The Deal Makers - The ILF Podcast Series

In this episode of “The Deal Makers” podcast, ILF student host Hameedat Oyenuga speaks with Dr. Johannes Vogel, partner in the asset finance team at Freshfields in Frankfurt, about the dynamics of cross-border asset finance. They discuss how asset finance differs from traditional corporate lending, the specific risks involved in financing aircraft and other movable assets across jurisdictions, and...

In this episode of The Deal Makers podcast, Professor Dr. Chiara Zilioli, General Council at the European Central Bank (ECB), discusses with our ILF alumnus Papuna Papuashvili, who was a senior lawyer at the National Bank of Georgia, and is now a senior analyst at Goldman Sachs, the concept and legal framework surrounding the digital euro, a proposed Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) in Europe....

In our latest episode of The Deal Makers Podcast, we delve into the ongoing battle against money laundering. Despite legislative strides to combat financial crimes, regulators face a significant hurdle: adapting to the ever-changing financial landscape, especially with the advancement of crypto-assets and DLT technologies. However, promising legislative initiatives such as MiCAR and regulations on...

In “Revving Up for the Road: The High-seed world of IPOs”, our 5th episode of the Deal Makers Podcast series, Dr. Sebastian Sieder, our student and Vienna based lawyer and Alexander Rang, Partner at Hengeler Mueller, focus on the how, what and why of an IPO, including a basic understanding of the process and important legal stipulations of a company going public. They touch upon the specific tasks...

On 20 April 2023, the European Parliament adopted Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation - MiCAR). This was the motivating factor for our student Nicolas Bonilla to meet up with Dr. Conrad Ruppel, partner at Ashurst in Frankfurt am Main and to discuss this new, harmonised regulatory framework for crypto-assets and related services. As an expert i...

Dear Listeners, in our third episode of the Dealmakers ILF- Podcast Series Dr. Markus Burianski (Partner and Head of White & Case's German arbitration practice, as well as Lecturer at the Institute of Law and Finance) together with Ms. Buket Bayril discuss the topic on Third-Party Funding in Arbitration. With the support of Basavan Patil, they explore the motivations behind funders, their meti...

We are back with Episode 2 of The Dealmakers ILF-Podcast Series with Dr. Christian Storck (Partner and German Head of Finance at Linklaters LLP), Mr. William Lam and Ms. Namrata Pandit where we take you through an interesting conversation on AT-1 bonds, their emergence, and how different they are from the traditional bonds. The conversation will also shed light on the recent events that saw a comp...

Dr. Daniel Reichert-Facilides, Senior Counsel of Chatham Partners and Mr. Andreas Ruthemeyer, Counsel of Clifford Chance, will be discussing the impact of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) factors on project finance in this first episode of the ILF Podcast Series “The Deal Makers”. They will touch upon various facets of ESG, including taxonomy, regulations and greenwashing and also give t...