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Wednesday · 10 minBusiness Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast: Inês Sequeira Mendes
In the seventh episode, Daniela Amaral (Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee) speaks with Inês Sequeira Mendes, Managing Partner at Abreu Advogados in Portugal, about the role of technology in client engagement and how firms can continue strengthening collaboration between BD and legal teams. Inês shares how innovation and leadership intersect in today’s legal market.
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Tuesday · 8 minBusiness Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast: Jennifer Owen
Welcome to the Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast series, where we explore the strategies shaping the future of law firms. In this episode, Jennifer Owen, Senior Business Development Manager at Macfarlanes, shares her perspective on the changing role of BD and the increasing focus on creating measurable impact across the firm. Interviewed by Daniela Amaral (Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee), she discusses the importance of taking a proactive approach, fostering collaboration, and embedding client development into the firm’s culture.
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October 14 · 10 minBusiness Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast: Christina Bruun Geertsen
Welcome to the Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast series, where we explore the strategies shaping the future of law firms. In the fifth episode, we’re diving into innovation and technology, two forces transforming the legal industry. Hosted by Elisabeth Houtman (Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee), we are joined by Christina Bruun Geertsen, Managing Partner at Kromann Reumert, one of Denmark’s leading law firms. Christina has been at the forefront of driving change and embracing technology to enhance client engagement and operational efficiency.
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September 24 · 7 minBusiness Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast: Nadège Nguyen
Welcome to the Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast series, where we explore the strategies shaping the future of law firms. In the fourth episode, we dive into one of the most critical topics for any law firm: client relationships and experience. What do clients really value beyond legal expertise? How do firms ensure consistency and adapt to evolving needs? Hosted by Elisabeth Houtman (Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee), we are joined by Nadège Nguyen, a partner at the French law firm Gide and a current officer of the IBA Law Firm Management Committee.
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September 18 · 13 minBusiness Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast: Alan Keep
Welcome to the Business Development and Marketing Subcommittee Podcast series, where we explore strategies that help law firms build stronger client relationships. In the third episode, we talk about about marketing and brand positioning, two critical elements for any law firm looking to stand out in a competitive market. Hosted by Elisabeth Houtman (Member, IBA Law Firm Management Committee) we are joined by Alan Keep from Bowmans, a leading African law firm known for its strong brand and client-focused approach.
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August 20 · 26 minWorking 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, hosted by Veena Gopalakrishnan from Trilegal, India and Mikko Kontturi from AURORALAW, Finland, employment law experts (Ed Mills, Travers Smith, UK; Lauren Salt, ENS, South Africa; Lise Lauridsen, Bech-Bruun, Denmark; and Stefanie Tack, Strelia, Belgium) 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
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June 18 · 9 minBusiness 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.
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May 8 · 11 minBusiness 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.
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January 28 · 32 minWorking 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.
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January 14 · 17 minSEERIL 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.
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Dec 16, 2025 · 22 minIBA 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!
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Oct 17, 2025 · 29 minWorking 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!
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Sep 22, 2025 · 44 minPodcast: 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.
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Sep 15, 2025 · 25 minFGM: 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.
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Nov 14, 2024 · 27 minIBA 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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Jun 6, 2024 · 25 minIBA Insolvency podcast: Juana Pulgar
In the third podcast from the IBA Insolvency Section, Juana Pulgar, Chaired Professor in Business Law at the University Complutense of Madrid and a member of the International Insolvency Institute, discusses the Draft EU Directive published on 7 December 2022, which focuses on harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law.
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Apr 17, 2024 · 37 minIBA Insolvency Podcast: Carolyn Jones
In the second podcast from the IBA Insolvency Section, Carolyn Jones, a full-time mediator at CJ Mediation, speaks to Gordon Hollerin, a partner at Harper Macleod. Carolyn is an experienced mediator, having been a solicitor for over 25 years in a career that includes work on commercial and banking litigation, bank remediation projects and, extensively, corporate and personal insolvency matters. The two discuss mediation in insolvency in this podcast.
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Apr 10, 2024 · 29 minCompensation for overseas victims of corruption
In this podcast, Tim Harris, Podcast Officer on the IBA Anti-Corruption Committee and financial crime lawyer at Cohen & Gresser, speaks to Lord Edward Garnier KC, barrister and member of the House of Lords, and Nicola Bonucci, criminal lawyer and former Director of Legal Affairs at the OECD, on the subject of the current approach in the UK and Europe to compensation for overseas victims of economic crime. This podcast was recorded in January 2024. Some of the information discussed may now be out of date.
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Mar 4, 2024 · 37 minIBA Insolvency Podcast: Alexander Klauser
In this podcast from IBA Insolvency Section, Alexander Klauser, UNCITRAL Liaison for the IBA Insolvency Section and a professor of insolvency law at the University of Graz, discusses the latest insolvency news from the recent meeting of UNCITRAL Working Group V in Vienna.