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The Lens Newsletter - April 2024 A selection of our latest blogs on all things digital from our experts and thought leaders here at Slaughter and May. Cyber update – what’s been happening in Q1 2024.  As Q1 2024 comes to a close, I look back at some of the key cyber developments that h... New Pilot Scheme for widening participation in arbitrations in Hong Kong Client briefing regarding the Pilot Scheme on Facilitation for Persons Participating in Arbitral Proceedings in Hong Kong (launched on 29 June 2020). The Hong Kong government has launched a pilot scheme aimed at allowing eligible non-Hong Kong residents ... The impact of COVID-19 on Executive Remuneration In this podcast, Gillian Fairfield and Ian Brown discuss Executive Remuneration and the issues facing Remuneration Committees in the current crisis. In this podcast, Gillian Fairfield and Ian Brown discuss Executive Remuneration and the issues facing Remu... 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... Quantum Computing: Small Science, Huge Opportunity In the final podcast in this series, Ben Kingsley, Natalie Donovan and Emily Bradley turn to consider the promise presented by quantum technologies, and discuss how businesses can start to leverage the opportunities they present. They catch up with Alexei... What is the Value of M&A? In this podcast, Professor Scott Moeller (Director of the M&A Research Centre at the Business School (formerly Cass)) and Jordan Ellison (Competition Partner at Slaughter and May) discuss why companies engage in M&A, what makes a successful deal a... 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... Cyber security in the era of quantum computing In this podcast Rob Sumroy, Robert Hannigan, Chairman of BlueVoyant International and Senior Adviser to McKinsey & Co, and Dr Ali El Kaafarani, Research Fellow at the Mathematical Institute (University of Oxford) and Founder/CEO of PQShield, discuss t... 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... Quantum Computing 101 In the first in a new series of podcasts where we delve into the world of quantum computing, David Subel, an associate in one of our corporate teams and Emily Bradley, a professional support lawyer in our financial regulation group, discuss the key findin...