Herbert Smith Freehills Podcasts
A series of thought leading podcasts ranging on topics and sectors by Herbert Smith Freehills. For more information please visit www.herbertsmithfreehills.com
Episodes
May 11, 2025 • 15 mins
Artificial intelligence is upon us, but are schemes ready? Like it or not, members are already turning to AI to guide their pension decisions. In the first of two episodes, we focus on the opportunities and challenges for trustees. Thomas Joy, from comms consultants Quietroom, joins to discuss with pensions partner Michael Aherne.
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May 7, 2025 • 12 mins
Talking Shop EP19: Global M&A trends in the consumer sector by Herbert Smith Freehills Podcasts
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In our first episode of The Third Wheel for 2025, Tim Stutt, Anna Coroneo and Suzannah Hewson explore the key themes and latest trends in climate and sustainability reporting both globally and in Australia. They offer practical advice for companies preparing for new regulatory requirements and conducting climate reporting readiness initiatives, including gaps analysis, data management, and stakeholder engagement. They also explore ...
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May 5, 2025 • 22 mins
In this edition of our banking litigation podcast, we discuss and debate some recent cases that will be most relevant to in-house lawyers at banks and financial institutions. This episode is hosted by John Corrie, a partner in our banking litigation team, who is joined by Ceri Morgan and special guest Ariel Wiebe.
You can also listen on Apple, Spotify, Buzzsprout and SoundCloud, and find links to our blog posts on the cases covere...
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May 1, 2025 • 22 mins
As part of Government's relentless drive to grow the economy, regulators have been challenged on how they can support the growth agenda. In Episode 5 of the FSR Brief, Jon Ford and Michael Tan are joined by Jenny Stainsby and Tim Parkes to discuss how this is playing out in Financial Services, and how regulators are responding. At the same time as going "God on Growth", the FCA has fired up the debate about where the balance should...
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April 23, 2025 • 32 mins
In this episode of the Herbert Smith Freehills Tax Podcast, partner Toby Eggleston and consulting Professor Graham Cooper discuss recent tax policy announcements from both major political parties in light of the upcoming election. They focus on measures affecting large businesses, small businesses, and individuals and on unenacted measures and the implications of these policies for businesses and taxpayers. also touch on the impact...
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April 22, 2025 • 15 mins
In this Easter edition of the public law podcast, Jasveer Randhawa is joined by HSF partners Nusrat Zar and James Wood. Together, they discuss the application and availability of public law in a contractual context. They then delve into the cases of Sarcp and Clifford to consider the duty to consult and the Gunning principles. To conclude, they explore approaches to the extension of Convention rights and reflect on public law court...
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April 22, 2025 • 22 mins
Reforms to the ‘tipping off’ offence under section 123 of the Australian Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (Cth) came into force from the 31st of March. The revised offence differs significantly from the former regime and will have significant implications for the day-to-day practices of many Australian businesses. In this episode, HSF Partners Bryony Adams and Alice Molan, and Senior Associate Daniel H...
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April 15, 2025 • 9 mins
In this episode we discuss "bear hugs", that is where a potential bidder for a target goes public about its possible offer without the target board's consent and appeals directly to the target's shareholders.
We talk about:
• why a bear hug might be used by a bidder;
• where we have seen them used in recent months; and
• why we are seeing more of them.
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April 15, 2025 • 37 mins
In this episode, we cross examine Mark Rigotti, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), technically the largest director institute in the world with 53,000 members.
Mark has had a remarkable career, including as Global CEO at Herbert Smith Freehills for two terms over 2014-2020 (based in London). He was also Chair of the firm's Global Executive, Chair of the Global Div...
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April 10, 2025 • 20 mins
Join our experts as they discuss how to approach legal professional privilege in the context of collaboration platforms such as Microsoft Teams, Slack and WhatsApp, particularly in light of possible requirements to produce documents to regulators, discovery obligations and other litigation processes.
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April 6, 2025 • 23 mins
Recorded 31 March 2025
This election special of Inside IR looks at the upcoming 2025 Australian Federal Election through an industrial relations and employment lens. Given the vast amount of reform over the last 3 years, what does the next term of federal politics look like?
Our team explores how the major parties are approaching their election campaigns, as well as the key roles that the independents are once again expected to p...
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April 1, 2025 • 14 mins
Transparency in AI - The legal principles governing decision-making by public authorities and regulators
In this edition of the Herbert Smith Freehills Public Law Podcast, Andrew Lidbetter and Hannah Lau explore the issue of transparency in AI-driven decision-making which involves AI public bodies and regulators.
With AI being used increasingly to inform regulatory and public body decisions, we discuss the challenge that a potent...
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March 31, 2025 • 15 mins
In this latest episode of Insurance Bites, partners Greig Anderson and Antonia Pegden and associate Meena Mariadassou explore the insurance implications of the motor finance broker commission cases (Johnson v FirstRand Bank; Wrench v FirstRand Bank; Hopcraft v Close Brothers). The Supreme Court hearing of this case begins this morning, and could have significant consequences for financial services policyholders in the UK - this ep...
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March 30, 2025 • 17 mins
In our second episode on DC consolidation, we look overseas. The Government has held up Australia as a role model. We discuss the rise of the Australian "supers", and the way in which they invest. What are the lessons for the UK consolidation journey? From our Sydney office, leading financial services lawyer Maged Girgis shares his thoughts.
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March 30, 2025 • 45 mins
Given the recent commencement of criminal wage thefts laws, increase in the maximum civil penalties that can be awarded for wage non-compliance, and focus of the Fair Work Ombudsman on prosecuting wage non-compliance, it is more important than ever to get wage compliance right. But there is a feature of our industrial relations system that can sometimes make achieving compliance a rather difficult exercise…. We are of course talkin...
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March 23, 2025 • 14 mins
This episode brings together our CC&I and ESG teams to consider supply chain risks, both in the context of failure to prevent fraud and of broader sustainability issues. Elizabeth Head, Kate Meakin and Rebecca Chin discuss whether suppliers are associated persons for the purposes of failure to prevent fraud, increased international expectations and requirements around human rights and environmental due diligence on supply chains, a...
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March 23, 2025 • 21 mins
In this 30th episode of our series of commercial litigation update podcasts, we will discuss some recent decisions on privilege, a couple of high-profile cases on aspects of insolvency litigation, and some interesting cases on assignment and remedies. This episode is hosted by Maura McIntosh, a knowledge counsel in our commercial litigation team, who is joined by Andrew Cooke, a disputes partner, and Camilla Macpherson, a knowledge...
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March 20, 2025 • 19 mins
The Adverb that Changed Everything: Arbitration, State Immunity and the case of General Dynamics v Libya
Join Liz Kantor, Vanessa Naish, and guest, Andrew Cannon, as they explore the fascinating intersection of arbitration and state immunity in the Court of Appeal's decision in General Dynamics v Libya. They unravel how the addition of a single adverb in an arbitration clause could waive a state's immunity from execution. Discove...
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March 16, 2025 • 17 mins
In this episode we talk about the Primary Market Bulletin 54 published by the FCA on the leaking of inside information on M&A transactions.
We discuss:
• the issues that the FCA identifies;
• how the leaking of information may be unlawful disclosure under the UK Market Abuse Regulation; and
• the warnings the FCA is giving to individuals, issuers and advisers.
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