Podcasts by City Conversations

The Legal Experts in Schools programme - In discussion with Paula Ade from 2020-09-30T18:04:40

The current landscape of domestic abuse with Jenny Beck from 2020-08-25T12:37:56

President Simon Davis on Covid-19 and support for solicitors from 2020-07-07T15:07:04

Catch up with Bahare Heywood, chief risk and compliance officer at Clifford Chance from 2020-05-28T07:08:39

We discuss the latest issues around ethics and compliance.

Mental health and wellbeing with Annmarie Carvalho from 2020-04-16T08:50:28

We discuss how we can all support our mental health and wellbeing during remote working and periods of stress. Annmarie worked as a family lawyer and mediator at Farrer & Co before becoming a thera...

Catch up with Deputy High Court Judge Tim Smith from 2020-04-08T09:23:57

We catch up with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner partner and Deputy High Court Judge Tim Smith.

Brexit: Where are we now? from 2020-03-04T16:27:56

Helena Raulus, head of the UK Law Societies' Joint Brussels Office, and Mickael Laurans, head of international at the Law Society, discuss the latest updates on Brexit.

Catch up with Linsay Leslie from 2020-02-12T11:15:43

We catch up with Linsay, partner and head of directories and tenders team at MD Communications.

Catch up with Mary Kyle, Head of FPS Technology, City of London Corporation from 2020-01-21T16:21:38

President Simon Davis on England and Wales as a global centre for legal services from 2019-12-05T16:17:45

President Simon Davis discusses the importance of England and Wales as a global legal centre.

Catch up with Libby Jackson MBE, global head of practice at Herbert Smith Freehills from 2019-10-30T14:51:08

We catch up with Libby about how Herbert Smith Freehills successfully incorporated alternative services into the business and the impact of technology on the future of law.

Catch up with John Davies, senior adviser at Brunswick Group from 2019-09-25T09:16:21

Former Freshfields partner John Davies is a senior adviser in Brunswick Group’s regulatory and public affairs practice.

Doing business in Brussels with Peter Callens, Stephen Smith and Dr Helena Raulus from 2019-09-19T09:21:24

This podcast examples the opportunities and obstacles in setting up a Brussels office and requalifying into the Brussels Bar, Dutch language section.

Speakers include Peter Callens, pres...

Catch up with Bernardine Adkins, partner at Gowling WLG from 2019-08-06T09:54:25

We ask Bernardine about the impact of Brexit on trade and competition law.

Brexit country-by-country update from 2019-06-21T08:42:30

Listen to the first in our Brexit series with Mickaël Laurans, head of International at the Law Society. Mickaël delivers a country by country update for law firms looking to operate in Europe po...

Catch up with Charlie Geffen, partner at Gibson Dunn from 2019-06-03T09:08:59

We ask Charlie about the role of quotas in the fight for gender diversity, his involvement in the Law Society’s women in leadership in law initiative and the Women of Gibson Dunn Initiative.

Catch up with Daniel Winterfeldt, partner at Reed Smith from 2019-04-24T15:27:41

We speak with Daniel Winterfeldt, partner at Reed Smith, about his work as founder and chair of the InterLaw Diversity Forum.

Women in Law: Women presidents of the Law Society from 2019-02-25T09:45:47

President Christina Blacklaws speaks with the four past women presidents of the Law Society - Carolyn Kirby, Fiona Woolf, Linda Lee and Lucy Scott-Moncrieff - about gender diversity in the profession.

Catch up with Katherine Ramo, TMIC associate at CMS from 2019-01-31T10:27:58

We speak with Katherine Ramo, an associate in Technology, Media, IP and Competition (TMIC) at CMS.

She is also the founder and chair of the CMS ENABLE Disability Network.

Catch up with Shruti Ajitsaria, counsel at Allen&Overy and Head of Fuse from 2019-01-09T14:28:41

We speak with Shruti about working at Allen & Overy and setting up Fuse.

Fuse was created to give A&O lawyers and clients opportunities to better understand the use of technology that co...

Catch up with Chris Parsons, chairman of India Practice, Herbert Smith Freehills from 2018-11-29T09:22:04

We speak with Chris Parsons about mental health in the City.

Catch up with Wanda Goldwag, chair of the Office for Legal Complaints from 2018-11-01T10:26:37

We ask Wanda about her role at the OLC, her advice for solicitor-advocates aspiring to apply for silk; how judging at this year’s Excellence Awards went and the representation of LGBT+ solicitors i...

Catch up with Mayer Brown's senior partner Sally Davies and apprentice Joshua Agbleze from 2018-10-01T10:50:43

We catch up with senior partner Sally Davies and apprentice Joshua Agbleze from Mayer Brown to talk about apprenticeships.

Catch up with Carol Katz, managing associate at Mishcon de Reya from 2018-08-31T13:40:06

We catch up with Law Society social mobility ambassador Carol Katz, a Managing Associate at Mishcon de Reya.

Catch up with Kawsar Zaman, associate at Allen&Overy from 2018-08-03T13:20:29

We catch up with Law Society social mobility ambassador Kawsar Zaman, an associate at Allen & Overy.

Catch up with Nicholas Aleksander, part-time judge and partner at Gibson Dunn from 2018-06-27T10:24:35

Nicholas shares his insights on sitting as a part-time judge in the tax tribunals adjudicating on disputes between taxpayers and HMRC. He is a deputy judge of the Upper Tribunal and a judge of the ...

Pride in the City from 2018-06-05T15:13:14

In this podcast, Katrina Robinson, chair of the Law Society LGBT+ Lawyers Division; Adria Moral, Spanish lawyer and registered European lawyer and Chris Seel, diversity and inclusion advisor at the...

The future of international financial disputes from 2018-06-05T15:08:01

In this podcast, the Hon. Mr Justice Robin Knowles CBE, judge, High Court England and Wales; Professor Jeffrey Golden, chairman, P.R.I.M.E Finance Foundation and Simon Davis, deputy vice-president ...

Catch up with Gemma Lodge, senior associate at DLA Piper from 2018-04-26T09:19:04

In this podcast, we catch up with Gemma Lodge, Law Society social mobility ambassador.

Catch up with David Stone, deputy high court judge and partner at Allen&Overy from 2018-04-05T12:52:05

In this podcast, we catch up with David Stone about what it’s like to be a solicitor working as a deputy high court judge, and how more solicitors can join the judiciary.

Catch up with Whitney Joseph, trainee solicitor at CMS from 2018-03-06T14:56:55

In this podcast, we catch up with Law Society social mobility ambassador Whitney Joseph, a trainee solicitor at CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP.

What LGBT History Month means to me from 2018-02-06T10:40:21

In this podcast, Helen Lee, relationship management executive from the City team, catches up with Esther McDermott, senior associate at Dentons, and Chris Seel, diversity and inclusion adviser at t...