Allen & Overy is an international legal practice and trusted counsel to the world’s leading companies, financial institutions and public sector organisations. In this series of podcasts, our lawyers share their perspectives on today’s most significant global legal, regulatory and commercial issues. Disclaimer: Podcasts are not legal advice. Laws may have changed since a podcast was recorded.
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Environmental and sustainability outlook 2023
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Join our global environmental and sustainability experts as we discuss the trends and outlook across some of our major jurisdictions for 2023. We look at developments across the UK, Europe, Asia-Pacific and Africa and the implications of the regulatory landscape on businesses. This episode was recorded in January 2023. The podcast does not go into …
Following the indictments of senior FTX executives, two guilty pleas and related enforcement actions by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the digital asset space faced huge difficulties towards the end of 2022. In addition, on January 3, 2023, the Federal Reserve, the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insuran…
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Episode 1 – ASEAN data protection and privacy developments: An overview
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In this first episode, our team of ASEAN data experts gave a high level update on the latest happenings in the Southeast Asia region, and how it make affect your businesses. Among other developments, we know that: The Indonesian government has recently passed the Personal Data Protection Bill. The very first data protection legislation in Thailand …
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Perspectives on the future of banking – In conversation with Sir Win Bischoff, Chairman of JP Morgan Securities
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This podcast series features topical conversations with leading figures in the global banking industry. In this new episode, Sir Win Bischoff, Chairman of JP Morgan Securities, talks to Sally Dewar, CEO of A&O Consulting, about the strategic opportunities and challenges facing banks. Sir Win and Sally discuss the evolving nature of boards, the role…
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New Year, New Regulation: What does the funds and asset management regulatory landscape look like as we enter 2023?
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In this podcast, Hilaire Bedier, Codrina Constantinescu and Emma Danforth discuss some of the key regulatory changes on the horizon which asset managers and funds should have on their radar as we move towards 2023, including the hot topics of the retailisation of funds and ESG. This podcast forms part of the Great Fund Insights series, a global res…
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Behavioural risk management - In conversation with Wieke Scholten, &samhoud
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How can organisations approach and manage behavioural risks, and focus their efforts with a strategic, structured approach? In this podcast, leader of the Organisational Behaviour practice within A&O Consulting, Clive Garfield, talks about the issues with Wieke Scholten, head of the Behavioural Risk practice in &samhoud.…
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Selecting your Fund Domicile: Cayman Islands
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A&O partner Kamar Jaffer (Dubai) discusses key legal and regulatory trends in the Cayman Islands with our guest speaker Philip Ireland, a Dubai-based partner at the Maples Group. This podcast forms part of Allen & Overy’s Selecting your Fund Domicile series. Selecting your Fund Domicile is a series of video podcasts that focuses on manager consider…
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Following publication in October of our client podcast “Annual Reports and AGMs- what you need to know this year” we have produced a supplemental podcast covering the recent update to the Pre-emption Group Statement of Principles, including the changes clients should consider making to their AGM dis-application of pre-emption rights resolutions in …
Severe liquidity issues continue to plague large digital asset trading platforms. Most recently, FTX and its affiliated trading arm Alameda filed for protection under chapter 11 of the U.S. bankruptcy laws. With this news, the liquidity and capital problems spread to others in the crypto ecosystem. BlockFi, a cryptocurrency trading and lending plat…
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Voluntary carbon credits - an in depth look
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In this episode of Allen & Overy's Market Horizons podcast Series, U.S. Project Finance Partner Sam Kamyans, is joined by Muireann Mageras, Head of Environmental Strategy & Advisory at Vertree, an integrated carbon solutions provider wholly owned by Hartree Partners, to provide an in depth view of key financing developments in the voluntary carbon …
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A global perspective on accelerating decarbonisation through infrastructure and carbon markets
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Partner David Lee, partner and head of the global infrastructure group, senior associate Victoria White, and Phil Beattie, head of strategic relationships at SparkChange, join Brenna Speiser, senior manager at Fuse, A&O’s tech innovation hub, to discuss how investment in infrastructure and carbon markets (mandatory and voluntary) can work together …
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Selecting your Fund Domicile: Channel Islands – Part I: Guernsey
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The next two podcasts focus on topical fund trends in the Channel Islands, presented by expert speakers at law firm Ogier. Our discussion starts with Guernsey and features Tim Clipstone, a Guernsey based partner at Ogier. This podcast forms part of Allen & Overy’s Selecting your Fund Domicile series. Selecting your Fund Domicile is a series of vide…
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Propel: Car industry monetization strategies and damages
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In this episode of Propel, host Paul Keller sits down with Joshua Gans, Professor of Strategic Management and holder of the Jeffrey S. Skoll Chair in Technical Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto. He is also the Chief Economist of its Creative Destruction Lab. This discussion covers trajec…
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Selecting your Fund Domicile: British Virgin Islands
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We are delighted to launch Selecting your Fund Domicile, a new series of podcasts that features offshore law firm experts and focuses on manager considerations for setting up a fund and choosing the most appropriate domicile. In the inaugural episode of Selecting your Fund Domicile Middle East-based partner Kamar Jaffer (Funds) discusses topical fu…
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The developing cryptoasset landscape in the UAE podcast: Spotlight on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing
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The UAE is developing its financial crime compliance credentials in order to position itself as a global leader and innovator in the cryptoassets space. This means that a proper understanding of the intersection between AML/CTF considerations and cryptoassets regulation is essential for those involved or interested in the cryptoasset landscape in t…
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Great Fund Insights podcast: US tax matters
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US federal tax treatment can be relevant to funds in a variety of contexts and provides a range of risks and benefits depending on the type of investor. In this podcast episode, Middle East-based Partner Kamar Jaffer (Funds) and US-based Senior Counsel Caroline Lapidus (Tax) discuss the key US tax considerations relevant to any funds with either US…
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Annual reports and AGMs – what you need to know this year
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In our latest podcast our team of A&O experts bring you up to speed with the key issues company secretaries and their teams need to think about when preparing for their next Annual Report and AGM. These include: diversity on boards and in executive management; market trends and new requirements for environmental and climate reporting; current high …
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Episode 2: Deconstructing Crypto: Emerging RICO applications to digital assets
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In September 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a series of reports regarding the development of digital asset markets. In one of the reports, titled Implications for Consumers, Investors and Businesses, the Treasury Department, highlighted a series of “conduct risks” associated with crypto assets. The U.S. Department of the Treasur…
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Great Fund Insights: Five questions on sustainability-linked fund financing
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In this podcast, Greg Brown (Partner, London) and Joanna Pecenik (Counsel, Luxembourg) discuss sustainability-linked fund financing: what it is, the main EU regulatory drivers and the key issues that fund managers and lenders need to consider when agreeing terms to document a sustainability-linked fund financing. Topics discussed in this podcast in…
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A discussion with Microsoft on the artificial intelligence (AI) platform Azure and its impact on self-driving cars
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In our latest episode of Propel, host New York IP partner Paul Keller and guest speaker Kurt Niebuhr of Microsoft discuss the artificial intelligence (AI) platform Azure and its impact on self-driving cars. Kurt leads the High-Performance Computing (HPC) AI Workload Incubation team within Azure Engineering. The episode takes a deeper dive on the pl…
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The developing cryptoasset landscape in the UAE podcast: Spotlight on consumer protection and data privacy
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Consumer protection and data privacy are at the heart of the constantly evolving cryptoasset regulatory regime in the UAE. In this episode, Middle East based senior associates Victoria Ferres (Financial Services Regulatory), David Berman (Litigation, Investigations and Contentious Regulatory) and Ravinder Mattu (Technology and Data Protection) expl…
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Episode 1: Deconstructing Crypto: Disruptive trading in the digital asset market
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In this first episode, New York-based partners Todd Fishman and Eugene Ingoglia focus on disruptive trading practices, such as front-running, insider trading, and cross-market manipulation.Allen & Overy
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Mandatory and voluntary carbon markets
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In this episode of Allen & Overy's Market Horizons podcast series, Derivatives & Structured Finance Senior Associates, Victoria White and Kate Whelan (London), and International Capital Markets Counsel, Christian Kloepfer (Frankfurt) provide an introduction to the mandatory and voluntary carbon markets and highlight some of the key expected develop…
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Practical implications of the UK’s data reform plans
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Listen to Steve Wood, our special advisor on data protection, and Emma Keeling, Senior PSL, discuss the broader implications of the UK’s Data Protection and Digital Information Bill. Among the topics discussed, Steve considers the impact that the changes may bring for business when thinking about juggling compliance with multiple data protection re…
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The developing cryptoasset landscape in the UAE podcast - Spotlight on distributed ledger technology
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One of the key advantages of distributed ledger technology networks is that they eliminate the need for a central authority to keep a check against manipulation. The very nature of a decentralized ledger makes them immune to cyber-crime, as all the copies stored across the network need to be attacked at the same time for the attack to be successful…
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Podcast: Perspectives on the future of banking – In conversation with senior iNED Paola Bergamaschi Broyd
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In this new episode, Paola Bergamaschi Broyd, a senior independent non-executive director, talks to Sally Dewar, CEO of A&O Consulting, about the strategic opportunities and challenges facing banks in the near to medium term. Paola and Sally discuss the role and value of organisational culture and governance for banks and the challenges facing boar…
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Market Horizons podcast: More than a splash of colour – green bonds in the mainstream debt capital markets
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In this episode of Allen & Overy’s Market Horizons podcast series, partners in A&O’s International Capital Markets practice, Amanda Thomas (London), Tom Grant (London) and Julien Sebastien (Paris), together with Jennifer Cresswell, counsel in A&O’s International Capital Markets practice, discuss green bonds in the mainstream debt capital markets. T…
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Further headwinds ahead in the UK retail crypto market? Part two: new UK financial promotions regime rules
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A flurry of initiatives are tightening rules around crypto advertising in the UK. In this episode, our regulatory experts, Ben Regnard-Weinrabe, Gregory Talbot and Jamie Greenwood explain what's happening and why it matters. Topics covered in this podcast include: The proposals to extend the financial promotions regime to unregulated cryptoassets W…
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Will changes to advertising rules end the UK retail crypto bubble? Part one: new ASA guidance
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A flurry of initiatives are tightening rules around crypto advertising in the UK. In this two-part series, our regulatory experts, Ben Regnard-Weinrabe, Anna Lewis-Martinez and Rory Copeland explain what's happening and why it matters. Topics covered in this podcast include: How crypto assets are regulated today in the UK What new requirements have…
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The developing cryptoasset landscape in the UAE - Spotlight on the regulation of cryptoassets
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The UAE’s ambitious plan to establish itself as a regional hub for fintech and payments firms has led to the recent introduction of a host of legislation both in the mainland UAE and in the financial freezones, designed to bring certain cryptoassets and activities connected with cryptoassets within scope of regulation. In this episode, Middle East …
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Institutional Investor Forum: How I Made It - an interview with Michelle Thomsen
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In this episode, Paul Sampson, speaks with Michelle Thomsen, General Counsel at Queensland Investment Corporation (QIC) about her career and advice for others in the institutional investor space.Allen & Overy
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EU/UK Securitisation Regulations and restrictions on the use of third country SPVs
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This episode of Allen & Overy’s Market Horizons podcast series focuses on the EU Securitisation Regulation and the UK Securitisation Regulation regimes, in particular, restrictions on the use of third country special purpose vehicles (SPVs).Allen & Overy
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Crypto M&A with Bitstamp and Imperii Partners part II
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New York-based M&A partner Dario de Martino is joined by head of corporate development at Bitstamp Eva Gartner, and Chief Executive Officer at Imperii Partners Tony Scuderi in our latest crypto-focused podcast. Covering the key drivers of blockchain M&A, and valuation and due diligence trends and issues.…
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Crypto M&A with Bitstamp and Imperii Partners part I
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New York-based M&A partner Dario de Martino is joined by head of corporate development at Bitstamp Eva Gartner, and Chief Executive Officer at Imperii Partners Tony Scuderi in our latest crypto-focused podcast. Covering the key drivers of blockchain M&A, and valuation and due diligence trends and issues.…
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How brands should prepare for the Metaverse
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What role does intellectual property play in the metaverse and do clients need to change their behaviour towards their brands and copyright? In this podcast, members of A&O’s global IP group, Victoria Pied, Elise Romelly and Beverley Potts, discuss the trade mark, design and copyright issues raised by the metaverse.…
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Evolution of the in-house legal function in Belgium
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In this edition of our Allen & Overy Advanced Delivery podcast we discuss how the in-house legal function has changed, what this means for law firms and how technology plays a key role in the evolution of the legal landscape. We invited Caroline Coesemans (Head of Legal BeNeLux & Nordics at Google Belgium) and Laurens De Koster (Legal Counsel at BN…
What is the metaverse, who controls it and what does it look like? In this podcast, members of A&O’s international IP group, Victoria Pied, Elise Romelly, Laetitia Nicolazzi and Beverley Potts, discuss the fundamentals of the metaverse and how it is quickly evolving to mimic reality.Allen & Overy
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Market Horizons podcast: Digital Bonds – are they the future of capital markets?
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In this episode of Allen & Overy’s Market Horizons podcast series, partners in A&O’s Debt Capital Markets team, Daniel Fletcher (London), Hervé Ekué (Paris), Salvador Ruiz (Madrid) and senior associate Philippe Noeltner (Luxembourg) look at what the future may hold for the capital markets. Together, they discuss Digital Bonds – which some are calli…
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NJDOT Commissioner Gutierrez-Scaccetti and the Trenton NJ MOVES Program
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In this episode, New York Intellectual Property partner Paul Keller sits down with New Jersey Department of Transportation Commissioner Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti. New Jersey recently announced a $5 million grant for the Trenton Mobility & Opportunity: Vehicles Equity System or MOVES Project. The grant to the City of Trenton will support the planned…
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SEC climate-related disclosure proposal: Implications for SEC registrants and foreign portfolio investors
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In this episode, Diana Billik, head of our Paris Capital Markets practice, and New York-based Capital Markets partner Justin Cooke give a concise overview of the proposed climate disclosures put forward by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission that SEC registrants (both domestic and foreign) would be subject to. They discuss: corporate govern…
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Perspectives on the future of banking: Transforming finance for a sustainable future
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In the third episode of our podcast series featuring topical conversations with leading figures in the global financial services industry, capital markets partner Tim Conduit speaks to Christian Leitz, Head of Corporate Responsibility and Corporate Historian at UBS, Duncan Lee, Director of Investment ESG at AIA and Jenn-Hui Tan, Global Head of Stew…
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Strategies when litigating divisional patents
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Why are divisional patent applications important to consider when litigating a parent patent? In this podcast, Rafi Allos, Erin Currie and Elizabeth Taylor, members of our intellectual property team, discuss litigating divisional patents and the strategies used when such patents are in play, such as Arrow declarations, issue estoppel and case manag…
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A new Consumer Duty - what should payments and e-money firms do?
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In this podcast Nikki Johnstone and Jamie Greenwood, members of Allen & Overy's payments regulatory practice, and Claire Haydon from the A&O Consulting team discuss the key legal and practical implications of the latest FCA proposals for the Consumer Duty for payments and e-money firms, including what they need to do to prepare for the April 2023 d…
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Great Fund Insights podcast: Perspectives on ESG in the Middle East with Apex ESG Ratings
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Funds and Asset Management Counsel, Kamar Jaffer is joined by Andrew Pitts-Tucker, Global Head of ESG at Apex ESG Ratings to discuss ESG integration into investment decision-making, data collection, reporting and measuring impact both at a global level and in the Middle East. Topics discussed in this podcast include: The momentum building around th…
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Institutional Investor Forum: How I Made It - Tamara Franks - Head of Group General Counsel Operations
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As part of the Institutional Investor Forum, Allen & Overy’s client-facing diversity and inclusion initiative, we’re delighted to share our latest podcast in the ‘How I Made It’ series which showcases high-flying women in leading roles across the industry. In this podcast, Paul Sampson, speaks with Head of Group General Counsel Operations, Tamara F…
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APAC M&A Insights: What’s driving tech M&A in Asia Pacific and what should investors be wary of?
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2021 was a record year for M&A transactions globally, with the global value of M&A transactions topping USD5 trillion for the first time. Technology M&A in Asia was, and still is, especially buoyant, particularly in the fintech and digital assets space. In this podcast, our lawyers discuss the following key topics: How extensive amounts of capital …
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Great Fund Insights podcast: Spotlight on opportunities in alternative investments in France
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This timely discussion is part of a series of Allen & Overy conversations on opportunities in alternative investments across our global funds network. Partner, Antoine Sarailler and counsel, Kamar Jaffer, put the spotlight on France as they discuss opportunities in alternative investments and market trends from the manager and investor perspective.…
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NFTs: a global view on what they are, how they’re regulated, and more
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In this first of a series of podcasts, members of Allen & Overy’s global fintech and crypto practice, Ben Regnard-Weinrabe (London), Isabella Karlsson (Silicon Valley), Andre Da Roza (Hong Kong) and Louise Utting (London) take a look at what non-fungible tokens (NFTs) are, review the NFT market players, and discuss some of the legal and regulatory …
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Perspectives on the future of banking: In conversation with Sir Douglas Flint, chairman of abrdn
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In the second episode of our podcast series featuring topical conversations with leading figures in the world of banking, Sir Douglas Flint, chairman of global investment company and asset manager abrdn, talks to Richard Cranfield, senior adviser and former chairman of A&O’s global corporate practice, about the developments shaping the future of th…
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Propel: Gearing up with Embark to transform the USD700 billion trucking industry
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In this episode, New York Partner, Paul Keller, talks with Sid Venkatesan, the Chief Legal Officer of Embark. By choosing collaboration over competition, Embark has secured its spot as the longest running self-driving truck program in America. Listen to Paul and Sid as they discuss the company, its goals, the self-driving technology involved, the i…