The Sidley Podcast

Just as the coronavirus  (COVID-19) has the whole world in crisis, an oil price war is now further roiling global markets and the business world. These seismic events raise substantial legal issues for the energy industry. What is the impact on energy market participants? How can businesses navigate the storm?

Our latest episode of The Sidley Podcast grapples with those questions and many others. Join host and Sidley partner Sam Gandhi as he speaks with one of Sidley’s thought leaders on the energy industry, Cliff Vrielink, co-managing partner of Sidley’s Houston office and global leader of the firm’s Energy and Infrastructure practice. Together, they address what businesses can do in anticipation of the challenges ahead.

Blockchain technology has the ability to transform how business and everyday commercial transactions are being done across industries. This emerging technology represents more than just an incremental improvement in business practices — it could actually disrupt how we do business. What is blockchain, how will it affect the way we communicate and transact with each other and why are cryptocurrencies being used in conjunction with this technology? 

We get answers to these questions and many others on the latest episode of The Sidley Podcast. Podcast host and Sidley partner Sam Gandhi speaks with Lilya Tessler, a partner in the firm’s New York office, who focuses her practice on the corporate and regulatory aspects of blockchain technology.

With a new prime minister and a mandate from the voters, the United Kingdom’s Brexit from the European Union is finally upon us. The day after the referendum in 2016, the most searched for question on the internet in the U.K. was “What is Brexit?” As the departure works itself out, what actually will happen and how businesses should prepare still seems uncertain. As we’ll find out in this episode of The Sidley Podcast, despite the uncertainty, there are things businesses can do in anticipation of the challenges ahead. Podcast host and Sidley partner Sam Gandhi speaks with Nick Brittain, senior counsel in Sidley’s London office, and Nicolas Lockhart, a partner in Sidley’s Geneva office on this pressing topic.

For whose benefit should a corporation be governed? That question would get a very different answer 20 years ago. What’s changed since then? Well a lot, as we found out in the inaugural episode of "The Sidley Podcast" in which we spoke with Thomas Cole, senior counsel and chair emeritus of the Executive Committee of Sidley Austin. Tom shares insights in current issues related to corporate governance and discusses his new book, “CEO Leadership: Navigating the New Era in Corporate Governance.”