Law, Policy & Markets
Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores key business and legal trends in today's evolving global economy. With candor and a sophisticated understanding of the issues, host Allan Marks and other Milbank partners and guests delve into diverse topics, such as ESG and sustainability, cybersecurity, airlines and aviation, biopharma, global capital markets, climate change and the energy transition, cross-border workouts, private equity, cutting-edge litigation, enforcement policies in securities and antitrust, and values-based innovation in the legal profession. Discover what’s happening, what it means, and what’s next. More details at Milbank.com. Follow us on social media and podcast platforms, including Apple, Spotify, Google and Audible.
Episodes
What blind spots are we missing in the global conversation about energy and geopolitics? In this episode, The Geopolitics of Energy: “Shifting Sands,” Allan Marks hosts a fireside chat with Dr. Carolyn Kissane, a professor at NYU’s SPS Center for Global Affairs.
Public policies in Europe, the US and China are stimulating massive capital investment in renewable energy, EVs, batteries and the energy transition, and India i...
How is espionage evolving between China, Russia and the United States? What should a board director ask corporate management about AI, state-sponsored cyberattacks, and political risk in making strategic decisions? Host Allan Marks sits down with former FBI Special Agent Holden Triplett for a candid, wide-ranging and practical conversation about how companies and policymakers can better manage national security risks in a world o...
What do law students today think about values, workplace culture, technology, privacy, work/life balance, and conflicting opinions? Host Allan Marks explores these issues in a candid, wide-ranging roundtable discussion with five 2023 summer associates at Milbank: Heaven Johnson-Branch; Konstantina Katsimeni; Harrison Makaruk; Isabela Motta; and Vishnu Nagireddy. They also share their experiences and opinions on related, timely t...
The justice gap represents the difference between the civil legal assistance available to low-income individuals and the assistance that they need. Alexander (“Alex”) Forger, former Chairman and retired partner at Milbank, has spent much of his career ensuring that working-class people have equal access to legal representation and that the federal Legal Services Corporation (LSC) – which he headed – can thrive as an essential resou...
ESG #15: Treaties and international tribunals interpreting and applying those treaties can impact how governments behave and how companies invest, bringing about concrete effects in the real world. Today, international courts are being summoned to answer questions about responsibility and liability for climate change impacts under international law. In December 2022, the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and Inter...
ESG #14: By 2030, renewables (mainly wind and solar power) are forecast to generate most of Europe’s power and almost half the power in the US and China. Other sectors – like transportation and heavy industry – are also decarbonizing. What drives this energy transition away from fossil fuels toward cleaner energy sources and greater energy efficiency? New regulations are discouraging greenhouse gas emissions, and government polici...
New York City jails are falling short of the minimum legal standard of access for needed medical care, with thousands of incarcerated people at Rikers Island and other city jails routinely deprived of adequate treatment. Costs per inmate are up, but uniformed correctional staffing is down. The result: an overburdened jail system that is ineffective, inefficient, and inhumane.
In the latest episode, Contemptible Conditions: The Fig...
The new year holds practical challenges and the promise of resilience for the German economy and the Eurozone. In the latest episode, Germany Economic Outlook for 2023: "Strength Lies in Being Calm," Frankfurt-based partner Mathias Eisen examines the state of the German economy, European debt capital markets, and corporate restructurings. Along with host Allan Marks, he explores how companies and creditors are managing u...
ESG #13: How will investors and policymakers move forward on climate change in 2023 after an eventful 2022? In this episode, host Allan Marks and London partner Chris Taufatofua, both members of Milbank's Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance group, share personal reflections from their participation at the COP27 UN Climate Change Conference, look at trends from 2022 and preview 2023. They discuss global clean energy in...
The $9.5 billion New Terminal One at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport -- developed, financed and built by a private consortium – will be the largest terminal at the airport when completed, with state-of-the-art technology, sustainability and capacity upgrades. Construction financing for the new terminal closed this summer, followed by the official groundbreaking in September 2022. The members of the public-private partnersh...
In 2020, leading aircraft lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) navigated the sudden collapse in air traffic due to the pandemic with help from its creditors and an Irish court. Two years later, the company went through a chapter 11 restructuring, emerging from bankruptcy in June 2022. In this episode, Restructuring an Aircraft Lessor: “NAC DAC is Back,” host Allan Marks speaks with Jim Cameron, Karen McMaster and Tyson Lomazow abou...
ESG #12: How can law firms, corporations and other employers foster a culture of opportunity that encourages success for everyone? For diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives to succeed, they must be grounded in authenticity, intentionality, respect and trust. In this episode, host Allan Marks speaks with Mikeisha Anderson Jones, Milbank’s global Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, about uniting people, passion...
Airlines in Asia have been slow to recover since the pandemic slammed the brakes on the fastest growth market for global aviation. In this episode, host Allan Marks speaks with Milbank Transportation and Space partner Paul Ng about the current state of Asia’s aviation market, recent restructurings and prospects for future growth in air traffic. They explore the shape of the recovery for airlines, passengers and air cargo, manufact...
A Canadian scandal holds a mirror up to media and politics in Canada, with implications for the US and other advanced democracies, and it's not a pretty picture.
In this episode, host Allan Marks speaks with Milbank Litigation partner Tawfiq Rangwala about his new book What WE Lost: Inside the Attack on Canada’s Largest Children’s Charity, misinformation and political gamesmanship. What WE Lost, which is a national bestseller i...
ESG Series #11: Investors, borrowers and financial institutions are using Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles and metrics to shape the ways they attract capital, screen investments, set terms in complex transactions, and meet evolving compliance and disclosure requirements. The trend to incorporate ESG and sustainability considerations into debt issuances seems likely only to grow. In Europe specifically, the Sust...
Legal recruiting in 2022 is a story of disrupted supply chains. Law firms have faced the same labor pool disruptions as other financial and professional service firms during the Great Resignation.
In this episode, “Hiring Professionals is Changing: Culture Wars and the Battle for Talent,” host Allan Marks speaks with Milbank hiring partner Alexander Lees and Milbank’s new Director of Global Legal Recruiting, Alexandra Paslawsky, ab...
ESG Series #10 - "This is a critical moment to accelerate our work to improve domestic cybersecurity and bolster our national resilience." With these words, on March 21, 2022, the White House released a formal statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. on U.S. Cybersecurity “to improve domestic cybersecurity and bolster our national resilience” due to evolving intelligence and heightened risks of “malicious cyber activi...
ESG Series #9 - "This is a critical moment to accelerate our work to improve domestic cybersecurity." With these words, on March 21, 2022, the White House released a formal statement by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. “to bolster our national resilience” due to evolving intelligence and heightened risks of “malicious cyber activity against the United States….[C]ritical infrastructure owners and operators must accelerate ef...
ESG Series #8 - Will the drivers of record deal activity in 2021 – investor confidence and ample liquidity – drive similar strength in 2022? Either way, market breadth, low cost of capital, a focus on ESG, and the shift from commercial banks to capital markets and institutional investment should be continuing trends across sectors for European private equity, credit and infrastructure funds.
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