In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Zeidler’s legal experts look at the behind-the-scenes operations of a fund. Associate, Daniel O'Leary, and Senior Associate, Jasminka Makovec, discuss the role and responsibility of a company secretary, why firms may outsource this task and the best practices a company secretary should always consider. 
This episode provides a  concise overview of company secretary services and their specific function to ensure good corporate governance and operational best practices.

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, the focus is on the upcoming cross-border distribution directive's impact on UCITS.  The upcoming cross-border directive and regulation will be effective from 2 August 2021. 
As the countdown to the implementation date continues to draw nearer, Senior Associates, Katrina Crampton, and Sarah Noville, discuss and dissect the key changes that will significantly impact UCITS funds and their distribution within the EU. This episode provides a succinct overview of the upcoming provisions and their specific effect on UCITS to ensure firms are best prepared and avoid potential operational and fund governance blind spots.




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In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Kunal Grover,  Zeidler's Director of Business Development is joined by Robert Boyle, Head of Legal Ireland to discuss the ongoing post Brexit challenges the investment industry is facing.
Examining the different approaches and solutions asset management firms took to prepare for Brexit, Robert and Kunal analyse the post-Brexit impact firms are now facing and discuss how firms can continue to mitigate risk and ensure their legal and compliance departments continue to operate as usual. 

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Aoife Maguire, Head of Fund Registration at Zeidler Group is joined by Robert Boyle, Head of Dublin Office, to provide a comprehensive overview of National Private Placement Regimes (NPPR). 
Discussing when investment firms may use these regimes, Aoife and Robert share their legal and regulatory insights on the differences in each country, gold plating requirements and the  difficulties firms may encounter when choosing to deregister. 

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Zeidler's Kunal Grover,  Business Development Director is joined by Arne Zeidler,  Founder and Managing Directive of Zeidler Group, to discuss the upcoming Cross-Border Distribution Directive. 
With the new legal framework for cross-border distribution live from 2 August 2021, Kunal and Arne provide an overview of the latest requirements and share their insights and best practices on how firms can prepare ahead of its arrival.

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Kunal Grover, Business Development Director at Zeidler Group is joined by Zeidler Group's, Head of Product- Data Solutions, Martin Jones to look back and review the annual KIID refresh. 
Kunal and Martin discuss the impact of SFDR requirements and how asset management firms can best prepare for the next 6 months in relation to the upcoming UCITS KIID to PRIIPs KID transition.

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Zeidler Group’s Chief Delivery Officer, Max Harper is joined by Founder and Managing Director of Zeidler Group, Arne Zeidler, to explore the evolution of Zeidler Group. 
Max and Arne discuss Zeidler Group's mission to revolutionise legal and regulatory compliance services for asset management industry and the importance of disrupting the legal and compliance delivery status quo entirely.

In the first episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Kunal Grover, Director, Head of Business Development at Zeidler Group is joined by CEO and Founder of Zeidler Group, Arne Zeidler to discuss digital innovation within the asset management industry. 
Kunal and Arne examine how far asset management firms have digitalized their legal and compliance departments, the impact of certain buzzwords have on digital innovation and discuss practical considerations Chief Legal Officers and Chief Compliance Officers should consider when looking to embrace digitalization and automatization of their often unnecessarily complex current legal and compliance processes.