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The commercial world is always changing and the legal landscape never stands still. Keeping pace with all those changes, and knowing how they affect your organisation, is a big responsibility and a challenging task. Ashurst Legal Outlook will keep you at the forefront of the most pressing legal issues, offering insights from legal experts across our international network.
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S1E13 Governance & Compliance 13: Employment Rights Act reshapes risk and governance
The Employment Rights Act 2025 is the most transformative shift in UK employment law in a generation. For boards of organisations with UK employees, there’s a lot to get to grips with. In this…
S1E5 Ahead of the Deal: Emma Rapaport, Street Talk
In this episode, Tony Damian and Amelia Morgan are joined by special guest Emma Rapaport, Co-Editor of the Australian Financial Review's famed (and feared) Street Talk column.Emma reflects on Street…
S1E12 Governance & Compliance 12: Why the numbers must stack up behind your net zero plans
Setting (and delivering) a climate transition plan is about more than regulatory box-ticking or PR spin. Credible plans are fast becoming a key facilitator for any company seeking to raise capital.…
S1E1 Companies braced for rising geopolitical risk exposure
Businesses around the globe are facing heightened risk exposure and cost pressures as geopolitical disruption and price volatility continues to rise. In this episode, we pinpoint what to watch out…
S1E11 Governance & Compliance 11: Geopolitical risk and supply chains. Is your Board ready?
Supply chain risk is nothing new for boards. What’s changed is the sheer speed and scale of this risk – and the board’s elevated accountability for it. In this episode, we look at why geopolitical…
S5E1 World@Work: Whistleblowers, Investigations & the Boardroom - A Multi-Jurisdictional Lens
Ashurst’s Employment partner Jennie Mansfield (Australia) is joined by Employment partner colleagues Clarence Ding (Singapore), Muriel Pariente (France), and Dan Ornstein (United Kingdom) to examine…
S1E4 Ahead of the Deal: Boards and Takeovers
In this episode, Tony Damian and Amelia Morgan talk with John O'Sullivan (affectionately known in the market as "JO’S"), a well-known M&A practitioner, chairman and company director with decades…
S1E1 Takeover Talks: Everything Must Go
Six targets initiated either a private sale process, formal sale process or strategic review in the first quarter. We also saw shareholders pushing back on recommended deals. In the latest podcast,…
S1E3 Ahead of the Deal: Pre-bid exclusivity
In this episode, Australian M&A partners Tony Damian and Amelia Morgan discuss pre-bid exclusivity and what target boards should be thinking about when granting exclusivity to a prospective…
S1E2 Ahead of the Deal: The new ACCC merger regime
In this episode, Tony Damian and Amelia Morgan meet with Alyssa Philips, Partner in the Ashurst Competition Team, to discuss how the new Australian merger clearance regime is functioning in practice.…
S1E9 Data centres – here today, here tomorrow: Water consumption
Our continuing series takes an unflinching look at a vexed issue: how much water is required to keep the world’s data centres running. To illustrate this, we put the UK in the spotlight to consider…
S1E1 Inside Structured Leverage: The Artist formerly known as Back Leverage
Europe’s back leverage market has swelled recently. In this episode we consider the limitations of the label “back leverage”, explain what it covers, why it matters, and where it’s headed. We also…
S1E3 Taxed Out: YTL, Newmont and the future of TARP
In this episode of Taxed Out, Tax Controversy Partners Vanja Podinic and Colin Little examine YTL and Newmont, the first major Federal Court tests of Division 855 and the principal asset test. Both…
S1E1 Ahead of the Deal: The M&A Deal Report 2026
Welcome to Ahead of the Deal. Each month, we explore the latest news and developments in M&A to help you stay Ahead of the Deal. We cover trends in M&A activity, topical deal issues and…
S1E10 Governance & Compliance 10: Agentic AI rockets to the top of board agendas. Now what?
AI is nothing new but everything changed when ChatGPT landed. Now that agentic AI is moving at speed through every economy, it’s incumbent on boards to ensure their organisations can, if not outpace…
S1E9 Governance & Compliance 9: When shareholders go on the offensive
For many boards, the era of the passive shareholder register is over. So what should boards do when activists come knocking? Our latest episode suggests some answers. In this episode of our UK…
S1E6 Corporate Crime & Investigations: HMRC Tax Enquiry
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is better equipped and more determined than ever to address tax avoidance and evasion. In this episode, we explore what companies need to know when an enquiry notice…
S1E8 Governance & Compliance 8: Boards navigate choppy waters of geopolitics
It may sound obvious – but it’s also incredibly complex. Geopolitical risk is commanding attention in boardroom strategy again this year. From fragmenting trade to the energy transition, geopolitics…
S1E2 Taxed Out: How and why data centres are becoming a global tax flashpoint
In this episode of Taxed Out, Vanja Podinic and Colin Little explore why data centre arrangements are attracting intensive and coordinated scrutiny across jurisdictions. They discuss the rise of…
S1E2 Caught in the Crosswinds – Anticipating (and alleviating) construction pinch points
The construction phase of wind projects can be fraught with time, cost and quality issues. In this episode, we speak with two industry insiders about some of the common pinch points in the…
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Ashurst Legal Outlook Podcast has published 100 episodes since March 2024, covering topics in Business, Business News.
Ashurst Legal Outlook Podcast is currently sporadic with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 22m.
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