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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.
Episodes
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Solvency II
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
Tuesday Aug 01, 2023
In this podcast, Kate McInerney and Louisa Innes-Wilkin discuss the key upcoming changes to Solvency II, and in particular, the reform proposals set out in the Consultation Paper published on 22 June 2023 (CP 12/23).
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Pillar Two and M&A – How the new global minimum rate of tax is impacting M&A
Monday Jul 24, 2023
Monday Jul 24, 2023
In this podcast, our tax experts explore some practical implications that Pillar Two could have on M&A transactions and documentation.
Tax PSL Counsel Brin Rajathurai discusses various topics with Tax Partner Godfried Kinnegim and Tax Counsel Gareth Banfield, including:
- A refresher on Pillar Two and where we are with implementation
- Pillar Two's impact on documentation and risk allocation in M&A transactions and joint ventures
- Understanding Pillar Two's wider impact on deal structure, pricing, and modelling
- The importance of monitoring developments and having a flexible, cooperative approach
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Greenwashing risk - key considerations and priorities for banks
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
Tuesday Jul 18, 2023
The response of individual banks and the wider banking industry to climate change is coming under increasingly intense scrutiny from policymakers, regulators, shareholders and other stakeholders, including non-governmental organisations and the general public.
Banks are facing a rapidly expanding body of laws, regulations and guidelines that require them to disclose detailed information about their efforts to decarbonise their operations and business models.
In parallel, they are being challenged to verify and validate the sustainability of ‘green’ financial products that they are developing to meet the needs of their customers around the world.
As banks navigate this fast-evolving landscape, understanding and mitigating the risks of regulatory sanction and litigation relating to greenwashing and making potentially misleading claims has become a pressing priority for boards and senior management.
In the first in a series of podcasts exploring current and emerging developments shaping the future of banking, A&O partners Andrew Denny, head of the firm’s Global Business and Human Rights Practice, and Matt Townsend, co-head of the International Environment, Climate and Regulatory Law Group, join Roger Lui, partner and co-head of the Global Bank Sector team, to discuss the most significant issues and trends that directors and senior executives should consider.
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Recovery and resolution for distressed insurers
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
Wednesday Jul 12, 2023
In this podcast, Kate McInerney and Lucy Aconley discuss the UK Treasury’s proposal for an insurance recovery and resolution regime, and provide an update on the changes to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 discussed in the previous podcast.
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
ASEAN data protection and privacy developments: Episode 3 – A deep dive into Indonesia
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
Wednesday Jul 05, 2023
In Indonesia, the Personal Data Protection (PDP) Bill was passed and become law in October 2022 in Indonesia. PDP Law is the first comprehensive law in Indonesia to govern personal data protection in both electronic and non-electronic systems. Albeit being passed in October 2022, in the provisions of the PDP law, there is a two year grace period to allow parties to comply with the new standards imposed.
With two-years grace period for parties to comply with its requirements, enactment of implementing regulations is forthcoming but uncertainties are still up in the air. However, that does not mean that companies cannot prepare themselves for the PDP Law.
To learn more, tune in to our data specialists, Cedric Lindenmann, Prasetyo Sukirno, Agnes Guntara’s discussion on the latest happenings in Indonesia.
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Market Horizons podcast: The EU goes for gold with its Green Bond Regulation
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
In this episode of Allen & Overy’s Market Horizons podcast series, Axel de Backer, a Senior Associate in A&O’s Banking & International Capital Markets practice in Brussels and Danielle Kendall, a Senior Professional Support Lawyer in A&O’s International Capital Markets practice in London, discuss the potential impact of the political agreement on the draft EU Green Bond Regulation for the mainstream debt capital markets.
Together, they discuss why the new European green bond label will represent a “gold standard”, and how an issuer will be able to meet its requirements. They also cover the newly introduced voluntary approach to sustainability disclosures for bonds not using the label but marketed as environmentally sustainable or sustainability-linked bonds (SLBs). As well as the ability for issuers to continue to follow the ICMA Principles should they prefer and what changes may be made to the EU Prospectus Regulation in terms of the introduction of a new ESG disclosure Annex.
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
Thursday Jun 22, 2023
In this episode of “Beyond the Hype, The Future of Digital Assets” podcast series, our digital assets experts focus on the latest proposals to regulate institutional/wholesale digital assets products in the UK.
The first quarter of 2023 has seen a flurry of new developments which are going to form the fundamental legal and regulatory building blocks in relation to this fast-growing sector. These include, for example, proposed new regulated activities regimes; new disclosure/whitepaper rules; new market abuse regimes; reforms to underlying property law; reforms to insolvency law; and proposed new industry standard derivatives documentation.
In this episode, our digital assets experts focus on the latest law and regulation of institutional/wholesale digital assets products and services, including topics such as custody of digital assets, tokenisation and derivative trends. They discuss the key issues and areas where market participants will need to be aware of the evolving design of the relevant regimes.
Monday Jun 19, 2023
Monday Jun 19, 2023
In this podcast, our tax and funds & asset management lawyers discuss how the OECD/G20 plans for a global minimum tax will impact private capital. Tax partner James Burton (London) and tax counsel Guilhem Becvort (Luxembourg), moderated by funds & asset management partner Emma Danforth (London), discuss various topics including:
- Back to basics: What is Pillar Two and how will the new global minimum tax work?
- Key factors that determine who is in or out of scope of Pillar Two
- Potential exclusions that could apply to those in the private capital sector
- Practical implications for those in scope and why it is important to start thinking about these new rules now.
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
The insolvency framework for distressed insurers
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
Thursday Jun 15, 2023
In this podcast, Jennifer Marshall and Kate McInerney discuss the current insolvency framework for distressed insurers and how that is set to change with the imminent amendments to the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 and the possible introduction of a bespoke resolution regime.
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Episode 6: Deconstructing Crypto - The SEC’s frontal assault
Monday Jun 12, 2023
Monday Jun 12, 2023
In episode 6 of Deconstructing Crypto, Todd Fishman and Gene Ingoglia analyze theSecurities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) enforcement actions against Binance and Coinbase, two of the largest crypto asset trading platforms in the world. They explain the charges, the legal arguments, the potential defenses, and the implications for the crypto industry. Both enforcement actions represent high-stakes moves against the crypto ecosystem and are striking given the prevailing uncertainty as the legal community awaits (i) a ruling in the Ripple case as to whether crypto assets constitute securities and (ii) US congressional action to directly regulate the space.
Todd and Gene analyze the implications of these developments for the crypto industry and the legal and strategic challenges that crypto actors face in navigating a complex and evolving enforcement landscape.