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Further CommentsCan you even Ikigai without AI? (ft Nick Abrahams)In this episode of Further Comments, Horace and Damien is joined by Nick Abrahams from Norton Rose Fulbright. Nick shares his unconventional career journey, from working in a big law firm in Sydney, studying at USC Film School, to becoming a Hollywood studio executive and then a technology lawyer in Australia. The discussion explores what it takes to be a successful lawyer, the unique perspective gained from varied career paths, and the significance of purpose. They also delve into the evolving role of lawyers in the age of AI, the importance of human expertise, and the future of legal...
2025-05-0145 min
Below the Surface#28 The OCSE OdysseyThe Office of Chief Scientist and Engineer (OCSE) has issued recommendations concerning asbestos in waste and soil. Sarah Mansfield, Special Counsel (and environmental law superstar) at Norton Rose Fulbright, breaks down the key points and their legal implications.Given the focus on the PoEO Act and its handling of asbestos, you'd expect at least one of our hosts to go off the rails with a classic, epic rant. But, against all odds, age, wisdom, and a dash of professionalism took the reins—so much so that this episode doesn’t even come close to earning the 'explicit' rati...
2025-04-1146 min
NRF Global Regulation Tomorrow PodcastGlobal Regulation Tomorrow Plus: EMEA insights series: Episode 20 – Australia’s governance reviewIn our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on some of the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this latest episode Lucinda McCann from our Sydney office discusses APRA’s recently announced governance review and ASIC’s report ‘Beware the gap: Governance arrangements in the face of AI innovations’.
2025-03-1922 min
Moody’s Talks: KYC DecodedTranche 2: The future of AML & CTFAustralia recently passed an amended anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) bill that will soon include Tranche 2 entities in its regulatory regime. The result? Approximately 100,000 new entities under its scope. Regulating non-financial entities is not a new undertaking, as we’ve seen in countries like the UK, Singapore, and United Arab Emirates. Crucial to the success of the regime and overall client experience will be how Australian firms adopt the best practices shown by firms in other parts of the world, while ensuring they account for the nuances of their domestic market.In t...
2025-03-1345 min
NRF Global Regulation Tomorrow PodcastNew EMEA Regulatory Insights Podcast Episode – AustraliaIn our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on some of the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this latest episode James Morris from our Sydney office discuss recent regulatory developments in Australia including: •An overview of ASIC’s recently announced priorities in light of the changing regulatory environment. •Recent developments in the context of regulating buy now pay later products in Australia, including potential changes to the existing surcharging rules. •Changes to the Reserve Bank of Australia’s approach to payments regulation. •AML reforms.
2024-07-0327 min
Deep CV DivingJessica Seah – Asia Editor at Law.com InternationalMy guest in this first episode of Season 3 of Deep CV Diving is Hong Kong based Jessica Seah. Jessica has a Bachelor of Communications (PR & Journalism) from Australia and a Law & Management Diploma from Singapore. She began her career as a legal journalist in Sydney before moving to Hong Kong where she joined Herbert Smith Freehills as a Communications Manager (focused on media relations). This was the start of her in-house legal communications career and during the next 7 years she held similar roles with K&L Gates and Norton Rose Fulbright – the latter also took her to London.
2024-03-2736 min
NRF Global Regulation Tomorrow PodcastRegulation Tomorrow Plus: EMEA regulatory insights series – AustraliaIn our EMEA regulatory insights series colleagues from our EMEA offices provide an update on the key regulatory issues they are seeing in their local market. In this third episode James Morris from our Sydney office discuss what they are seeing in the Australian market touching on reforms to payment systems regulation, buy now pay later, ASIC’s Corporate Plan for 2023–2027 and reforms introduced to the Australian Consumer Law.
2023-11-2216 min
Let's Talk LawEpisode 2: Developing an international legal career, from private practice to working in-houseIn our second episode, we speak with Jonathan Iyer who studied Law at King’s College London. Shortly after completing the Accelerated LPC at BPP University, Jonathan undertook a training contract with the global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright where he completed seats in Banking, Corporate M&A, Employment and Disputes. He also spent time on an international secondment to Sydney, Australia. Jonathan initially qualified as a corporate employment lawyer and spent a number of years in both private practice and in-house. More recently, Jonathan has made a career transition to a more generalist commercial role in-house at a global...
2022-05-2747 min
Digitally CuriousS4 Episode 9: Nick Abrahams from Norton Rose Fulbright on Web3, NFTs, Crypro, DAO and DeFiIf you've ever wanted a Masterclass in Web3, NFTs, Cryptocurrency, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) and Decentralised Finance (DeFi) then this 45-minute podcast is for you!I was fortunate to be able to convince Nick Abrahams, the Global Co-leader of Digital Transformation Practice at leading law firm Norton Rose Fulbright to come on the show and give us a very informative, no-nonsense look at some of the hottest topics in technology at the moment.Nick is the founder of the successful online legal site, LawPath (90,000+ users) and he created the world's first AI-enabled privacy chatbot, Parker...
2022-05-0846 min
The Burning Castle PodcastDavid Francis - Award-Winning Author, Novelist, Lawyer and Humanitarian for PEN Intern.David Francis, based in Los Angeles, is the author of The Great Inland Sea, published to acclaim as Agapanthus Tango in seven countries, Stray Dog Winter, Book of the Year in The Advocate, winner of the American Library Association Barbara Gittings Prize for Literature and a LAMBDA Literary Award Finalist, and most recently Wedding Bush Roadpublished by Counterpoint Press in 2018. His short fiction and articles have appeared in publications including HarvardReview, The Sydney Morning Herald, Southern California Review, Best Australian Stories, Australian Love Stories, Los Angeles Times and The Rattling Wall. His book and film reviews have appeared in p...
2022-02-0152 min
FinTech PulseSpecial edition (November 2021) | Parametric insurance for the 21st century with René Papesch, Co-Founder and CTO of RiskwolfIn this special InsurTech edition, Tim Chan (Associate, Sydney) is joined by René Papesch, Co-Founder and CTO of Riskwolf. René and Tim discuss how parametric products are being applied to emerging risks in the digital economy. We explore the nature of connectivity risks in light of recent high profile outages and the insurance industry’s progress towards insuring such losses. We also discuss how parametric products can bridge protection gaps in a world which has never been more connected.
2021-11-0930 minFinTech PulseSpecial edition | Open Sesame to Open Insurance with Brenton Charnley, Head of Australia at TrueLayerIn this special InsurTech edition, Tim Chan (Associate, Sydney) is joined by Brenton Charnley, CEO (Australia and New Zealand) at TrueLayer. TrueLayer is a global open banking platform with customers across Europe, the UK, and Australia. Brenton shares his experience and insights into open finance – how it is relevant for the insurance industry as well as the roll out of Australia’s consumer data right which could enable open insurance. We also explore potential use cases and some ethical challenges which could arise from open insurance.
2021-10-1324 min
The WolfcastEP 07 - Timothy Chan - Norton Rose Fulbright - The InsurTech Lawyer - Oh, the Internet Is DownThe Wolfcast was joined by Timothy Chan, Insurance and Insurtech Lawyer at Norton Rose Fulbright in Sydney, Australia. Tim is also the Founder of The InsurTech Lawyer blog on which he shares news (and sometimes thoughts) on the emerging area of InsurTech Law.
Some of the topics that Tim and I covered:
InsurTechs aim to make things simpler for consumers
Where there is risk, there is an opportunity to insure that risk
Recent internet outages including Microsoft Exchange, Akamai, and Fastly
Emerging digital economy risks
Aggregation and concentration risks
Pricing internet outage risk
Parametric insurance and t...
2021-08-2735 min
NRF Global Regulation Tomorrow PodcastEpisode 9In this month's podcast we speak to Jonathan Herbst about the future of financial services in the UK and also the HMT Wholesale Markets Review. We are joined by Sam Ramer from our US practice, who explains the impact of the Biden Administration's memo on establishing the fight against corruption. We then discuss changes to Australia's exemptions regime with Jon Ireland from our Sydney office and we close with a look at recent changes to the anti financial crime regime in China, with partner in our Shanghai office, Sun Hong.If you would like to skip ahead to...
2021-07-1443 min
NRF Global Regulation Tomorrow PodcastEpisode 6This month we begin with a look at the Woolard Review in the UK with Matthew Gregory, who focusses on the implications for the buy-now-pay-later sector. Kevin Harnisch, a partner in our Washington DC office, gives an update on SEC actions relating to environmental social governance, and we close with a chat with Claudine Salameh from Sydney, who discusses the upcoming regulatory reform storm set to hit Australia’s shores later this year.
2021-04-0830 min
Travelers Talks: PodcastsTravelers Talks: Legal, Why a lack of diversity is a risk for law firmsIn our latest Travelers Talks episode, Sharon Glynn, Senior Development Underwriter at Travelers, chats to Tricia Hobson, litigation and insurance lawyer based in Sydney. Tricia is widely recognised as an industry leader and is Norton Rose Fulbright's immediate past Global Chair. Tricia sits on the firm's Global Board and is the Global Board leader for Diversity and Inclusion. She is also the Executive Sponsor for the LGBTI inclusion group. Together, they discuss how a lack of diversity can present real problems for law firms and employees alike.
2021-04-0830 min
Smart DustSmart Dust with Dr Kirstin Ferguson on leadership, gender equality and diversity in the COVID-19 eraKirstin Ferguson knows a thing or two about career diversity. At just 17 she enrolled at the Australian Defence Force Academy, graduating as a Flying Officer and Dux of her class. But not one to rest on her laurels, Kirstin juggled her Royal Australian Air Force service with study, earning a law degree that facilitated a move out of the military and into civilian life. Her career was just getting started. Today, Kirstin sits as a non-executive director on several boards, was Deputy Chair of the ABC for 2 Years, writes a column in the Sydney Morning...
2021-03-2433 minNRF Global Regulation Tomorrow PodcastEpisode 3In this month's episode we kick off with our usual Brexit update with Jonathan Herbst. We then take a global look at vulnerable customer initiatives with John Coley, who is a senior member of our Risk Consultancy practice in London, and with Helen Taylor, who is a partner in our Sydney office. We close this month's show with a discussion of the latest enforcement hot topics, with Katie Stephen and Sonya Zywko from the disputes team in London.
2020-12-1127 min
Smart DustAnimal Logic's Zareh Nalbandian on animation and creativityAnimal Logic CEO Zareh Nalbandian co-founded the animation company in Crows Nest, Sydney in 1991. Their films include the Academy award-winning Happy Feet, The Lego Movie, and Peter Rabbit. In this episode, Zareh speaks to Douglas and Nick about how animation has developed over past 30 years, how the studio has grown and changed, and where he sees the future of creativity. Smart Dust is produced and edited by Daresay: https://daresay.com.au/ Hosted by Douglas Nicol, Strategy Partner, The Works and Nick Abrahams, Global Head of Strategy and Innovation, Norton Rose Fulbright,
2020-05-0435 min
Financial Services CouncilFSC Policy Briefing: RG 97 Regime UpdateASIC recently released its long-awaited Consultation Paper in relation to proposed amendments to the RG 97 regime. This follows on from the Darren McShane report of August 2018 to ASIC.
For the recent FSC Policy Briefing on RG 97 in Sydney, Jon Ireland of Norton Rose Fulbright and Austin Bell of Johnson Winter & Slattery discussed the regime in detail, including the draft documents, their implications for the industry and the way forward.
2019-02-2852 min
Disciplined Disruption Podcast#007 - Nick Abrahams - Would you still recommend studying law to your children?Nick is a corporate technology lawyer with Norton, Rose & Fulbright based in Sydney. This bio is from the firm's website. Click here to get to the site. He is deeply involved in the Australian technology sector as a lawyer, adviser, non-executive director, former Dotcom entrepreneur and investor. He has worked on over $3 Billion of TMT-related transactions since 2012. He recently wrote the best-selling book Digital Disruption in Australia – A Guide for Entrepreneurs, Investors & Corporates. Nick is the national leader of our Communications, Media & Technology Group. His group has won the Australian Technology Law Fi...
2016-12-1740 min
AmCham's 'How Business Really Works' PodcastLeadership in Disruptive Times with Nick AbrahamsDuff's guest today is fellow AmCham Governor Nick Abrahams, Partner, Norton Rose Fulbright. Nick is a corporate and commercial lawyer based in Sydney. He is deeply involved in the Australian technology sector as a lawyer, adviser, non-executive director, former Dotcom entrepreneur and investor. He has worked on over $3 Billion of TMT-related transactions since 2012. As many of you know; we live in disruptive times. On this episode you will learn how the leading companies deal with disruption and how the large companies are working with the smaller companies as well as startups to deal with disruption....
2016-08-0821 min