Thinking Global from Foot Anstey

Foot Anstey's international committee bring you a new podcast series focusing on different jurisdictions and industries, exploring the opportunities that exist in the global marketplace.

In our sixth episode, Principal Director, Karl Bradford & Partner, Ashley Avery are joined by Elizabeth Gurney, Senior Vice President, Cyber and Technology at Lockton Companies LLP to discuss the recent high-profile cyber breaches and the impact on the affected organisations and their consumers. Together, they explore high-profile cyber breaches and their impact, highlighting the universal vulnerability of all sectors to cyber threats. The discussion outlines practical steps businesses can take to strengthen their cyber resilience, the vital role of cyber insurance in risk management, and how our BreachReddi product can help organisations enhance their preparedness.

Foot Anstey's international committee bring you a new podcast series focusing on different jurisdictions and industries, exploring the opportunities that exist in the global marketplace.

In our fifth episode, Legal Director, Karl Bradford & Managing Associate, Lingxi Wang are joined by Legal Director, Tim Williamson to discuss the new Freeports that are operating and planned in the UK. Our experts discuss how these free trade zones, which includes both sea and airports, are likely to develop over the coming years and the advantages that are available for business both in the UK and globally by setting up ventures in these zones.

Foot Anstey's international committee bring you a new podcast series focusing on different jurisdictions and industries, exploring the opportunities that exist in the global marketplace.

In episode 4, we talk to Foot Anstey Commercial Energy lead Mark Greatholder about the latest developments in the nuclear industry and its role in helping to achieve global net zero targets. We discuss nuclear energy's classification as a clean energy source, how the UK government is seeking to galvanise investment in the private sector and compare the UK's approach to nuclear to that taken in the EU and beyond.

Foot Anstey's international committee bring you a new podcast series focusing on different jurisdictions and industries, exploring the opportunities that exist in the global marketplace.

Episode 3 explores the world of Islamic Finance via Imam Qazi, Partner and Islamic Finance Specialist at Foot Anstey. We discuss the growth story of the global Islamic Finance sector, the inextricable link between Islamic Finance and ethical finance, and the ways in which Islamic Finance rises above the challenges confronting other ESG initiatives.

Our second episode explores the meteoric rise of the UK's space and satellite sector and what this means for the sector internationally.

We invite John Catchpole, Partner and Head of the Space and Satellite team at Foot Anstey, to discuss upstream and downstream developments in the UK space sector including the first commercial space launch from UK soil and ongoing opportunities for space and non-space related businesses.  

In our first podcast episode of the Thinking Global series, our experts explore green hydrogen and its potential for securing the UK's net-zero goals.

We discuss the various applications of green hydrogen, the industries that could benefit from using it as a cleaner, alternative fuel source, the limitations to its production and use and the role governments can play in supporting the green hydrogen economy.

Please note all content is correct as of 30/01/2023