overseas 'place in the sun' locations.  In this podcast we address the critical questions this poses in relation to tax.  What are the tax implications of your employees working overseas? How many days can employees work overseas before been hit by local tax regimes? What are the reporting requirement...

In this, the first in our new series of podcasts on the Future of Work, Employment Partner Olivia Sinfield is joined by Mary Lawrence, Partner in our Health and Safety team, to discuss the health and safety implications relevant to hybrid working. In the last 18 months or so since the pandemic, businesses have had to look at a range of issues and challenges and adapt accordingly to the increasingl...

With the use of "fire and re-hire" in the spotlight and organisations scrutinising their current employment contracts in light of their operational requirements and protecting their business in the future, our latest Employment Law Coffee Break podcast, looks at the legal and practical issues that arise when changing terms and conditions of employment.

In our latest tax break podcast, partner Ian Hyde is joined by Heather Self of accountants Blick Rothenberg to discuss HMRC's proposal to require large businesses to report uncertain tax positions to HMRC. This is intended to alert the tax authorities to large businesses taking an aggressive/optimistic approach to statutory interpretation. Although large businesses often do in practice already dis...