The Archive (2020-2023)

By Slaughter and May

Welcome to The Archive, a collection of past episodes of insightful conversations and thought-provoking discussions. Explore a diverse array of topics, involving expert insights on industry trends and... more

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July 05, 2021 Reinventing the 9 to 5: Social Cohesion and the Future of Work
As businesses reshape their working patterns, social cohesion appears at the heart of the discussion around the future of work. In this podcast, partners Jan Putnis, Jeff Twentyman, Phil Linnard and Natalie Cook discuss how we can define social cohesion, how it has been impacted (and could be re-invented) by the pandemic and why it matters to in-house legal functions.
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21min
June 16, 2021 Tax news highlights: June 2021
In this podcast, Zoe Andrews and Tanja Velling discuss the Supreme Court decisions in Hurstwood Properties on the application of the Ramsay principle to business rates legislation and Tooth on discovery assessments, clarifying the meaning of “deliberate error” and dismissing the concept of staleness. They also consider two cases concerning tax covenant and warranty claims, Dodika before the Court of Appeal and TP Icap Ltd before the High Court, and judicial review proceedings in Heathrow Airport in respect of the withdrawal of an extra-statutory concession in respect of tax-free shopping.
The podcast also provides an update on potentially settled points and open issues following the G7 agreement in respect of the OECD’s international tax reform project, and it covers the European Commission’s plan to make EU business taxation fit for the 21st century, highlighting the planned proposals for BEFIT, DEBRA and a WTO-compliant digital levy.
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23min
June 10, 2021 Solvency II - Cross-border provision of services
In this podcast, part of a series accompanying our Solvency II App, Robert Chaplin and Beth Dobson discuss cross-border provision of services. To request access to the App please email [email protected].
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10min
June 02, 2021 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 Kondratyev, Managing Director and Head of Data Science and Innovation at Standard Chartered Bank, to hear more about the work that Slaughter and May’s clients are already doing in this space.
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31min
May 26, 2021 Cyber security in the era of quantum computing
In this podcast Rob Sumroy, head of Technology Group and the global Cyber hub at Slaughter and May, 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 the risks that quantum computing poses to the security of organisations and their data. Is there a solution we should be investing in now to stay quantum secure?
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33min
May 19, 2021 Quantum Computing 101
In this podcast 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 findings of their research into what is meant by ‘quantum computing’. Both David and Emily are members of our Slaughter and May quantum technologies hub.
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May 13, 2021 Solvency 2: Capital requirements and internal models
In this podcast, part of a series accompanying our Solvency II App, Robert Chaplin and Beth Dobson discuss capital requirements and internal models. To request access to the App please email [email protected].
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13min
May 12, 2021 Tax News Highlights - May 2021
In this podcast, Zoe Andrews and Tanja Velling provide an update on the progress of Finance Bill 2021, noting some of the Government amendments made during the Committee Stage.
They also discuss two First-tier Tribunal and one High Court decisions. The First-tier Tribunal decisions are those in Euromoney on the application of the purpose test in section 137 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to prevent rollover treatment on a share-for-share exchange and in Aozora on the interaction between the UK’s rules on unilateral relief from double taxation and the Limitation on Benefits article in the US/UK tax treaty. The High Court decision concerns the Danish tax authority SKAT’s attempt to reclaim Danish withholding tax refunds.
The podcast further covers certain international tax topics. Zoe and Tanja consider the impact of the Biden/Harris administration’s tax reform proposals on the OECD’s international tax reform project, the adoption of a new Article 12B (Income from Automated Digital Services) for the UN’s Model Tax Treaty and the consultation on proposed changes to the commentary on Article 9 (Associated enterprises) of the OECD’s Model Tax Treaty.
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23min
April 29, 2021 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 and what the latest research studies tell us about the impact of transactions on shareholder value and innovation. In a world where competition authorities are increasingly likely to block deals on the basis of limited competition harms, communicating the value of M&A is now more important than ever.
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33min
April 07, 2021 Tax news highlights: April 2021
In this podcast, Zoe Andrews and Tanja Velling provide an overview of the UK Government’s announcements made on Tax Day, 23 March 2021, highlighting three measures that were shelved and three measures on which further information will be published in due course. Five consultations are discussed in more detail: the call for evidence on the tax administration framework to support a 21st century tax system, the second consultation on the notification of uncertain tax treatment by large businesses, the consultation on options for updating transfer pricing documentation requirements, the consultation on raising standards in the tax advice market which focusses on the introduction of compulsory professional indemnity insurance for tax advisers, and the consultation on the reform of the taxation of securitisation companies. The podcast covers the decisions of the Court of Justice of the European Union in Cases C-459/19 Wellcome Trust, considering whether a taxable person is “acting as such” for the purposes of Article 44 of the Principal VAT Directive when receiving supplies for the purposes of its non-economic business activities, and C-812/19 Danske Bank on the VAT treatment of supplies between a VAT-grouped head office and its non-VAT-grouped foreign branch. Zoe and Tanja also briefly touch on DAC7.
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24min

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