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August 20, 202626 min

Working Title Podcast: conversations in good company – managing reductions in workforce sensitively

For global organisations, employees represent far more than a numerical workforce. They are a core business asset and a key driver of long-term success. Yet organisations frequently face situations where economic pressures, evolving business strategies, technological disruption or organisational transformation necessitate difficult decisions about workforce size and structure. As a result, the challenge of managing reductions in workforce across multiple jurisdictions in a sensitive manner has become an increasingly significant issue for multinational employers. In this podcast, employment law experts share their insights and lived experiences in navigating the complex mix of legal requirements, employee relations considerations, cultural expectations and operational challenges, while ensuring that workforce changes are implemented in a coordinated, compliant and sensitive manner across jurisdictions. Image: sirichai /Adobe Stock

June 18, 20269 min

Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast: Martijn Lesterhuis

Welcome to the Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast series, where we explore strategies that help law firms build stronger client relationships. In the second episode, we dive into one of the hottest topics in the industry: artificial intelligence. We ask how AI will impact marketing, business development and client relationships, and we consider the role that BD and marketing professionals will play in this transformation. Hosted by Elisabeth Houtman (Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee), we are joined by Martijn Lesterhuis from Saga Legal, who has been at the forefront of advising firms on growth and innovation.

May 8, 202611 min

Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast: John Matson

Welcome to the Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast series, where we explore strategies that help law firms build stronger client relationships. In the first episode, we’re joined by John Matson from Arthur Cox, one of Ireland’s top law firms. John has years of experience working with major clients and navigating the challenges of building trust and delivering value. Hosted by Elisabeth Houtman (Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee), we talk about client relationship management, key account strategies, and how lawyers can strengthen their connections with clients.

January 28, 202632 min

Working Title Podcast: conversations in good company – the policy pretzel

In the second episode of the IBA Employment and Industrial Relations Committee podcast series, hosted by Veena Gopalakrishnan from Trilegal, India and Mikko Kontturi from AURORALAW, Finland, with guests Stephan Swinkels from Littler, The Netherlands, Roselyn Sands , RoselynSands Law, France and Kirsten Lucas , Stephenson Harwood, United Arab Emirates, we discuss the best practices and insights on global employer policies for multinational employers. We delve into the need for standardisation while acknowledging that one size may not fit all.

January 14, 202617 min

SEERIL Podcast: Interview with Matthias Lang

In this episode, Don C Smith, Editor of the Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law (JERL), interviews SEERIL Chair Matthias Lang at the 2025 IBA Annual Conference in Toronto. They discuss the Conference and plans for future SEERIL events.

December 16, 202522 min

IBA Insolvency Podcast: Professor Bob Wessels

Our guest for the next episode of the IBA Insolvency Section Podcast is one of the most distinguished and well-known experts in international insolvency and restructuring law – Professor Bob Wessels . With over 50 years of experience as a practitioner, judge, legal advisor to the European Commission and academic researcher, Wessels brings exceptional insight to the subject of this episode: ‘ The cross-border effectiveness of national preventive restructuring frameworks after the implementation of the EU Preventive Restructuring Directive 2019/1023 ’. In anticipation of the upcoming adoption of the EU’s second insolvency directive , we assess the effectiveness of its first directive and the need for the EU to revise insolvency regulations six years after the Preventive Restructuring Directive entered into force. The conversation is based on a report prepared by the think-tank CERIL (Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law) , which was chaired by Wessels between 2016 and 2023. We invite you to listen to the podcast!

October 17, 202529 min

Working Title Podcast: conversations in good company – what’s up with non-competes?

In the opening episode of the new podcast series by the IBA Employment and Industrial Relations Committee, hosted by Veena Gopalakrishnan from Trilegal, India and Mikko Kontturi from AURORALAW, Finland, with guests Hector Gonzales Graf from MGGL, Mexico, Lucy Gordon from Walker Morris LLP, UK, and Gordon Williams from MinterEllison, Australia, we discuss the current state and what to expect in the near future in the field of non-competition agreements in their jurisdictions. Please join us for this relaxed and insightful conversation…we hope you like it!

September 22, 202544 min

Podcast: AI in M&A

As legal technology/AI continues to have an impact on transactional-focused practices, this podcast assesses where we’ve come from, where we are and where a thought leader and innovator of legal technology believes we are headed, specifically with respect to M&A transactions, including private equity. The conversation is moderated by Adina Shapiro, Scholarship Officer of the IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee, Member of the IBA LPD AI Working Group and a partner at Meitar Law Offices in Israel, while giving their thoughts are Noah Waisberg, Co-Founder and CEO of AI/software company Zuva, and Stephen Solursh, Conference Coordinator North America for the IBA Corporate and M&A Law Committee and General Counsel at OPTrust in Canada.

September 15, 202525 min

FGM: Legislative gaps, data poverty and actionable reforms

In this IBA Criminal Law Committee podcast, five experts explore the global legal and policy response to female genital mutilation (FGM), which affects over 230 million women and girls worldwide. The podcast is framed around a forthcoming pro bono report prepared by King & Spalding and WilmerHale for UK charity the Vavengers, which highlights legislative gaps, data poverty and proposes actionable reforms to improve survivor care and global accountability.

November 14, 202427 min

IBA Insolvency Podcast: Brett Axelrod and Brittany Michael

In this fourth instalment of the IBA Insolvency Section’s podcast series, Brett Axelrod, Managing Partner of Fox Rothschild’s Las Vegas office and past Co-Chair of the firm’s nationwide Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy Department, along with Brittany Michael, Senior Counsel at Pachulski Stang Ziehl & Jones specialising in the representation of tort creditors’ committees, discuss the seminal US Supreme Court judgment of In re Purdue Pharma LP with Huan Tan, a partner at Benvalor and Co-Chair of the IBA Insolvency Section.

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