Podcast: CRCC Spotlights

This series of podcast delivers short, easily digestible content in 10 – 20 minute episodes, putting a spotlight on particular issues relating to investigations, contentious regulatory, criminal law, and competition issues. Episodes focus on sharing insights into what our clients are seeing; upcoming developments in regulation, law and in the market; and experiences from across the team.

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Episodes

19 May 2021: Corporate criminal liability in the UK and Germany – Tom Bowen, Camilla de Silva, Sascha Kuhn discuss the concept of, and recent develops in corporate criminal liability and sentencing, in the UK and Germany including the new upcoming German Corporate Sentencing Act.

30 March 2021: eDiscovery solutions – Tom Makin invites Erica Albertson, head of Simmons’ market-leading eDiscovery group to discuss eDiscovery trends and technology in investigations through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

16 March 2021: Negotiating with enforcement: the Crime Team –Camilla de Silva, Stephen Gentle, Nick Benwell and Helen Soutter share their thoughts on how to approach negotiating with the SFO and other agencies on criminal cases, and what the drivers might be on both sides of the table.

24 February 2021: Section 90A FSMA: Directors behaving badly? –Chloe Morris, Mia Showell-Woodsmith and Helen Soutter, address some of the complexities arising out of Section 90A claims issued in light of ongoing criminal investigations, including how liability may arise, where it may diverge from the criminal context, and where interface with insurers may benefit from early scrutiny and careful coordination.

16 February 2021: The new regulatory frontier, competition regulation in the digital – David Trapp, Mathieu Vancaillie and Duncan Green discuss the key developments in competition regulation in the digital space as it tries to keep pace with new technologies.

9 February 2021: Contentious ESG – Tom Makin, Emily Blower, Stuart Doxford and Chris Owen discuss what financial institutions and asset managers need to be thinking about in relation to ESG risks, including greenwashing investigations, ESG climate related financial disclosure requirements.

26 January 2021: Mental wellbeing, lawyers in lockdown –Robert Allen, Shivaun Chandiramani, Helen Soutter and Emma Randall of Samaritans have an open discussion about their experiences during the series of lockdowns of the last year and sharing ways they are managing their mental health during this time.

19 January 2021: Investigations immediately post-Brexit, key points to know now – David Trapp, Stephen Gentle, Cherie Spinks and Mark Uttley discuss the enforcement implications for investigations immediately post-Brexit and draw out key points of what you need to know, covering extradition, criminal sanctions, market abuse and competition investigations.

12 January 2021: Investigations Outlook 2021 –Tom Makin, David Trapp and Helen Soutter explore in more depth the Simmons’ Investigations Outlook 2021 – our predictions for market activity in the investigations space for 2021. You can also access the full report here.

22 December 2020: Know your client? Some early privilege pitfalls and how to manage them – Colin Passmore, Emma Sutcliffe, Nick Benwell and Helen Soutter discuss early privilege issues and pitfalls that we’ve seen arise in the course of investigations.

15 December 2020: Dos and don’ts in international investigations

8 December 2020: The inside perspective

1 December 2020: Where do we start?

24 November 2020: Investigations – looking forward, looking back