The Clifford Chance Podcast

The innovation team talks to the Singapore Academy of Law's Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer Paul Neo to learn more about SAL's ambitions in the legal innovation space, the role of the Singapore Technology and Innovation Roadmap, and his tips for the next generation of lawyers.

In the first of our Construction Law conversation series, Sean Marriott (Counsel, Clifford Chance, Perth) talks to Spencer Flay (Partner, Clifford Chance, Perth) about the impending changes to the security of payment and adjudication law in Western Australia.

Love it or hate it, ESG remains a hot topic. Regulators, NGOs, and private litigants worldwide are increasingly focused on how companies define ESG and are using standard and asymmetric strategies to combat the practice of "greenwashing". In the sixth episode of the Clifford Chance Podcast series 'The Climate Lawyer', host Richard Kim (counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by David Adams (counsel, DC) an...

There's a new hope in the battle against climate change from somewhere you might not expect. In-house counsel are stepping up to become agents for change in their organization. In this fifth episode of the Clifford Chance podcast series 'The Climate Lawyer', host Richard Kim (counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by Adam Woodhall, founder and CEO of Lawyers for Net Zero, a non-profit that helps guide in-...

In the third episode of our podcast series on tech antitrust, Sydney counsel Rob Tang and senior associate Ryan Draper examine broader trends behind Australia's crucial antitrust developments in the past two years, and key developments to expect over the course of the next year. They will also discuss the impact of such developments on digital tech platforms operating in an intensifying regulatory...

There's no path to net zero without innovation, and nobody knows innovation like venture capital. What does it mean to be a climate VC investor? Find out in the fourth episode of The Clifford Chance Podcast series, 'The Climate Lawyer', where host Richard Kim (counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by Mona Alsubaei, a member of the investment team at Union Square Ventures (USV) and specialist in climate t...

In the second episode of our Breaking New Ground series, Clifford Chance's Global Director of Inclusion Tiernan Brady welcomes our Regional Managing Partner for Asia Pacific Connie Heng, and partner in our Hong Kong Capital Markets Group Angela Chan. Together, they explore the role of inclusion targets and how they help us dismantle some of the barriers that prevent us from being as inclusive as w...

In the second episode of our series on tech antitrust, Peter Coney and Masafumi Shikakura analyse the most significant antitrust developments in the past three years, and new developments to expect over the course of this year. They also discuss the impact of such developments on tech companies and investors as Japan steps up on regulatory action within the sector.

Welcome to our podcast series, 'Breaking New Ground'. Our theme for International Women's Day this year was #BreakTheBias, so in this series, we are focusing on some of the many ways we are working to break the bias as a firm. In this episode, partner Emma Folds welcomes Dr Arin Reeves, President and Managing Director at Nextions, to explore some of the key ways in which we've been working togethe...

At the intersection of tech and climate: This is where the third episode of Clifford Chance's podcast series, The Climate Lawyer, comes in. Host Rich Kim (Counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by senior associate Jamie Andrew and trainee solicitor Laura de Arroyo Garcia (both London) to explore tech trends impacting climate change.

In a podcast originally recorded for the Loan Market Association, Clifford Chance lawyers and tech experts Puja Patel, Alice Jefferis and Bram Kocken share their insights on digitalisation in the syndicated loan market, exploring technological developments, the challenges faced by the industry and debating the elusive question – is a digital syndicated loans market fact or fiction?

In the first episode of our Asia Pacific Antitrust podcast series, we take a closer look at the latest technology antitrust developments and regulations in China. Senior associates Zibo Liu (Beijing) and Ingrid Cheung (Hong Kong) discuss the broader trends behind the increasingly complex and challenging antitrust environment in China and the impact and considerations for tech companies and investo...

Clifford Chance partnered with ICAAD on the immersive Dicta exhibit, blending poetry, law, and art to inspire social justice activism, featuring Zuleka Henderson.

Last month, hot off the heels of COP26, Global Senior Partner Jeroen Ouwehand caught up with founder of Principia Advisory David Rodin to discuss Clifford Chance's journey this year, establishing our values-based Code of Conduct and core principles of our culture, as well as the Business Ethics Report we published together recently which looks at a 'new era' of ethics in business.

Both the federal German and Australian parliaments passed marriage equality laws in 2017 – a significant step in the history of LGBT+ rights in those countries, although the journey to the vote in their respective national parliaments was quite different. On the occasion of the fourth anniversary of marriage equality in Australia, Anna Thwaites (Counsel and Co-Chair of the Clifford Chance LGBT+ ne...

Ready to bite into climate change? It's a hard topic with a lot of layers. For the second episode of our new podcast series, The Climate Lawyer, host Rich Kim (Counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by Jeroen Ouwehand (Global Senior Partner) and Michelle Williams (Partner, Washington, DC) for an ambitious break-down of these layers and how to understand them.

Momentum behind the implementation of mandatory human rights and environmental due diligence continues to grow. In this podcast, partner Angela McEwan talks to partners Charles-Henri Boeringer and Thomas Voland about supply chain due diligence in France and Germany. Together, they explore how existing national rules might fit with the forthcoming proposal for an EU directive and whether the French...

You've seen the news on COP26, but not like this. For the first episode of our new podcast series, The Climate Lawyer, host Rich Kim (Counsel, Dusseldorf) is joined by Clare Burgess (Partner, London) and David Alfrey (Lawyer, London) for a lively and insightful discussion of the conference and its major takeaways.

Every year, at the Singapore Fintech Festival, Clifford Chance lawyers from around our global network share insights and predictions on the development of financial services, public policy and technology, giving you an insider's view from the world's largest Fintech festival. In the last episode of this series, Lena Ng, our Singapore lead for our gender parity group Accelerate>>> brings together a...

Every year, at the Singapore Fintech Festival, Clifford Chance lawyers from around our global network share insights and predictions on the development of financial services, public policy and technology, giving you an insider's view from the world's largest Fintech festival. In the second episode of this 2021 podcast series, Janice Goh (Singapore) leads the conversation with Mary Jane Yoon (New Y...

Every year, at the Singapore Fintech Festival, Clifford Chance lawyers from around our global network share insights and predictions on the development of financial services, public policy and technology, giving you an insider's view from the world's largest Fintech festival. In the first episode in our 2021 podcast series, Paul Landless (Singapore), Stephanie Peacock (London), William Wong (Hong...

In this podcast, Trainee Solicitor Soniya Ambadkar talks to Michel Petite, former head of the European Commission's Legal Service and now Of Counsel at Clifford Chance, and Gail Orton, Head of EU Public Policy, about the European Commission's Work Programme for 2022. The Commission's annual Work Programme sets out the legislative agenda for the coming year.

Episode 2 of Clifford Chance Paris' Debt Capital Markets mini-series explores Green Assets Wallet, green bond reporting, and Fintech in sustainable finance.

In the first episode of our Debt Capital Markets mini-series from our Paris office, we look at the regulatory framework that has been put in place for blockchain transactions in France, as well as the main challenges to the development of a market for securities issued, recorded, settled and/or traded on blockchain platforms in France. Blockchain specialist Laetitia Grimaud-Agaesse (in-house capit...

Clifford Chance lawyers from around our global network discuss with Paul Landless, co-head of the firm's global Tech Group and one of the leaders of the Fintech practice, the key highlights that surprised, challenged and inspired them at this year's Singapore Fintech Festival. In the final episode of this series, they discuss green finance, digital ecosystems and inclusion in fintech.