The Clifford Chance Podcast

In the fourth episode of our M and A On Trial podcast series, Sachin Trikha and Harriet Martin unpick the issues around one of the biggest decisions you might have to make under a contract: whether or not to terminate.

In this edition of ourUK Pensions Podcast, we take a look at a variety of recent pensions court decisions. We also cover the Pensions Regulator's updated guidance on superfunds and new draft legislation to abolish the Lifetime Allowance, as well as providing an update on pension dashboards.

Kristian Maley, Marcella Stokell and Robert Tang discuss pressing issues and trends faced by the business world today. This is the second episode in our Construction Law Conversations series on Energy Transition projects in Asia Pacific, focusing on common risks on wind projects, and practical tips on how those risks can be mitigated.

In the third episode of our M and A On Trial podcast series, Sachin Trikha and Harriet Martin discuss the powerful tools used in M and A deals to protect parties from having to cover the full extent of their counterparty's loss in the event of a breach.

In the fifth episode of our Construction Law Conversations series, Kristian Maley, Marcella Stokell and Tom Capel discuss pressing issues and trends faced by the business world today. We focus on Energy Transition projects in Asia Pacific, particularly those related to wind projects.

In the second episode of our M and A On Trial podcast series, Sachin Trikha and Harriet Martin tackle the burning question in everyone's minds in the event of a breach. What is the loss?

Episode 1 of the M&A On Trial podcast explores how deal-related chatter can have real legal consequences, with insights from Sachin Trikha and Harriet Martin.

Tokyo Partner Michihiro Nishi speaks to David Mitchell from 39 Essex Chambers about the current thinking of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulations in Japan and the future of legal disputes in Japan surrounding generative AI. This podcast has been republished with the permission of 39 Essex Chambers.

In this edition of our UK Pensions podcast, we look at the recent High Court ruling on the validity of amendments to formerly contracted-out schemes, we consider the recent report published by the DWP on the impact of the pension transfer regulations and we summarise the key points and updates set out in the Pension Regulator's 2023/2024 corporate plan.

Our Insurance specialists – Imogen Ainsworth, Cheng Li Yow and Hilary Evenett - talk us through the take-aways and their reflections from the 20th Westminster and City Bulk Annuities Conference which was held earlier this year.

In the fourth episode of our Construction Law Conversations Series, Singapore Partner Paul Sandosham along with Senior Associate Kenneth Tay discuss the most notable construction cases decided by the Singapore courts in 2022. With the ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and inflationary pressures, the construction industry faced a difficult year. Disputes continue to arise around the effects of the pandemic on contract performance, as well as the applicability of force majeure clauses. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine also impacted clients in the industry. Gain valuable insights and analysis from Paul and Kenneth as they break down the key legal issues at play in these cases and offer their perspectives on what they mean for the industry as a whole.

This is a recording taken from a March 2023 client webinar designed to provide a global perspective on the recent announcement that the FDIC would be placing Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) into receivership, the rescue of SVB's UK subsidiary by HSBC, and the liquidation of Silvergate Bank. A team based in the US, UK, Europe, Middle East and APAC shared analysis of what led to this event, its impact across multiple jurisdictions for borrowers, depositors and creditors and what businesses need to keep in mind and prepare for over the coming weeks and months, as well as the wider market implications.

The innovation team talks to Dr Allan McCay of Sydney Law School on his recent report-'Neurotechnology, law and the legal profession' - to find out more about the emerging impacts of neurotechnology on the legal industry.

In 2022, the UN adopted a resolution declaring access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment, a universal human right. Clifford Chance and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice supported the UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights and the Environment in his work on this. In this seventh and final episode of the Clifford Chance podcast series "The Climate Lawyer", host Richard Kim (counsel, Düsseldorf) is joined by Janet Whittaker (senior counsel, DC), Carla Lewis (senior associate, London) and Sam Bookman from the Vance Center.

The innovation team talk to Clifford Chance Trainee Associate Danielle Sim and Associate Leonard Lee on their recent participation in DBS' Hackathon For A Better World: Building A Scam Resilient Society, including the importance of Design Thinking for lawyers, and how to think differently in the ways of legal services delivery.

The impact of the use of technology in finance has a long history and is well known by market actors, but what about the impact of Fintech on the debt capital markets specifically? What role might Fintech have to play in its future?

Director Pat Saraceni along with Counsel Kristian Maley discuss recent legislative changes in Western Australia, and how they impact on construction work in the offshore sector. Pat and Kristian also share some suggestions about what steps the offshore sector can take to be ready for the State's new Security of Payment Act.

The innovation team and Clifford Chance Dubai Partner Jack Hardman talk to Marc Liew, Head of Ecosystem Development for APAC at R3, about some of the key developments in the blockchain space including whether the current state of the market still presents an opportunity for reflection and innovation, as well as Clifford Chance's collaboration with R3 through the Venture Development Programme.

Innovation is an essential component of the financial markets. In recent years, one of the main focuses of innovation has been the use of distributed ledger technology (DLT), which is a revolutionary way of storing data. From 23 March 2023, for an initial three-year period, operators of DLT Market infrastructures will be given the opportunity to experiment with the use of DLT in issuance and post-trade processes under the EU Pilot Regime, free from certain regulatory constraints. This is expected to increase the volume of issuances of financial instruments that are issued, recorded, transferred and stored using DLT in Europe.

As part of our Construction Law Conversations series, Perth partner Spencer Flay talks to project disputes specialists Peter Harris and Mohsun Ali in Tokyo about the differences between prospective vs. retrospective analysis and why the difference matters.

The innovation team talks to Professor Jerrold Soh, Singapore Management University Yong Pung How School of Law, Assistant Professor of Law; Deputy Director, Centre for Computational Law, about how legal innovation is a driver of graduates, and how universities are preparing graduates for the future of law.

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) and Karina Bashir (associate, DC) to break down recent regulatory, enforcement, and litigation developments in this area, and to discuss how companies committed to ESG can proactively address the escalating litigation risk.

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-house counsel on their climate journeys.

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 environment in Australia with increased consumer-driven and anti-competition litigation in the sector.

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 tech investing.

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 we would like to be.

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 together to dismantle some of the barriers that may prevent our firm – and indeed other organisations – from being as inclusive as we would like to be.

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 investors, from enforcement actions to merger control.

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+ network Arcus in Germany), Christie-Lee Malek (Practice Support Coordinator and Co-Chair Arcus Australia) and the firm's Global Director of Inclusion Tiernan Brady tell the story of the road to marriage equality in Germany and Australia from the perspective of those who experienced and shaped it first-hand.

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 and German regimes set a precedent.

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 full panel of women with Meera Ragha (London), Iris Mok (Hong Kong), Yaru Chia (Singapore), Abigail Cessna (Washington, DC) and special guest Georgia Quinn, General Counsel at digital asset platform Anchorage Digital to provide their insights and predictions following Day 3 of the Singapore Fintech Festival.

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 York), Laura Douglas (London), Alex Sisto (New York) and Sharon Zhang (Hong Kong) to dive into Day 2 of the Festival. Special guest (and Clifford Chance alumnus) Andrew Foo, Legal Counsel at global payments platform Airwallex joined and provided his perspectives to the discussion.

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 Kong), Jesse Overall (New York) and Samuel Kwek (Singapore) are joined by special guest speaker Matthew Yee, Senior Legal Counsel at digital trade finance network Contour to discuss Day 1 of the Festival.

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.

In the fourth episode of our Asia Pacific Funds & Investment Management podcast series, partner Viola Lui and senior associate Benjamin Lohr in our Hong Kong office discuss the redomiciliation option for foreign private funds to register as Hong Kong LPFs proposed in the Limited Partnership Fund and Business Registration Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2021.

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