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Episode 11 – Restructuring in Asia: How Will Chinese Bond Defaults Resolve?
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the second largest bond market in the world, China has weathered the economic downturn this year relatively well, without widespread credit dislo...
Episode 10 – PE Views: The Lipstick Effect — Why Are Beauty Deals Increasingly Attractive for Private Equity?
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Recent high-profile beauty M&A deals, coupled with economic turbulence, have brought renewed interest in the "lipstick effect" – when consumer deman...
Episode 9 – Tech Trends: CCPA and the Next Wave of Data Privacy Regimes
09 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nearly a year after California's landmark Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) went into effect, the reach and interlocking complexity of the world's data priv...
Episode 8 – Corporate Culture: How to Attain Sustainable Change
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Culture has become a point of focus for regulators and corporate stakeholders. The UK Financial Conduct Authority has taken a particular interest in c...
Episode 7 – Brexit & Financial Services: Preparing for the End of the Transition Period
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With the end of the Brexit transition period looming, many financial services firms are asking what they need to do between now and the end of the yea...
Episode 6 – Tech Trends: Tech M&A – How Has the Pandemic Changed the Market?
22 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
2020 has been a year of rapid change in how we work and live – changes facilitated by technology. Despite fewer M&A megadeals and a lower volume ove...
Episode 5 – Insolvency Reform: Termination on Ipso Facto of Supply Contracts
14 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sweeping changes to the UK's insolvency regime became effective on 25 June 2020, curtailing the ability of parties to terminate commercial contracts f...
Episode 4 – The ABCs of ESG: How Are Companies Going Beyond the Basics?
23 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues continue to rise in importance for global companies, a trend driven by investors, employees, custom...
Episode 3 – Tech Trends: AI is Here. Now, can we teach the robots ethics and legal compliance?
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As we move from the age of AI development to the era of implementation, governments and companies are wrestling with the ethical, legal, and business ...
Episode 2 – Tech Trends: How Does Growth Debt Fuel Startups Between Equity Rounds?
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In today's competitive environment, how are startups fueling themselves between equity funding rounds as they move toward IPO? Increasingly, the answe...
Episode 1 – Tech Trends: IPO or Direct Listing?
18 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There is perhaps no better source on the topic of direct listings than Greg Rodgers, a capital markets partner in Latham's New York office and a pione...