In this episode of Virtually Everything, Lucy Nash and Vyasna Mahadevey are joined by Elisabeth Wagner from our London office to explore the UK’s proposed Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill.

In this episode of Virtually Everything, hosts Lucy Nash and Vyasna Mahadevey are joined by Tommaso Pace, General Counsel at Tabby – one of the Middle East’s leading fintech companies transforming how consumers shop, pay and manage their finances. Founded in 2019, Tabby has grown from a Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) provider into a broader financial services platform with operations across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and beyond.

In the sixth episode of Series 3 of our Virtually Everything podcast, hosts Lucy Nash and Vyasna Mahadevey are joined by Zhen Guang Lam, Senior Associate in our Singapore office, to explore the country’s evolving regulatory landscape for digital assets and payments.

Cybersecurity in the virtual assets world is more critical than ever. In this episode of Virtually Everything, hosts Lucy Nash and Vyasna Mahadevey are joined by Becky Jones, to discuss the growing risks facing crypto platforms, the UAE’s regulatory response, and what organisations can do to strengthen their defences.

In this episode of Virtually Everything, Lucy Nash and Vyasna Mahadevey return with Senior Associate Barkha Doshi to conclude their two-part special on digital payments. Following their introduction to open finance in the previous episode, the team now turns to the UAE’s new Payment Token Services Regulation, published by the Central Bank in mid-2024.

In this episode of the Virtually Everything podcast, hosts Lucy Nash and Vyasna Mahadevey are joined by Barkha Doshi, a new Senior Associate in our Financial Services Regulatory team. With deep expertise in fintech, virtual assets and payments, Barkha shares her insights on the UAE’s newly issued Open Finance Regulations and what they mean for the region’s fast-evolving digital payments landscape.

In this insightful episode of Virtually Everything, hosts Lucy Nash and Vyasna Mahadevey sit down with Jorge Carrasco, Managing Director of Blockchain and Digital Assets at FTI Consulting, to explore one of the most talked-about topics in the digital assets space: real world asset tokenisation.

In the first episode of series 3 of Virtually Everything, hosts Lucy Nash and Vyasna Mahadevey welcome listeners back with a slight change to the usual content, to bring an insider's perspective from Token2049 Dubai - dubbed the premier crypto event of the year. Join Lucy, Vyasna and special guest Thai Scott, a Senior Associate at Clyde & Co, as they unpack the key trends, major announcements and thought-provoking discussions from one of the most talked-about blockchain conferences on the global calendar.

Seaton Gordon and Elizabeth Bardsley return for the second part of our two-part episode on the UK government’s proposals to combat ransomware, exploring how potential new legislation could impact businesses and individuals.

In this episode, Seaton Gordon, a partner in the cyber team at Clyde & Co, and Liz Bardsley, an associate in the team, discuss the government’s proposed mandatory ransomware reporting regime. This would require organizations to report incidents within 72 hours and submit a full report within 28 days, adding to existing compliance obligations like GDPR. While the aim is to improve understanding of ransomware threats, the hosts highlight concerns about the potential burden on businesses.