Law, Policy & Markets
89 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago -Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores key business and legal trends in today's evolving global economy. With candor and a sophisticated understanding of the issues, host Allan Marks and other Milbank partners and guests delve into diverse topics, such as ESG and sustainability, cybersecurity, airlines and aviation, biopharma, global capital markets, climate change and the energy transition, cross-border workouts, private equity, cutting-edge litigation, enforcement policies in securities and antitrust, and values-based innovation in the legal profession. Discover what’s happening, what it means, and what’s next. More details at Milbank.com. Follow us on social media and podcast platforms, including Apple, Spotify, Google and Audible.
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The Virtual Federal Trial of Putnam v. FGIC: “What’s in the Box?”
October 21, 2020 01:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBTop-flight lawyers conducted a three-week trial entirely online, in the midst of a pandemic and recession, to resolve issues that dated back over a decade to the last recession. Derivatives, CDOs, credit default swaps, and financial guaranties: the facts in Putnam vs. FGIC were incredibly complex. In this episode of Law, Policy & Markets, Milbank Global Project Energy & Infrastructure Finance partner Allan Marks sorted it out with Putnam’s lead lawyers – Thomas Arena, Sean Murphy and Robert ...
The Virtual Federal Trial of Putnam v. FGIC – “What’s in the Box?”
October 21, 2020 01:00 - 43 minutes - 30 MBTop-flight lawyers conducted a three-week trial entirely online, in the midst of a pandemic and recession, to resolve issues that dated back over a decade to the last recession. Derivatives, CDOs, credit default swaps, and financial guaranties: the facts in Putnam vs. FGIC were incredibly complex. In this episode, Milbank Global Project Energy & Infrastructure Finance partner Allan Marks sorted it out with Putnam’s lead lawyers – Thomas Arena, Sean Murphy and Robert Hora of Milbank’s Litiga...
Executive Compensation In Challenging Times: “What’s A Board To Do?”
September 21, 2020 18:00 - 36 minutes - 25.5 MBExecutive compensation is a hot-button issue, correlated both to tremendous growth in financial wealth and to rising inequality. In this episode of Law, Policy & Markets, Milbank Global Project Energy & Infrastructure Finance partner Allan Marks and Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits partner Mike Shah discuss current trends in executive compensation, including: How corporate boards address competing pressures when structuring new pay packages Impact of market volatility on incent...
Executive Compensation In Challenging Times – “What’s A Board To Do?”
September 21, 2020 18:00 - 36 minutes - 25.5 MBESG Series #2: Executive compensation is a hot-button issue, correlated both to tremendous growth in financial wealth and to rising inequality. In this episode, Milbank Global Project Energy & Infrastructure Finance partner Allan Marks and Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits partner Mike Shah discuss current trends in executive compensation, including: How corporate boards address competing pressures when structuring new pay packages Impact of market volatility on incentive compen...
International Restructuring: Solving an Aircraft Finance Puzzle – “Flying is Easy; Landing is Hard”
September 14, 2020 21:00 - 41 minutes - 28.6 MBHow do you pay for planes and cover billions in debt when people stop flying and airlines are going broke? The global pandemic and economic slowdown have radically altered the financial landscape for airlines, aircraft manufacturers and leasing companies around the world. Our story today is about how Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) – a leading aircraft lessor worth over $8 billion – navigated the sudden collapse in air traffic in 2020 with help from its creditors and an Irish court. Milbank Gl...
Fraud, Deception & Financial Crime – “Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave, When First We Practice to Deceive!”
August 26, 2020 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBHow are companies, financial institutions and governments confronting increasingly sophisticated threats of fraud and other financial crimes? Milbank partner Allan Marks and Litigation & Arbitration partners Mona Vaswani and Adam Fee delve into a range of timely and substantive topics: Financial and accounting fraud, embezzlement, market manipulation, bank and wire fraud, money laundering, sanctions stripping, bribery, corruption, insider trading, intellectual property theft, cyber hacks, s...
Fraud, Deception & Financial Crime - “Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave, When First We Practice to Deceive!”
August 26, 2020 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBHow are companies, financial institutions and governments confronting increasingly sophisticated threats of fraud and other financial crimes? Milbank partner Allan Marks and Litigation & Arbitration partners Mona Vaswani and Adam Fee delve into a range of timely and substantive topics: Financial and accounting fraud, embezzlement, market manipulation, bank and wire fraud, money laundering, sanctions stripping, bribery, corruption, insider trading, intellectual property theft, cyber hacks, s...
Fraud, Deception & Financial Crime – “Oh, What a Tangled Web We Weave, When First We Practice to Deceive!”
August 26, 2020 04:00 - 44 minutes - 30.6 MBHow are companies, financial institutions and governments confronting increasingly sophisticated threats of fraud and other financial crimes? Milbank partner Allan Marks and Litigation & Arbitration partners Mona Vaswani and Adam Fee delve into a range of timely and substantive topics: Financial and accounting fraud, embezzlement, market manipulation, bank and wire fraud, money laundering, sanctions stripping, bribery, corruption, insider trading, intellectual property theft, cyber hacks, s...
“The Only Truly Secure System Is One That Is Powered Off” – Cybersecurity In A Digital Age
July 07, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBThere are two perspectives from which to examine cybersecurity. Big picture: Are we safe as a nation? Up close: What should my company or institution be doing now to manage cyber risks? In this special, extended episode, Allan Marks joins Former NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell and Milbank partner Dara Panahy to explore in depth the needed tools and current trends in cybersecurity, national security, governance and technology. Can we become more resilient while becoming ever more interconn...
Cybersecurity In A Digital Age – “The Only Truly Secure System Is One That Is Powered Off”
July 07, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBESG Series #1: There are two perspectives from which to examine cybersecurity. Big picture: Are we safe as a nation? Up close: What should my company or institution be doing now to manage cyber risks? In this special, extended episode, Allan Marks joins Former NSA General Counsel Glenn Gerstell and Milbank partner Dara Panahy to explore in depth the needed tools and current trends in cybersecurity, national security, governance and technology. Can we become more resilient while becoming ever...
“Desafinado: If I Sing Off Key, I Still Have a Heart” – Fine Tuning Economies in Latin America
June 24, 2020 05:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBHow are governments and financial markets in Latin America responding to the global pandemic and recession? Milbank partner Allan Marks discusses cross-border investment, asset valuations, and legal initiatives across Latin America with Milbank Capital Markets partners Fabiana Sakai in São Paulo and Carlos T. Albarracín in New York. As economies struggle in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and throughout the region, the economic effects may be similar but politics vary markedly. Discover ...
Fine Tuning Economies in Latin America – “Desafinado: If I Sing Off Key, I Still Have a Heart”
June 24, 2020 05:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBHow are governments and financial markets in Latin America responding to the global pandemic and recession? Milbank partner Allan Marks discusses cross-border investment, asset valuations, and legal initiatives across Latin America with Milbank Capital Markets partners Fabiana Sakai in São Paulo and Carlos T. Albarracín in New York. As economies struggle in Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and throughout the region, the economic effects may be similar but politics vary markedly. Discover ...
"Fly Much? Now, Not So Much" – Airlines and Aviation
May 22, 2020 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Drew Fine, one of the world's leading aircraft finance lawyers, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores the future of the global aviation industry. How will airlines both keep passengers safe and make them feel safe? The financial implications for the airlines, airports, lessors, and manufacturers are complex and wide ranging. About the speakers: Drew Fine has extensive experience in a wide variety of internati...
Airlines and Aviation – "Fly Much? Now, Not So Much"
May 22, 2020 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Drew Fine, one of the world's leading aircraft finance lawyers, this episode explores the future of the global aviation industry. How will airlines both keep passengers safe and make them feel safe? The financial implications for the airlines, airports, lessors, and manufacturers are complex and wide ranging. About the speakers: Drew Fine has extensive experience in a wide variety of international financial and corporate transactions, inclu...
"Fly Much? Now, Not So Much" - Airlines and Aviation
May 22, 2020 20:00 - 18 minutes - 12.8 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Drew Fine, one of the world's leading aircraft finance lawyers, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores the future of the global aviation industry. How will airlines both keep passengers safe and make them feel safe? The financial implications for the airlines, airports, lessors, and manufacturers are complex and wide ranging. About the speakers: Drew Fine has extensive experience in a wide variety of internati...
Capital Markets, Governments and Where We Go from Here – "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
May 22, 2020 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Apostolos Gkoutzinis, this episode explores the pandemic’s impact on global capital markets, the efficacy of government responses, and some longer term implications of these changes. About the speakers: Focusing on US securities laws and international debt and equity offerings, Apostolos Gkoutzinis covers an exceptionally broad practice across international corporate, capital markets and finance transactions. His experience includes advising on IP...
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" – Capital Markets, Governments and Where We Go from Here
May 22, 2020 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Apostolos Gkoutzinis, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores the pandemic’s impact on global capital markets, the efficacy of government responses, and some longer term implications of these changes. About the speakers: Focusing on US securities laws and international debt and equity offerings, Apostolos Gkoutzinis covers an exceptionally broad practice across international corporate, capital markets and finance tran...
"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" - Capital Markets, Governments and Where We Go from Here
May 22, 2020 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Apostolos Gkoutzinis, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores the pandemic’s impact on global capital markets, the efficacy of government responses, and some longer term implications of these changes. About the speakers: Focusing on US securities laws and international debt and equity offerings, Apostolos Gkoutzinis covers an exceptionally broad practice across international corporate, capital markets and finance tran...
Capital Markets, Governments and Where We Go from Here – "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
May 22, 2020 19:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Apostolos Gkoutzinis, this episode explores the pandemic’s impact on global capital markets, the efficacy of government responses, and some longer term implications of these changes. About the speakers: Focusing on US securities laws and international debt and equity offerings, Apostolos Gkoutzinis covers an exceptionally broad practice across international corporate, capital markets and finance transactions. His experience includes advising on IP...
Antitrust, M&A and Big Tech – "Thou Dost Conspire Against Thy Friend"
May 22, 2020 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Fiona Schaeffer, this episode explores how the legal landscape of antitrust work is shifting and whether the pandemic-induced economic crisis impedes or encourages long term enforcement trends. About the speakers: Fiona Schaeffer represents clients in the defense of “bet-the-company” criminal and civil cases as well as their most complex transactions. She counsels clients in a variety of industries, with a particular depth of experience in healthc...
"Thou Dost Conspire Against Thy Friend" - Antitrust, M&A and Big Tech
May 22, 2020 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Fiona Schaeffer, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores how the legal landscape of antitrust work is shifting and whether the pandemic-induced economic crisis impedes or encourages long term enforcement trends. About the speakers: Fiona Schaeffer represents clients in the defense of “bet-the-company” criminal and civil cases as well as their most complex transactions. She counsels clients in a variety of industries, ...
“Buy Land, They Ain’t Makin’ Any More” – Commercial Real Estate Finance in Flux
May 22, 2020 18:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations, Milbank partners Allan Marks and Erwin Dweck survey economic trends and financing opportunities for distressed real estate in different asset classes. Then, they take a deeper dive into current pricing, valuations and structuring implications for commercial real estate finance. Find out what it all may mean over the next 12 months for the CMBS market, which saw almost $100 billion in new issuances last year alone. About the Sp...
Antitrust, M&A and Big Tech – "Thou Dost Conspire Against Thy Friend"
May 22, 2020 18:00 - 18 minutes - 12.4 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Fiona Schaeffer, this episode explores how the legal landscape of antitrust work is shifting and whether the pandemic-induced economic crisis impedes or encourages long term enforcement trends. About the speakers: Fiona Schaeffer represents clients in the defense of “bet-the-company” criminal and civil cases as well as their most complex transactions. She counsels clients in a variety of industries, with a particular depth of experience in healthc...
"Buy Land, They Ain’t Makin’ Any More" – Commercial Real Estate Finance in Flux
May 22, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations, Milbank partners Allan Marks and Erwin Dweck survey economic trends and financing opportunities for distressed real estate in different asset classes. Then, they take a deeper dive into current pricing, valuations and structuring implications for commercial real estate finance. Find out what it all may mean over the next 12 months for the CMBS market, which saw almost $100 billion in new issuances last year alone. About the Sp...
Commercial Real Estate Finance in Flux – "Buy Land, They Ain’t Makin’ Any More"
May 22, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this episode, Milbank partners Allan Marks and Erwin Dweck survey economic trends and financing opportunities for distressed real estate in different asset classes. Then, they take a deeper dive into current pricing, valuations and structuring implications for commercial real estate finance. Find out what it all may mean over the next 12 months for the CMBS market, which saw almost $100 billion in new issuances last year alone. About the Speakers: Erwin Dweck has experience in all areas...
Commercial Real Estate Finance in Flux – "Buy Land, They Ain’t Makin’ Any More"
May 22, 2020 16:00 - 21 minutes - 15.2 MBIn this episode, Milbank partners Allan Marks and Erwin Dweck survey economic trends and financing opportunities for distressed real estate in different asset classes. Then, they take a deeper dive into current pricing, valuations and structuring implications for commercial real estate finance. Find out what it all may mean over the next 12 months for the CMBS market, which saw almost $100 billion in new issuances last year alone. About the Speakers: Erwin Dweck has experience in all areas...
Markets Adapt to the New Normal: A View From Asia – "I've Got This"
May 21, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Jacqueline Chan, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores Asia’s reopening and the pandemic’s effects on regional financial markets, on the leading edge of what the rest of the world might experience in turn. About the speakers: Jacqueline Chan is a partner in Milbank’s Singapore office, previously based in Hong Kong. She advises on a wide range of international corporate finance transactions and M&A deals, and regular...
"I've Got This" – Markets Adapt to the New Normal: A View From Asia
May 21, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Jacqueline Chan, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores Asia’s reopening and the pandemic’s effects on regional financial markets, on the leading edge of what the rest of the world might experience in turn. About the speakers: Jacqueline Chan is a partner in Milbank’s Singapore office, previously based in Hong Kong. She advises on a wide range of international corporate finance transactions and M&A deals, and regular...
"I've Got This" - Markets Adapt to the New Normal: A View From Asia
May 21, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Jacqueline Chan, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores Asia’s reopening and the pandemic’s effects on regional financial markets, on the leading edge of what the rest of the world might experience in turn. About the speakers: Jacqueline Chan is a partner in Milbank’s Singapore office, previously based in Hong Kong. She advises on a wide range of international corporate finance transactions and M&A deals, and regular...
Markets Adapt to the New Normal: A View From Asia – "I've Got This"
May 21, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.1 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and Jacqueline Chan, this episode explores Asia’s reopening and the pandemic’s effects on regional financial markets, on the leading edge of what the rest of the world might experience in turn. About the speakers: Jacqueline Chan is a partner in Milbank’s Singapore office, previously based in Hong Kong. She advises on a wide range of international corporate finance transactions and M&A deals, and regularly represents sponsors, borrowers and lenders on...
Protecting the Most Vulnerable - Pro Bono During the Pandemic
May 20, 2020 16:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBFeaturing Milbank partner Allan Marks and Pro Bono Counsel Anthony Perez Cassino, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores how COVID-19 impacts the firm’s pro bono clients and is altering the ways in which legal aid organizations operate and support their clients. Mr. Cassino also discusses how Milbank attorneys are adapting to provide pro bono service remotely during the pandemic both in the United States and worldwide. About the speakers: Anthony Perez Cassin...
"Not Again. This Time is Different" - Liquidity and the Fed
May 19, 2020 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and John Williams, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores how financial markets are dealing with risk and uncertainty caused by the pandemic and assesses how the Federal Reserve’s liquidity measures are stabilizing credit markets. About the speakers: Based in Milbank’s New York office, John Williams leads the Derivatives practice at Milbank globally and is a member of the firm’s Alternative Investment Practice. He specia...
Liquidity and the Fed – "Not Again. This Time is Different"
May 19, 2020 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.8 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and John Williams, this episode explores how financial markets are dealing with risk and uncertainty caused by the pandemic and assesses how the Federal Reserve’s liquidity measures are stabilizing credit markets. About the speakers: Based in Milbank’s New York office, John Williams leads the Derivatives practice at Milbank globally and is a member of the firm’s Alternative Investment Practice. He specializes in cleared derivatives, credit derivatives...
"Not Again. This Time is Different" – Liquidity and the Fed
May 19, 2020 15:00 - 21 minutes - 14.6 MBFeaturing Milbank partners Allan Marks and John Williams, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores how financial markets are dealing with risk and uncertainty caused by the pandemic and assesses how the Federal Reserve’s liquidity measures are stabilizing credit markets. About the speakers: Based in Milbank’s New York office, John Williams leads the Derivatives practice at Milbank globally and is a member of the firm’s Alternative Investment Practice. He specia...
"Protecting the Most Vulnerable" - Pro Bono During the Pandemic
May 19, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBFeaturing Milbank partner Allan Marks and Pro Bono Counsel Anthony Perez Cassino, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores how COVID-19 impacts the firm’s pro bono clients and is altering the ways in which legal aid organizations operate and support their clients. Mr. Cassino also discusses how Milbank attorneys are adapting to provide pro bono service remotely during the pandemic both in the United States and worldwide. About the speakers: Anthony Perez Cassin...
Pro Bono During the Pandemic – "Protecting the Most Vulnerable"
May 19, 2020 04:00 - 19 minutes - 13.2 MBFeaturing Milbank partner Allan Marks and Pro Bono Counsel Anthony Perez Cassino, this episode explores how COVID-19 impacts the firm’s pro bono clients and is altering the ways in which legal aid organizations operate and support their clients. Mr. Cassino also discusses how Milbank attorneys are adapting to provide pro bono service remotely during the pandemic both in the United States and worldwide. About the speakers: Anthony Perez Cassino heads Milbank’s Pro Bono practice. Active in p...
"Protecting the Most Vulnerable" – Pro Bono During the Pandemic
May 19, 2020 04:00 - 18 minutes - 13.1 MBFeaturing Milbank partner Allan Marks and Pro Bono Counsel Anthony Perez Cassino, this episode of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations explores how COVID-19 impacts the firm’s pro bono clients and is altering the ways in which legal aid organizations operate and support their clients. Mr. Cassino also discusses how Milbank attorneys are adapting to provide pro bono service remotely during the pandemic both in the United States and worldwide. About the speakers: Anthony Perez Cassin...
"Law, Policy & Markets" Season 1 Trailer
May 15, 2020 22:00 - 2 minutes - 1.53 MBIt takes judgment and expertise to navigate through challenging times and to understand at a deeper level how law, policy and markets dynamically intersect. With host and Milbank partner Allan Marks and other Milbank partners, discover what’s happening, what it means, and what’s next in Season 1 of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations.
"Law, Policy & Markets" Trailer
May 15, 2020 22:00 - 2 minutes - 1.54 MBIt takes judgment and expertise to navigate through challenging times and to understand at a deeper level how law, policy and markets dynamically intersect. With host and Milbank partner Allan Marks and other Milbank partners, discover what’s happening, what it means, and what’s next in Season 1 of Law, Policy & Markets: Milbank Conversations. For more information and insights, follow us on social media and podcast platforms, including Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeart, Google and Audi...