August 11, 2022
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 regimes, effecting international data transfers, maintaining the UK’s adequacy status, and reforming the ICO.
As the UK regime evolves, what is the bigger picture and what does it mean for your organisation?
For further information on the UK data protection reforms, read Steve Wood’s blog here.
July 21, 2022
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, which is practically impossible.
In this episode, Middle East based senior associates Victoria Ferres (Financial Services Regulatory and Ravinder Mattu (Technology and Data Protection) focus on distributed ledger technology and its practical implications in the UAE.
This podcast will be of interest to anyone involved in the crypto space or who is seeking to become involved in the crypto sector in the UAE, or in the broader GCC region.
This podcast forms part of a series where we will be focusing on key considerations relevant to the developing cryptoasset landscape in the UAE.
July 11, 2022
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 boards and senior management arising from the widespread adoption of remote and hybrid working. In particular, they look at the wider impact of these changes on the development and retention of talent and the need to respond to the evolving expectations of employees and regulators.
Among the other topics discussed, Paola and Sally reflect on banks’ efforts to tackle decarbonisation and sustainability, the focus on DE&I and the effectiveness of how banks are approaching the goal of making their organisations and their boards more diverse and inclusive.
This episode was recorded in May 2022.
July 8, 2022
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. Together, they cover disclosure in relation to use of proceeds bonds, contractual protection and the re-labelling of bonds as green bonds, before contemplating what might be coming down the track in terms of a legal framework for green bonds.
June 30, 2022
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
- Who will be caught by the extension of the financial promotions regime
- What they need to do to comply with the new regime
- When the extension of the financial promotions regime to unregulated cryptoassets is expected to take effect
June 23, 2022
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 come into effect and what’s expected to apply in future
- Why UK authorities are expediting the extension of advertising requirements for cryptoassets
- The key features of the ASA guidance on cryptoasset advertising
- How can the ASA enforce its decisions?
- Recent proposals for a new online advertising regulator within the UK
June 22, 2022
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 based senior associates Victoria Ferres (Financial Services Regulatory) and David Berman (Litigation, Investigations and Contentious Regulatory), provide:
- an introduction to cryptoassets
- an overview of the key legal considerations relevant to cryptoassets in the UAE
- insights into the key regulatory regimes governing crypto in the UAE, implemented both in mainland UAE as well as in the UAE’s financial free zones.
This podcast will be of interest to anyone involved in the crypto space or who is seeking to become involved in the crypto sector in the UAE, or in the broader GCC region.
June 14, 2022
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).
June 6, 2022
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.
