KWM Podcasts
Welcome to King & Wood 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 leaders and people of note, and a sense of perspective on what we do - and why - with our responsible business team and people from across the firm, our clients and more. Enjoy!
Episodes
46 episodes
Adapting to DEI resistance – what do employers need to do?
What now and what next for employers navigating the rapidly and radically altered Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion landscape?KWM Employment Relations and Safety Partner Annamarie Rooding and Senior Associate Erin Richard...
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It's Public Episode 1 - Digging for deals
In the first edition of KWM’s new "It's Public" podcast, M&A partners Will Heath, Antonella Pacitti, Heath Lewis, and Paul Schroder discuss why 2025 is shaping up as a promising year for resources M&A. Their discussion covers the energy...
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FS Reg Room Episode 1: Mandatory Climate Reporting
In this inaugural episode of KWM’s FS Reg Room Podcast, host Nathan Hodge is joined by Partner Tim Bednall and Special Counsel Emma Newnham to explore the implications of Australia’s new mandatory climate reporting regime. The discussion highli...
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How will Australia’s merger reforms shape transaction tactics and timing in 2025?
KWM competition law partners Caroline Coops and Simon Cooke join M&A partner and co-author of KWM's
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What can 2024 tell us about what lies ahead in employment law?
2024 has been a big year in Employment law. High profile investigations, the right to disconnect, big cases on same job same pay laws, multi-enterprise bargaining, labour hire, psychosocial risk, peeling back the onion on implications of Respec...
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Bankruptcy and restructuring solutions to manage mass tort liability
In KWM’s 2nd podcast episode of The Review Class Actions in Australia 2023/2024 Eleanor Atkins, Sam Kinsey and Chloe Moore come together to discuss the intersection of restructuring law and class actions - sharing valuable insights on how restr...
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How simple things can harden cyber defence - in conversation with Australia's national cybersecurity coordinator
Why does Australia’s cybersecurity coordinator think organisations should empower more people to play a role in defending against cyber threats? And what should they do? Lieutenant General Michelle McGuiness CSC joined KWM’s Cheng Lim in ...
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Why Australia's Corporate Regulator isn't rushing to regulate AI - in conversation with ASIC
Why is Australia’s corporate regulator cautious on new AI-specific regulation? And, in an age of increasing regulatory influence, what can Chair Joe Longo’s approach reveal about his thinking as a regulatory leader? In this convers...
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Evolving digital harm prevention - in conversation with E-Safety commissioner Julie Inman-Grant
How does preventing digital harm evolve from ‘whack-a-mole’ action to proactively embedding safety? E-Safety commissioner Julie Inman-Grant explains her thinking to KWM’s Peta Stevenson in this conversation recorded at KWM's Digital Future Summ...
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Privacy in a data-driven world - in conversation with the Office of Australian Information Commissioner
How do Australia’s privacy regulators see their roles in amid heightened community awareness and expectations regarding individual privacy rights, driven by technological advancements and increased data-driven business models?Check out ...
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Japan’s energy transition – What are the challenges and opportunities?
Join Tokyo-based partner Yoshiki Tsurumaki and Perth-based senior associate Richard Shi as they talk about the energy transition in Japan in our latest KWM Podcast.What unique challenges does Japan faces in renewable energy due to i...
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In conversation with the ACCC: Gina Gass Gottlieb on safeguarding competition and empowering consumers in a digital economy
In this the first of 5 conversations with regulators from our 2024 Digital Future Summit, ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb tells KWM’s Luke Woodward that consumer trust is the lifeblood of competitive markets for the ACCC. She explains why t...
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Japanese M&A - Can the wave continue?
In this M&A in the City Podcast from KWM, Will Heath is joined by Nicola Charlston, fresh from chairing an M&A committee meeting of the International Bar Association in Tokyo.Together they discuss:- What has (finally) lifted...
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Why Tax Reform is critical to Australia's productivity growth - Allegra Spender MP joins KWM to unpack Directions report implications
In this King & Wood Mallesons Podcast, Jerome Tse and Meredith Paynter are joined by Wentworth MP Allegra Spender to discuss tax reform's role in driving productivity growth in Australia. Ms Spender shares insights from her recent P...
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The NEXT Podcast: Offshore wind - a game-changer for net zero?
We know a range of zero-emission energy sources and technologies will be critical to reliably and sustainably meet demand through the energy transition. Offshore wind offers efficient and unobtrusive renewable energy, meaning it has the potenti...
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The Review: Class Actions in Australia 2023/2024
In this KWM podcast, Partner Eleanor Atkins hosts a conversation with co-authors Peta Stevenson and Alexander Morris to unpack what’s new, what’s remained the same, and what’s on the horizon for Class Actions in Australia.
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M&A in the City June 2024 - The view from New York
KWM Public M&A Partner Nicola Charlston and private capital / M&A Partner Anthony Boogert recently returned from International Bar Association's annual M&A conference in New York. Together they provide a s...
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Inside the $9.1bn deal for Altium - a new benchmark on reverse break fees and Japanese buyers return
What does it take to negotiate a new-benchmark reverse break fee? How will it impact future deals? And what does the renewed Japanese interest in Australian markets mean for M&A? David Friedlander, Daniel Natale and Antonella Pacitti d...
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Spotlight on regulatory approvals in M&A
We hear from Competition Partners Simon Cooke and Christopher Kok, as they chat to M&A Partner Antonella Pacitti on what the ACCC’s proposed merger reforms are, what Treasury has tabled in response to this, and the implication on deal strat...
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Closing the Loopholes Bill Episode 1: Underpayment loophole
The Closing Loopholes Bill has recently been introduced to parliament by the government which will make profound changes to the industrial relations and employment law landscape. Team members from KWM’s national Employee Relations and Safety pr...
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2023 Directions Report
A few months on from releasing our 2023 Directions Report, Partners Meredith Paynter and Rhys Casey sit down to reflect on what Australian directors and senior business leaders were experiencing at the time of our 2023 Directions survey and if ...
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The Review: Class Actions in Australia 2022/2023
Senior Associate Eleanor Atkins hosts a conversation with Partners Peta Stevenson and Liam Burgess to discuss what’s new, what’s remained the same, and what’s on the horizon for Class Actions across Australia as we move into the new year.&n...
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M&A in the City - what will it take to kickstart M&A?
Partners Nicola Charlston and Anthony Boogert are fresh back from the International Bar Association's M&...
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M&A in the City - Dissecting the H1 Megadeals
KWM partners Antonella Pacitti and Will Heath worked together on one of the biggest cross border deals announce...
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What does the future hold for climate disclosure and litigation?
King & Wood Mallesons' third annual Climate Disclosure report has analysed the ASX50's public statements on climate risk and governance, finding a new, more rigorous and consequential age has begun for companies’ climate and sustainab...
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