Talking Law with Hogan Lovells

The A Perspective Podcast: Andrew Skipper MBE talks to Alastair Long

Andrew Skipper MBE is joined by Alastair Long, Her Majesty’s Acting Trade Commissioner for Africa based in Cairo. He leads the UK Government's trade and investment activity across Africa, and a team of 130 people dedicated to that purpose in 20 markets.

Listen as they discuss sectors of interest for the UK government in Africa, plans for future Africa-focused events like the recent Africa Investment Conference, and how the UK plans to achieve its goal of becoming the partner of choice for African states.

The A Perspective Podcast: Andrew Skipper MBE talks to Arun Velusami and Olivier Fille-Lambie

In the first episode of the A Perspective Podcast for 2022, Andrew Skipper MBE is joined by the Hogan Lovells' new Africa Practice co-leads; Arun Velusami and Olivier Fille-Lambie. Both Olivier and Arun have extensive experience and networks on the continent, and are committed to continuing to grow the firm's global Africa practice.

HL PensionsPod: Practical tips on the new transfer and stronger nudge requirements

In this episode of HL PensionsPod, Faye Jarvis and Edward Brown, two of our Pensions partners, provide practical guidance on issues they are seeing with the new transfer regulations and share their thoughts on how trustees and administrators might manage the forthcoming stronger nudge requirements.

Building a resilient tech strategy: The future of tech

With any form of disruption comes legal risks, and that’s no different for technology. A lot of innovation is happening right now, and it’s very important that businesses are looking at the legal and practical risks associated with the future of technology. In the last episode of our five part litigation landscape podcast series, our lawyers look into metaverse, and how businesses can ensure they’re staying on top of the risks.

Building a resilient tech strategy: Data bias

In recent years, data-driven technologies have transformed the world around us, we have computers that can translate for us, facial recognition systems to unlock our phones and algorithms to identify certain cancers.  However, we have also seen what happens when data sets that are used to train the algorithms are not representative of all of us. This is data bias, and it has real world consequences for many of us.

Building a resilient tech strategy: Joint ventures

Building a resilient tech strategy is crucial to keep on top of the game. Most businesses, if they are not using technology already are probably looking into ways of using it to stay ahead of the pack. However, if your core businesses has nothing to do with tech, then you are going to need help. This is where a tech joint venture can help, but it comes with its risks. In this podcast our lawyers look into what you should watch out for when you enter one with another firm.

Building a resilient tech strategy: Cyber attacks

Being an innovative business comes with its challenges and legal risks. In recent years, there has been a major increase in cyber attacks, and this is a real risk for every business.  Aside from the cyber attack itself, businesses are increasingly facing an onslaught of litigation in the aftermath of a breach, such as consumers seeking compensation. In this podcast, our team looks at: what happens when a cyber attack occurs, and the legal aspects you should be thinking of.

Building a resilient tech strategy: Technology crises

Right now, every industry is under pressure to innovate, compete or even survive in the current environment, and many companies are using technology to solve some of their biggest challenges.  There are a lot of legal risks and issues that businesses may face, from a simple malfunction to a complex hack that could lead to big consequences.  In this episode we’ll look at what happens when things don’t go to plan.

SEC proposes historic climate change disclosure rules for public companies - HilTime Podcast

Listen in on a conversation with Hilary and Hogan Lovells Corporate & Finance practice partners, Tiffany Posil and Brian O’Fahey, about the SEC’s game-changing proposed climate change disclosure rules for public companies.

HL PensionsPod: What you need to think about on a bulk transfer to a Master Trust

In our first HL PensionsPod episode, Faye Jarvis and Duncan Buchanan, two of our Pensions partners, discuss bulk transfers to master trusts and the key issues that employers and trustees should think about.