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This installation of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Non-binding Guidance introduces Dr. Lincoln Tsang, a new Ropes & Gray lateral partner based in London, and head of the firm’s European life sciences practice. Join Greg Levine, partner and chair of the life sciences regulatory and compliance practice at Ropes & Gray, as he interviews and explores Lincoln’s unique career path as well as Lincoln’s thoughts on Brexit and other regulatory developments that may affect the life sciences industry in the UK and Europe in the coming years.

This edition of Ropes & Gray’s Capital Insights series captures our latest thinking on the coming changes in privacy and cybersecurity. In this podcast, join Ed McNicholas, co-chair of the data, privacy & cybersecurity practice, and Fran Faircloth, an associate in the data, privacy and cybersecurity practice, both based in Washington, D.C., as they look around the corner and discuss the developments in the White House on privacy and cybersecurity issues and how those changes will echo in federal agencies, the states, and internationally.

In this edition of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series On the Ropes: Enforcement Risk Roundtable, litigation and enforcement partner Amanda Raad and associate Kyle Zipf team up with Roman Iwański from B2RLaw to discuss the effect that Poland’s latest judicial reforms have on the legal landscape for conducting business in the country from an anti-corruption and international risk standpoint.

In this edition of Ropes & Gray’s podcast series On the Ropes: Enforcement Risk Roundtable, litigation and enforcement partner Amanda Raad and associate Kyle Zipf team up with Roman Iwański from B2RLaw to discuss the effect that Poland’s latest judicial reforms have on the legal landscape for conducting business in the country from an anti-corruption and international risk standpoint.

In this third episode in a series of Ropes & Gray podcasts addressing emerging issues for fiduciaries of 401(k) and 403(b) plans to consider as part of their litigation risk management strategy, litigation & enforcement partner Amy Roy and benefits consultant Aneisha Worrell discuss some key takeaways from Anderson v. Intel Corp. Investment Policy Committee, the first case to date to address the prudence question under ERISA of including private equity and hedge fund investments on a defined contribution plan menu.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management partner Joel Wattenbarger and counsel Nicole Krea discuss the new developments in the SEC during the changeover of administrations, including the recent release of a report from the Division of Examinations concerning their 2021 priorities. The Private Fund Regulatory Update is a series of podcasts discussing key issues of interest and updates in the regulatory and compliance space, focusing in particular on private fund managers.

Ropes & Gray’s podcast series Conductive Discussions focuses on legal issues of interest to the semiconductor industry. In this episode, IP litigation partner Mark Rowland and litigation & enforcement partner Ama Adams, counsel Brendan Hanifin and associate Emerson Siegle discuss recent developments regarding the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) review process, enhanced export controls, and novel economic sanctions. These evolving foreign investment and trade regulations present complex challenges for semiconductor companies, particularly those with dealings involving China.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, finance partner Patricia Lynch and counsel Patricia Teixeira discuss the recent fraud case involving JES Global Capital and its subscription facility. They provide their insights on the diligence banks conduct prior to putting subscription facilities in place, and whether or not we can expect any change in such procedures in light of the case discussed.

In this episode of Women @ RopesTalk, hosted by health care partner Christine Moundas, co-chair of the firm’s anti-corruption and international risk practice María González Calvet interviews Shana Cappell, senior director and chief anticorruption/investigations counsel at PepsiCo. Shana talks about the differences between being in-house and outside counsel, comparing her current role to the years she spent in private practice. She shares PepsiCo’s approach to compliance and how she ensures that colleagues don’t see compliance as the department of “no.” In thinking about her own career, she reflects on how the practice of law has changed over the past 20 years.

In this Ropes & Gray podcast, asset management partners Arthur Andersen and John Ayer discuss the private equity industry’s increasing interest in long-hold investment structures, along with the emergence of sponsors’ ability to offer such structures as an important competitive advantage. They discuss how innovations in the industry have created more flexible arrangements for sponsors considering longer duration investments.