Eversheds Sutherland Legal Insights (audio)

On November 11 2020, the UK Government published its long-awaited National Security and Investment Bill, setting out proposals for a new standalone foreign direct investment (FDI) regime. Listen to our UK Competition, EU and Trade team discuss the key aspects of the proposed new regime and the impact on transactions involving UK entities and assets.

In this episode we discuss, "A Call for Clarity – New York Appeals Deadlines," an article featured in Tax Notes and written by Ted Friedman, Counsel, Michael Hilkin, Counsel, and Peter Hull.Two of these authors, Michael Hilkin and Peter Hull, join host Chris Lee, an Associate in the Atlanta Office, to discuss the state of procedural affairs in New York regarding COVID-19 and their call on Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) to provide clarity to taxpayers by issuing an executive order confirming that his prior executive orders tolling statutes of limitations apply to proceedings before both the state and city tax appeals agencies.

The Propel team presents their new Podcast, Propelling conversations. This episode James Barrett, Senior Legal Project Manager and Kurtis Windrow, Legal Technologist, discuss how technology is playing its part during lockdown to help with efficient case management.

This first in a series of podcasts focused on immigration in the education sector will provide an update on key current concerns. Specialist lawyers Nerys Ireland and Esyllt Martin discuss the current COVID-19 concessions, the EU settlement scheme and the right to study requirements applying to students from the EEA.

COVID-19 presents a number of challenges for Higher Education institutions. Associate Chris Jones is joined by Partner Rob Gray and Senior Associate Sarah Valentine to discuss the new world of remote working, the challenges that presents to employee wellbeing and how institutions can respond.

In this first episode of our hydrogen podcast series, our partners and Cornelius Matthes of Dii Desert Energy discuss why hydrogen is so topical and the ways in which European policy developments are setting the stage for the emerging hydrogen economy.

Ann Fort and Jim Johnson discuss the unique aspects of the US legal scene for brand owners in light of the growth of online commerce.

Partner, Naeema Choudry poses 10 questions to Julie Dennis, Head of Diversity & Inclusion at ACAS, as they discuss cases of note, the future plans of ACAS, barriers to progression, the role of the Court of Public Opinion and more.

Pensions unscripted: in this 13 minute podcast, François Barker introduces a session in which Georgina Rankin, Partner, is joined by Simon Daniel, Partner, and Stephen Purves, a Partner in Aon’s risk settlement scheme, to discuss the risk settlement market in 2020 and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the recent global shift in the working landscape many employers are considering reshaping workforces, and for multinational employers that has the added complexity of different rules and practices.In our latest podcast, a Principal Associate from our Paris office offers insight from France and discusses the legal and practical employment implications in relation to down-sizing projects and wider business reorganisations.To assist multinational employers, our teams have produced a variety of tools and briefings. We have pulled together all of our latest resources on global reorganizations in a 'boxset' of materials.

COVID-19 presents a number of challenges for Higher Education institutions. Listen to Partners Mark Taylor and Glynne Stanfield share their thoughts on the Corporate and Governance challenges ahead and how they can be overcome.

Naeema Choudry, Partner, poses 10 questions to Shirley Hall, Partner, on the topic of Equal Pay as they discuss cases of note, misconceptions of equal pay, barriers to progression, the role of the Court of Public Opinion and more.

With the recent global shift in the working landscape many employers are considering reshaping workforces, and for multinational employers that has the added complexity of different rules and practices.In our latest podcast, a Principal Associate from our Rotterdam office offers insight from the Netherlands and discusses the legal and practical employment implications in relation to down-sizing projects and wider business reorganisations.To assist multinational employers, our teams have produced a variety of tools and briefings. We have pulled together all of our latest resources on global reorganizations in a 'boxset' of materials.

Stijn Grove, Dutch Data Center Association, Matthew Pullen, CyrusOne, Olaf van Haperen and Mark Chester discover the potential implications of the Moonwalk ruling on data centers operating in the Netherlands and potentially across Europe.

Partner, Naeema Choudry poses 10 questions to Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Executive of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), as they discuss cases of note, the future plans of the EHRC, barriers to progression, the role of the Court of Public Opinion and more.