The Clifford Chance Podcast

In this episode of our UK Pensions Podcast, we discuss the upcoming general election and what this could mean for pensions. We also consider the Pensions Regulator's recently published corporate plan. This episode accompanies our September 2024 UK Pensions Update newsletter.

In this episode of our PE Risks podcast series, senior associate Mark Inkester hosts a discussion with partner Stephen Reese and counsel Daryl Fairbairn on the value of IP as an asset class and the potential risks involved with developing and maintaining IP.

In this episode of our PE Risks podcast series, associate Cristina Rice hosts a discussion with partners Zayed Al Jamil and Meighan O'Reardon on how outsourcing and contracting initiatives can create value for a portfolio company.

In this episode, counsel Lauren Harris hosts a discussion with partner Stavroula Vryna and senior associate Jonathan Blondeel on the new antitrust, foreign direct investment and foreign subsidies developments along with competition law developments in employment and technology and how these affect Sponsors and their investment in portfolio companies.

In this episode of our PE Risks podcast series, associate Amelia Bennett hosts a discussion with partners Nick Kinnersley and Neil Cavanagh on how a portfolio company can ensure that it complies with the debt financing documents and touch on the current debt raising challenges and potential solutions for Sponsors.

In this episode of our PE Risks podcast series, senior associate Mayowa Kalesanwo hosts a discussion with partners Nicola Hemsley and Philip Wagman on the key tax developments concerning anti-avoidance and substance which pose certain risks and opportunities for Sponsors.

In this episode of our PE Risks podcast series, senior associate Victoria Ho hosts a discussion with partners Michael Lyons and Kelwin Nicholls on the ever present and increasingly complex challenge for Sponsors and their portfolio companies of managing bribery, money laundering and sanctions risks including creating strategies for them to monitor and address these risks.

In this episode of our PE Risks podcast series, associate Sarah Bowe hosts a discussion with partner Lily Marcel and senior associate Charlotte Chopping on how Sponsors and portfolio companies can ensure that they adhere to the Fund's sustainability standards.

In this episode of our PE Risks podcast series, associate Caitlin Hagart hosts a discussion with partners Sonia Gilbert and Paul Koppel focusing on an intrinsic part of a Sponsor's investment in a portfolio company, how to achieve alignment with the Management Team to achieve their plan for the business through management equity arrangements.

In this episode of our PE Risks podcast series, knowledge director Katherine Ellis hosts a discussion with partner Violetta Kokolus and senior associate Herbert Swaniker on technological and legal developments in AI, data and cyber including the potential risks these changes create, they also discuss what Sponsors and their portfolio companies should get ahead of in these areas.