Mark Prinsley and Oliver Yaros, partners in our IP & IT Group, and Jay Doraisamy, partner in our Pensions Group, presented a bootcamp on the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and its implications for UK pension schemes. This 1.5 hour long seminar explored the new requirements under the GDPR, and provided a detailed assessment of the ten steps that UK pension schemes need to take to get ready to comply with the GDPR by 25 May 2018.
How does English law deal with unfairness without imposing a duty of good faith? Mark Stefanini, now a partner in our Commercial Dispute Resolution practice and Patrick Hennessy, Senior Associate in Corporate, answer this important question. They also provide an overview of recent case law and developments in this area.
How does the level of obligation created by a “reasonable endeavours” clause differ from a “best endeavours” clause? Mark Stefanini, now a partner in our Commercial Dispute Resolution practice and Patrick Hennessy, Senior Associate in Corporate, answer this important question and others in relation to these obligations in English law contracts.
We hope you have enjoyed our well received video series this year, by Edmund Parker, our Global Head of Derivatives & Structured Products, on the new 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions. If you have not had the chance to view these they can be viewed below.
A number of you have fed back to us, that many viewers would enjoy a talk on the history of derivatives generally, combined with a contextually clear explanation of what derivatives are. As a Seasonal Special, Ed therefore asked his father, historian Professor Geoffrey Parker, to join him to look at, and present, ”The history of derivatives – From Ancient Mesopotamia to Trading Places”.
The attached video is an insightful look at this history, stretching from the times of Babylonian King Hammurabi, 4000 years ago, through the Ancient Middle East, Greece and Rome; then London and Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries, and the American, European and Asian markets of the 19th and 20th centuries, ending at the start of the modern era in the 1980s.
This entertaining piece will be of interest not just to derivatives specialists, but also to all those who have an interest in the history of the financial markets. (running time 52.25)
Edmund Parker, Global Co-head of Derivatives & Structured Products at Mayer Brown, discusses the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions in further detail, with a detailed analysis of the Successor Provisions.
Edmund Parker, Global Co-head of Derivatives & Structured Products at Mayer Brown, discusses the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions in further detail, with a detailed analysis of the Restructuring Credit Event.
Senior Associates Sam Webster and Rebecca Bothamley discuss what a yes vote would mean to the oil and gas in the North Sea.
Ingrid Hobbs, partner in our Insurance group, examines the insurance risks associated with additive manufacturing and outlines the issues that those operating in this sector need to be aware of in relation to this growing technology.
Edmund Parker, Global Co-head of Derivatives & Structured Products at Mayer Brown, discusses the 2014 ISDA Credit Derivatives Definitions in further detail incorporating Governmental Intervention Credit Event, Financial Reference Entity Terms and Related Asset Package Delivery Provisions.
Mark Prinsley, Head of the Intellectual Property & IT group in London discusses the impact of data privacy on cloud computing.
