The Linklaters Podcast

Episode 1: Payments Monthly For our first episode of 2020 we look at one issue which will dominate the coming year and beyond, and pick up another which emerged at the end of 2019. Simon Treacy, Jean Price and Paul Harris discuss the latest on Brexit and how it will impact the payments industry, and highlight a Dear CEO letter from the FCA to the telecoms industry setting its expectations for firm...

Episode 2: Antitrust and Funds The second episode in our funds and financial sponsors antitrust and foreign investment podcast focuses on the UK’s proposed new foreign investment regime, with a deep dive into how the National Security & Investment Bill will apply to acquisitions and investments by financial investors. In this episode,  Anna Mitchell ,  Verity Egerton-Doyle  and  Jennifer Willis  f...

Episode 1: Antitrust and Funds The first podcast in our series focuses on the expanded concept of parental liability for antitrust breaches established in a recent European Court of Justice judgment and the implications this has for financial investors, even those who generally invest via indirect minority stakes. In this episode, AFIG Partners  Jonas Koponen ,  Annamaria Mangiaracina ,  Anna Mitc...

Episode 4: Global Business Crime Outlook Ben Packer ,  Kerstin Wilhelm ,  Doug Davison  and  Andrew Chung  discuss the trends in global anti-money laundering enforcement, while also looking at money -laundering techniques and, in particular, legislative developments in the US, UK, Germany and across Asia.

Episode 3: Global Business Crime Outlook In our third podcast Andrew Chung, Michael Lamson, Eric Liu, Kerstin Wilhelm and Satindar Dogra explore the various sanctions developments around the globe, including US sanctions and the latest trends from the Biden administration, the PRC blocking regulation and sanctions in China. We also cover the EU Blocking Regulation and recent EU sanctions developme...

Episode 2: Global Business Crime Outlook In this second episode of the Global Business Crime Outlook podcast series,  Alison Saunders ,  Andrew Chung ,  Kerstin Wilhelm ,  Elly Proudlock ,  Sean Solomon  and  Eléonore Hannezo  will each discuss key developments and trends taking place this year in their jurisdictions covering the UK, Asia and Europe.

Episode 1: Global Business Crime Outlook In this first episode of our Global Business Crime podcast series,  Ben Packer ,  Elly Proudlock  and  Clare McMullen  look at how breaching the Money Laundering Regulations can lead to criminal charges, what this means in practice and how criminal prosecution differs from regulatory enforcement.

Episode 3: ESG Soundbite Series In our next podcast focusing on ESG in a project financing context, Rachel Barrett and Iyesogie Igiehon discuss: why transparency matters when it comes to environmental and social issues; what is usually disclosed and when;  ongoing project reporting; and the shift towards greater public disclosure.

Episode 2: ESG Soundbite Series  In our next podcast focusing on ESG in a project financing context, Iyesogie Igiehon and Aileen Buchanan discuss: the role of E&S due diligence in project financings; E&S standards requirements; the role of E&S consultants; and areas/issues that require extra focus such as biodiversity, GHG emissions and indigenous peoples.

Episode 1: ESG Soundbite Series The next focus of our ESG Soundbite Series will be on the importance of ESG in a project financing context. In this first session Aileen Buchanan, Rachel Barrett and Iyesogie Igiehon talk about E&S risk management in complex project financings.   They share some quick insights on: how soft law standards have driven change in the market; the increase in NGO and p...

Episode 4: Operational Resilience The UK regulators have finalised their operational resilience regimes. Clare McMullen, Verity Kemp and Simon Treacy compare the final rules with the draft rules. Quote: Clare McMullen, Partner: “How firms treat vulnerable customers fairly is a real priority of the FCA at the moment and so it is not a surprise that they have added express references to vulnerable c...

Episode 3: Operational Resilience Julia Dixon, Pansy Wong and Simon Treacy share their insights from the OpRisk Global conference which took place virtually in March 2021. Pansy Wong, Partner: “Plenty of people I spoke to were worried about what it means that different standards are developing in different jurisdictions. And even though the overall aim of all these different regimes is the same, t...

Episode 2: Operational Reslience Pansy Wong, Rebecca Heaysman and Simon Treacy look back on what has changed since the UK regulators released their draft rules on operational resilience in December 2019. Pansy Wong, Partner: “It would be a real surprise if the outcome of all the policy work that has happened in the background isn’t influenced by the events that have taken place since the consultat...

Episode 1: Operational Resilience Julia Dixon, Verity Kemp and Simon Treacy introduce the concept of operational resilience and what it means for UK financial services. Julia Dixon, Partner: “The reforms are really signalling a cultural change, a shift in terms of how firms need to approach resilience and there’s going to be regulatory attention focused right at the top of the house on how you are...

Episode 7: The Next Year in Payments Michael Voisin & Richard Hay In this two-part episode, Michael Voisin and Richard Hay discuss the limitations of legacy systems and drives to improve and replace them. This second part focuses on efforts to create parallel closed loop payment systems that do not rely on existing legacy infrastructure, such as so called “stablecoins” and central bank digital cur...

Episode 6: The Next Year in Payments Michael Voisin & Richard Hay To date, much of the innovation in the payments market has been at the user-interface level – in a sense, “digital lipstick” applied on top of existing legacy systems. But that approach has its limitations. And there is now growing demand for improvements to underlying payment systems to increase the speed and efficiency of value mo...

Episode 5: The Next Year in Payments Peiying Chua Heikes & Niranjan Arasaratnam Asia has seen a huge growth in its payments industry over the past few years, spurred on by a young, tech-savvy generation and push for the financial inclusion of the underbanked. Amidst rapid development, regulators are now tasked with overcoming fragmentation in payments ecosystems and ensuring continued financia...

Episode 4: The Next Year in Payments Etienne Dessy, Jellen Rasquin & Donald Krols As part of the broader digital payment revolution across Europe, there has been considerable change in the Belgian payments market in recent years. Etienne Dessy, Jellen Rasquin and Donald Krols look ahead to the regulatory priorities for 2020 including PSD2, APIs and AML.

Episode 3: The Next Year in Payments Harry Eddis, Frances Hodgkins & Terry Yiangou  E-commerce, wallet services and digital payments are transforming the way we interact with money. Looking ahead, innovative payment systems are set to accelerate the global decline in cash use. Harry Eddis, Frances Hodgkins and Terry Yiangou discuss these market changes and the questions they pose about continuing...

Episode 2: The Next Year in Payments Jean Price & Arjun Lakhani An increase in outsourcing in the payments sector has brought with it increased regulatory scrutiny. Now payment institutions in the EU must take into account new outsourcing guidelines from the European Banking Authority. Jean Price and Arjun Lakhani discuss the key points for payment institutions to consider when assessing new and e...

Episode 1: The Next Year in Payments Paul Harris & Olivia Murphy As payments and banking have moved online, authenticating the identity of customers has become a vital part of the fight against fraud. New PSD2 rules on strong customer authentication were intended to bolster security standards across the market but have effectively been delayed. Paul Harris and Olivia Murphy discuss the background...

Episode 3: Real Estate Markets Across The Globe In this podcast we will focus in particular on the impact on landlords, tenants, borrowers and lenders, and the steps being taken by the German Government in the real estate context to address the issues they are currently facing.

Episode 2: Real Estate Markets Across The Globe This is part of a series given by Linklaters which looks at the practical implications of the Government’s proposed planning reforms in England, as set out in its 'Planning for the Future' white paper. Other articles in this series will address the proposed planning reforms as they evolve over time and following the end of the consultation on 29 Octo...

Episode 1: Real Estate Markets Across The Globe In this first podcast we will focus in particular on the impact on landlords, tenants, borrowers and lenders, and the steps being taken by the UK Government in the real estate context to address the issues they are currently facing.

Episode 4: IFD and CRD V Remuneration Developments In our podcast series, we discuss the latest publications and developments in relation to the upcoming IFD and CRD V remuneration rules and the impact these could have on firms that will be subject to them. We consider not only the key aspects of these latest publications and developments, but also how they compare with existing rules and some of...