Mallesons Podcasts
Welcome to Mallesons' podcast channel. Here you can browse and listen to all our content - the latest cases, legal issues, market trends and insights from our practice groups, conversational deep dives with our people, our clients and our community partners. Enjoy!
Episodes
106 episodes
Force majeure and the power of business relationships: View from Asia
What does increasing geopolitical and supply chain uncertainty mean for the contracts and commercial relationships businesses rely on?In this episode of View from Asia, Amanda Lees, Mallesons partner in Singapore, and Internatio...
Managing cyber risk in an increasingly uncertain world
Cyber risk is intensifying as organisations navigate a complex and fast-moving threat landscape, shaped by rapid advancements in frontier AI and continuing geopolitical tension.Bringing together government and industry perspectives, thi...
Competing in a fragmented world: Building resilience and capturing value in the AI era
The next wave of AI and emerging technology promises productivity gains but the conditions for realising them are becoming more complex. In a more contested and constrained global environment, technology strategy can no longer be separated from...
Smarter machines, wiser leaders: Navigating the next decade of work
AI is moving from experimentation to embedded workflow. But with new opportunities for productivity and innovation, come important questions about workforce design, governance, skills, safety, employee wellbeing and the role of human judgment. ...
AI and complex decision-making: The next shift in business
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how businesses understand and prepare for rapidly evolving local and international events an increasingly complex operating environment. Drawing on Anthea Roberts’ work on AI complex decision-m...
Privacy, cyber & the courtroom: What's next for Australian business
Major cyber and data incidents now trigger a widening set of consequences, including regulator action, complex litigation including class actions, and reputational fallout. Organisations are increasingly judged on how well they anticipate and r...
Online safety and accountability: What businesses need to know
Online safety has become a mainstream business issue. As digital platforms and connected services play a larger role in everyday life, regulatory expectations around safety, trust and accountability continue to develop and have significant impl...
The ACCC’s digital enforcement agenda
ACCC Commissioner Luke Woodward shares his perspective on competition and consumer issues arising in the digital landscape, and how the ACCC proposes to tackle them. Against a background of fast-paced change as well as new features in the enfor...
Quantum and Australia’s advantage: Capturing value in the next tech revolution
Quantum technology is rapidly shifting from scientific theory to commercial reality, and Australia has a unique opportunity to turn its research strengths into global economic leadership.In this opening keynote for the Mallesons Digital...
Directions 2026: The forces driving Australian business
Mallesons' Directions Report 2026 is your essential guide to what’s top of mind for Australian directors and senior business leaders. Now in its 16th year, co-authors and Corporate M&A Partners Meredith Paynter and Rhys Casey d...
From AI experiment to impact with Quantium: AI Now Episode 5
What does it take to move from AI experimentation to enterprise-wide impact?In this episode of AI Now, Gideon Ratner from Quantium joins Mallesons partners Bryony Evans and Peta Stevenson to share what Quantium has l...
Gender, Identity at work
Gender-based violence and discrimination don’t stop at the workplace door. Addressing them requires sustained commitment, systemic change and the courage to speak up.In this episode, host Clem Johnson sits down with Fiona McLeay, Victori...
Fewer filings, higher stakes: The Review: Class Actions in Australia 2025/2026
Class action filings fell to their lowest level in almost a decade, while more than $1.65 billion in settlements were approved. To mark the launch of the 14th edition of The Review: Class Actions in Australia 2025/2026, Mallesons Partn...
D&O policies in Australia and England: Erosion, Allocation, Exclusion and Notification
What happens when multiple insureds are drawing on the same policy? In the latest Mallesons and Stewarts podcast, Peter Yeldham, Mandy Tsang and James Breese unpack the Australian and English appro...
How Microsoft is scaling legal with AI: AI Now Episode 4
How are leading legal teams using AI today - and what might the future legal function look like? In the latest episode of AI Now, Microsoft's Head of Legal for ...
From Evidence to Action on Statelessness
What does it mean to belong nowhere? In this episode, host Clem Johnson sits down with Associate Professor Radha Govil and Dr. Jade Roberts from the Peter McMullin Centre on Statelessness at Melbourne Law School to unpack one of the world's mos...
Listening to Children, Strengthening Systems
Content warning: This episode contains discussions of child trauma and suicide. Every year in Australia, hundreds of thousands of concerns are raised about children's safety. In this episode, host Clem Johnson sits down w...
Key drivers of the energy M&A market: Power Perspectives Episode 8
Hosts: Rod Smythe, Jonathan Grant and Lizzie Knight Summary: In this episode, Mallesons partners Rod, Jonathan and Lizzie discuss the current state of the energy M&A market, including deal trends, activity drivers and the regula...
Responsible AI in practice with SEEK: AI Now Episode 3
What does it take to implement AI responsibly? In this episode of AI Now, host Bryony Evans is joined by Fernando Mourão, Head of Responsible AI at SEEK, alongside Mallesons partner Michael Swinson. Hear lessons from a leading organisati...
Inside Australia’s East and West Coast Gas Markets: Power Perspectives Episode 7
In this episode of Power Perspectives, we discuss the evolving dynamics of Australia’s gas market across the east and west coasts. With gas playing a critical role in the energy transition—supporting renewables, ensuring system reliabi...
FS Reg Room Episode 7: Unpacking 'Efficiently, Honestly and Fairly’
The obligation to act efficiently, honestly and fairly is increasingly shaping ASIC enforcement strategy. In this episode, host Nathan Hodge is joined by dispute resolution partners Amanda Engels and Damian Lovell to discuss how recent cases ar...
Managing risks in the modern workplace (Part 2): AI Now Episode 2
AI Now is back with Part 2 on AI’s impact for the workforce, and this time we hear about the widespread use and risks of AI‑driven performance and monitoring tools, Australia’s first AI-specific workplace safety laws, and why governanc...
Insurance Pocketbook 2026: Trends and market insights in coverage disputes
In this episode, Peter Yeldham and Travis Toemoe examine, at an aggregate level, recent insurance coverage decisions for the Insurance Pocketbook 2026. Their analysis reflects what the data reveals about insurance litigati...
Managing risks in the modern workplace (Part 1): AI Now Episode 2
We turn to one of the most live issues for organisations right now: AI and the workforce. Employment law expert Cilla Robinson joins AI Now co-hosts Cheng Lim and Bryony Evans to unpack what clients are dealing with right now. Ke...
