This webinar will explore the GDPR's provisions on automated decision-making and profiling, including the right to human intervention and the requirement for transparency and fairness.

This session will discuss the rights of individuals under the GDPR in the context of AI, including the right to access, rectification, erasure, and data portability.

This session provides an overview of the data privacy requirements under AI laws, standards and regulatory guidelines in key APAC jurisdictions including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, etc.

This session provides an overview of the Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) process and its relevance to AI-related projects, including the identification and mitigation of data protection risks.

This session will explore data privacy considerations that arise during the AI model training process, including the collection, use and sharing of data.

This session explores data privacy considerations that arise during the AI model training process, including the collection, use and sharing of data.

This session will explore data privacy considerations that arise during the AI model training process, including the collection, use and sharing of data.

This session explores data privacy considerations that arise during the AI model training process, including the collection, use and sharing of data.

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The UK Supreme Court handed down its judgment on Friday 1 August in the motor finance commission case of Johnson, Wrench and Hopcraft. The decision might have significant implications for a wide range of businesses, beyond the motor finance sector.

We hosted a concise, high-level webinar where our team explained what this ruling could mean for your business, including:

• What is the immediate impact on motor finance?
• Read-across risk: What impact is the judgment likely to have on:
  • other intermediated lending business models; and
  • other sectors including insurance, asset management and funds?
• Are there other sectors which could be impacted by the judgment?

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As technology evolves, so do the challenges of product liability. This session will address the unique issues faced by businesses in the digital age, including cybersecurity risks and the liability of AI-driven products.

Speakers: Olivier Mignolet, Minesh Tanna and Martin Binder

Learn from recent class-action cases in the healthcare and life sciences sector. Our speakers will provide insights into the strategies and outcomes of these cases, offering valuable lessons for businesses across industries.

 Speakers: Jacques-Antoine Robert, Machteld Hiemstra and Mauro Teresi

Delve into the global environmental challenges posed by PFAS and microplastics. This session will cover the legal and regulatory responses to these issues and their impact on product liability.

Speakers: Ingrid Hobbs, Tim McCaw and Pierre-Alexis Maingon

With strong consumer protectionist measures and enhanced regulatory obligations for businesses in a range of product sectors, we provide practical guidance and strategy on how to protect business, mitigate civil liability and regulatory exposure, and safeguard innovation.

 Speakers: David Kidman, Olivia Delagrange and Udo Pickartz

In our latest podcast episode, "Developments in the German Regulatory Law Landscape”, host Betül Kohlhäufl and guest Bastian Kaufhold from our Frankfurt team take a look at the recent proposed update of the German shareholder control regulation

In this episode, we explore the proposed changes to the defined benefit (DB) pension surplus regime. With new rules on the horizon, DB schemes could soon gain greater flexibility to unlock and make use of surplus funds. Join us as we break down what these developments could mean for pension scheme trustees and sponsors.

In our latest podcast episode, "Developments in the German Regulatory Law Landscape”, hosts Betül Kohlhäufl and Noujan Akbari from our Frankfurt team delve into the recent consultations by the German regulator BaFin. 

In this brief episode, we touch on the following consultations:

• Consultation on investor influence on investment decisions for investment funds
• Consultation on fit-and-proper requirements of managing directors of banks and financial services institutions
• Consultation on changes regarding the Shareholder Control Regulation

Episode 12 - Barry Gross is joined by Anthony McDermott and Ronan Tynan from Mitchell McDermott, to discuss the evolution of data centres, cost and project management, contractor engagement and procurement strategies, and future-proofing data centres.

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Drew Winlaw and David Huston discuss the development of Percy - an AI tool from law firm Simmons & Simmons - and how the project was selected by Microsoft for support.

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Patterns of Protection : IP Strategies for Fashion

A discussion on the CMA’s Green Claims Code for fashion brands

Presenters

-        Marisa Broughton, Partner

-        Frances Gourdie, Managing Associate

Key topics

-        The environmental impact of the fashion sector

-        The Competition and Markets Authority’s Green Claims Code 

-        Greenwashing & brand value

-        IP considerations

Join us on Sustainability Insights as we explore key ESG and regulatory trends shaping the UK and EU landscape in 2025. Hosted by Noujan and featuring ESG legal expert Patricia, this episode covers crucial updates on corporate sustainability reporting, green finance, supply chain due diligence, greenwashing risks, decarbonisation policies, and ESG employment regulations. Stay ahead of evolving compliance requirements and discover how businesses and investors can navigate the shifting ESG landscape. Tune in for expert insights on sustainability success in 2025!

In this final episode of Seas of Opportunity: Navigating the Blue Economy, Sonali Siriwardena is joined by Will Oulton, Vice Chairman of the Marine Conservation Society, to explore the critical role of investors in shaping a sustainable future for our oceans. Reflecting on key insights from the series, they discuss how finance, policy, and advocacy can continue driving positive change for marine biodiversity.

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The 16th episode highlights the growing momentum behind blue bonds as a key tool for sustainable finance. Willem Visser, Sector Portfolio Manager and VP of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Ltd, outlines the innovative strategy driving their emerging markets blue economy bond, emphasising collaboration and phased growth to build this nascent asset class.

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The Financial Market Digitalization Act ("FinmadiG") was passed on 18 December 2024 by the German Bundestag, despite political adversities, just in time before the application date of "MiCAR", the Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 (Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation) on 30 December 2024, and “DORA”, the Regulation (EU) 2022/2554 (Digital Operational Resilience Act) on 17 January 2025. The FinmadiG is particularly important as it adjusts the German regulatory landscape to the two main European digitalization regulations affecting the financial sector, MiCAR and DORA. Market participants already feared that after the collapse of the German government, this key piece of legislation for the digital finance market in Germany would be postponed until after the elections in February.

The video sets out key points of the FinmadiG.

Betül Kohlhäufl, Supervising Associate

Noujan Akbari, Associate

Speakers 

Sophie Sheldon, Partner, Digital Business, London

Derek Lawlor, Partner, Financial Services Regulation, Dublin

Kenneth Hui, Partner, Head of Hong Kong Regulatory