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The Freshfields Podcast — 110 episodes

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Well-Caffeinated: Private Capital at the AI Inflection Point: What to Look for in 2026 and Beyond

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No Worse Off #21: Asset-Backed Finance under stress

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ESG trends to watch in 2026: Part 2: How AI, climate transition planning, supply chains and environmental rules are evolving

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ESG trends to watch in 2026: Part 1: ESG litigation risk in a fragmented regulatory world

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Essential Antitrust #49: Clarity in Antitrust: inside the 10 key themes shaping 2026

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Essential Antitrust #48: Antitrust meets AI: How regulators approach AI-driven pricing and predictive analytics

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Well-Caffeinated: What’s Past is Prologue — Assessing the Changed Legal Landscape from Year 1 of the Second Trump Administration and Looking Ahead at What Year 2 May Bring

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No Worse Off #20: 2025 in Review

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No Worse Off #19: Restructuring “à la francaise”

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Tax Matters: Autumn Budget 2025 – a stealthy smorgasbord?

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No Worse Off #18: Innovative Capital Solutions Tools in the Italian Market

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Human-Centered Innovation – A conversation with Stephanie Toney, CBO at Diatiro Health

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Well-Caffeinated: Private Capital Goes Retail: the Global Push to Democratize Access to Private Capital Investments

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No Worse Off #17: Distressed disposals and LMEs – Hunkemöller and Selecta

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The Arbitration Act 2025 is now in force. What are the key things you need to know?

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No Worse Off #16: Petrofac in the Court of Appeal

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Reward(ing) Half Hour - Episode 5 Navigating Employment Claims: Share Plans, Bonuses and Beyond

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No Worse Off #15: UK restructuring plan turns five

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Eureka: Fresh Takes on Capital Markets with Freshfields Episode #4: Midseason Proxy Review

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Eureka: Fresh Takes on Capital Markets from Freshfields Episode #3: What to expect from SEC Enforcement

21

Tax matters: Trump 2.0 - the intersection of US tax and trade policy

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Looking Forward: How AI is Transforming Healthcare and MedTech

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Essential Antitrust #47: Chat with EC’s Daniele Calisti: More room for procompetitive efficiencies?

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'EUnpacked' Episode #4: The EU’s first Omnibus - simplification or deregulation?

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No Worse Off #14: Managing consumer redress liabilities: recent restructuring experience and the motor finance sector

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Securing the Digital Future #4: A Conversation with Athina Tsitsou and June Lowry

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Eureka: Fresh Takes on Capital Markets with Freshfields Episode #2: IPOs and other Routes to Capital and Liquidity: “The Garden of Forking Paths”

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Eureka: Fresh Takes on Capital Markets from Freshfields: Episode #1: Disclosure and Governance During a Trade War

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Ethan Klingsberg Explores the Global Secondaries Trend with Ivet Bell

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Essential Antitrust #46: UK’s DMCCA consumer protection reforms: Key changes and how to prepare

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No Worse Off #13: Spotlight on the Middle East

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Well-Caffeinated: Playing the Long Game: A Conversation with Val Jacob

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Securing the Digital Future #3: Balancing Act: Regulatory Approaches to Privacy in Content Moderation

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No Worse Off #12: Meet Paul, Mark and Nick: our new London private credit and capital solutions trio

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Managing Risk in Asia #10: Powering the change in Asia’s energy transition

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Securing the Digital Future #2: Navigating the UK’s Approach to Online Safety

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MedTech - Innovation & Inclusion: How Nada Hanafi advocates for diversity in MedTech

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No Worse Off #11: International sanctions

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Essential Antitrust #45: Antitrust agency leadership: stepping onto a new stage

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Essential Antitrust #44: Redefining the role of antitrust in 2025: our Ten Key Themes forecast

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Securing the Digital Future #1: Insights on online safety in the US

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Life Sciences x Technology – A conversation with Derek Underwood

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No Worse Off #10: 12 Headlines from 2024

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Reward(ing) Half Hour: Episode 4 Applying Malus and Clawback in practice

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Essential Antitrust #43: EU welcomes Teresa Ribera as new Competition Commissioner: business impact

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Well-Caffeinated: What’s Brewing for the 2025 Funds Regulatory Environment?

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No Worse Off #9: Managing Litigation Risk in Restructurings

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Tax Matters: Autumn Budget 2024 – Delivering difficult decisions

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Essential Antitrust #42: HSR rules changes: how to successfully navigate the new US merger control filing

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No Worse Off #8: LMEs in England

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Episode #3: EU elections - What you need to know about the von der Leyen II Commission

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Out of the shadows: The growing regulatory spotlight on private capital

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No Worse Off #7: Women in Restructuring

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No Worse Off #6: Liability management

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Essential Antitrust #41: Vertical restraints enforcement: trends to watch

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Navigating Cybersecurity Risks in the Healthcare Sector

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Episode #2: EU elections - A business outlook

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No Worse Off #5: Cross-border restructurings

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Essential Antitrust #40: America’s impending outbound investment controls: what investors need to know

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Managing Risk in Asia #9: Southeast Asia – time to shine?

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Reward(ing) Half Hour: Episode 3 Next Stop: CSOP

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Reward(ing) Half Hour: Episode 2 Remuneration vs Compensation – the Transatlantic Pay Debate

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No Worse Off #4: Richard Tett, 30 years in restructuring

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Essential Antitrust #39: UK in-depth merger reviews: new process adopted by the CMA

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No Worse Off #3: UK Restructuring Plans – Relevant Alternative, timetabling and jurisdiction

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No Worse Off #2: After the battles, a coming of age for the UK restructuring plan?

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Reward(ing) Half Hour: Being prepared for the (not so) unexpected: planning for executive exits

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Tax Matters: Spring Budget 2024 – The Hunt for Blue October

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No Worse Off #1: Overview of current restructuring trends

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Essential Antitrust #38: What businesses can expect from China’s revised merger control regime

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Impressions from the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference – A MedTech Perspective

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Essential Antitrust #37: Antitrust in 2024: competition enforcement takes center stage

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Legends of Tech #1: Turing with Vint and Whit: Boris Feldman in conversation with Vinton G. Cerf and Whitfield Diffie

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Essential Antitrust Asia #9: updates with ABNR on antitrust in Indonesia

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Managing Risk in Asia #8: Opportunities for Asian and US investors post-US Executive Order on outbound investments

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Tax Matters: Trends in tax disputes – what should businesses be aware of?

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Essential Antitrust #36: The UK’s Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill – what you need to know

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Essential Antitrust #35: Gender Inclusive Antitrust Toolkit: a new lens for policy and enforcement

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Tax Matters: Autumn Statement 2023 – tax cuts in the NIC of time?

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How secondaries have become primary to GPs and LPs

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From chaos to control: making the case for legal project managers

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Essential Antitrust #34: Olivier Guersent on competition enforcement: current trends

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Essential Antitrust #33: Antitrust insights in Asia: navigating complex regulations and investment challenges

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MedTech Across Borders – Recent Developments in Japan and the US

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MedTech x Creating System Change – Reducing clinician burnout, effectively using AI and more

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Essential Antitrust #32: New US HSR Rules and Merger Guidelines: key takeaways

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Managing risk in Asia #7: Managing licensing and collaboration risks in the life sciences arena in Asia

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Essential Antitrust #31: Recent developments in antitrust, data and IP – generative AI and MedTech

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Essential Antitrust #30: ASSA ABLOY/Spectrum Brands: a breakthrough for M&A remedies in the US?

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Essential Antitrust #29: Microsoft/Activision: parallel reviews in high-innovation digital deals

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Global Perspectives on Health Data Offerings and Considerations for Innovators

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Essential Antitrust #28: Collusion or collaboration: competition and the fight for net zero

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Essential Antitrust #27: Some Key Takeaways from the Enforcers Roundtable at the 2023 ABA Antitrust Spring Meeting

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MedTech Diversity and Inclusion – A Conversation with Jhaymee Tynan

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Episode #1: The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive– a turning point for business

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Essential Antitrust Asia #8: Hot topics in China antitrust

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Tax Matters: Ready, Steady, Growth – Business tax implications of the UK Spring Budget 2023

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Essential Antitrust #26: Foreign subsidy control: EU gears up to review deals and business conduct

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Essential Antitrust #25: Antitrust in 2023: 10 key themes - growing unpredictability and brand new enforcement tools

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MedTech - A Conversation with Stacy Hostetler

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Essential Antitrust #24: Cartel enforcement is back: dawn raids in Europe and new targets in the US

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MedTech - A Conversation with Gloria Seibert

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Tax Matters podcast: How will the UK Autumn Statement 2022 affect your business?

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Essential Antitrust #23: Merger challenges in US courts: deciphering US antitrust agencies’ recent string of defeats

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Great (stakeholder) expectations: Episode 4 - Activists all around

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Great (stakeholder) expectations: Episode 3 - A bastion of support for social issues

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Great (stakeholder) expectations: Episode 2 - Unpacking the status of climate disclosures

108

State of play on Pillar Two

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Great (stakeholder) expectations: Episode 1 - A turning point for ESG

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Essential Antitrust Asia #7: Key antitrust issues in Japan