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Demystifying Sustainability Linked Financing Sustainability-linked loans: what are they, how are they structured and why are they increasingly popular? In this podcast, we discuss the features that make a loan sustainability-linked, what parties should be thinking about when putting one in place, th... Shareholder activism – trends and tips for the year ahead In this podcast, Corporate partners Filippo de Falco and Claire Jackson discuss the shareholder activism trends that emerged in 2020, and whether these trends will carry over into 2021. They reflect on both the increase in M&A activism and the increas... Investigations and Enforcement Outlook 2021: Corporate Crime In the third podcast of the series, Jonny Cotton, Sir David Green and Holly Ware discuss the criminal investigations and enforcement outlook for 2021. In particular they look at the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) recent activity, the possible changes to the... Climate risk and the Pension Schemes Act In this podcast we consider the impact on the new requirements on climate related risk governance and reporting requirements in the Pension Schemes Act 2021.  We cover the detailed new requirements for trustees of larger occupational pension schemes,... Investigations and Enforcement Outlook 2021: Financial Institutions In the second podcast of the series, Jan Putnis, Ewan Brown and Ella Williams discuss the outlook for financial institutions enforcement in 2021. In particular they focus on the expected areas of increased activity for the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority... Regulating Digital – Can privacy laws enhance digital innovation? In our third and final podcast Natalie Donovan interviews Rob Sumroy and Duncan Blaikie about whether our current privacy rules are fit-for-purpose in an increasingly digital age, whether the ICO is doing enough to encourage innovation in the digital spac... Merricks v Mastercard and the future of collective actions in the UK In this podcast Camilla Sanger, Damian Taylor and Tim Blanchard discuss the UK Supreme Court’s much-anticipated judgment in Merricks v Mastercard and its wider implications. The judgment is one of the most important commercial judgments of 2020 and repres... Investigations and Enforcement Outlook 2021: GDPR Enforcement and Litigation Trends In the first podcast of our Investigations and Enforcement Outlook 2021 series, Jonathan Cotton, Richard Jeens and Rebecca Cousin discuss the outlook for data privacy-related enforcement and litigation in 2021. In particular they focus on the increased (a... Podcast: Regulating Digital – How can we regulate data in an increasingly digital world? In this podcast Richard Sargeant (COO of Faculty, a leading applied AI company, and a board member of the UK’s Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation) and Rob Sumroy (Head of Technology Group and co-head of Global Privacy) discuss the use, ownership and re... Shifting Sands: Making sense of the new deal landscape On Wednesday 20th January we held the second webinar in our M&A Perspective Winter Series. London Corporate partners David Watkins and Natalie Cook, Hong Kong Corporate partner Chris McGaffin, and Cravath’s Richard Hall, Head of M&A for EMEA, disc...