Clifford Chance
Tech
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Healthcare innovations shaping the global future
7 May 2024
AI, next-gen robotics, novel drugs, healthcare without healthcare professionals, personalised medicine and big data are just some of the ways the healthcare sector is being transformed.What does this mean for you and your organisation? In this webinar, our global panel featuring Yi Yang, Torsten Syrbe, Peter Dieners, Gunnar Sachs, Christine Kim and Julia Peng (Shanghai He Ping Law Firm) looked at the key legal issues and explored how to leverage these for your own transformation and growth.
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Clifford Chance Festival of Fintech
12 March 2024
Our third Clifford Chance International Festival of Fintech took place virtually on Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 March 2024, complemented by in-person events in certain locations.
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Space tech for smart cities
5 December 2023
Smart cities are using technology to make cities faster, smarter, more efficient and sustainable. The market for smart city related services is growing fast, with the European Space Agency referencing a forecast growth of +57% between 2020-2025. Many of these smart city services and associated technology are heavily reliant, if not entirely dependent, on space tech. In this webinar, Marco Ferrazzani (European Space Agency), Jesse Klempner (McKinsey & Company), Julia Dreosti and Tom Capel explored the importance of space tech to smart cities, the latest developments, and the opportunities and risks for financial investors in the sector.
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AI Series: Intellectual property and artificial intelligence – a review of new legal challenges
28 November 2023
This session looked at the key IP issues for businesses arising from AI across the US, Europe and APAC. Our international team – Ling Ho, Violetta Kokolus, Don McCombie and Claudia Milbradt – focused on: (i) the IP infringement risks relating to the training of large language models and generative AI tools; (ii) potential IP infringement risks for the users of AI tools; and (iii) whether the outputs of generative AI can themselves be protected by copyright and patent rights.
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Legal challenges for the fashion, luxury brand and retail sectors
7 November 2023
Technological advances, including generative AI and algorithmic data, are transforming the fashion, luxury brand and retail sectors, providing improved efficiency, sustainability and speed to market. In this webinar, our international team – Uche Eseonu, Megan Gordon, Alexander Kennedy, Andrea Tuninetti Ferrari and Stavroula Vryna – explored the legal issues associated with these innovations: from protecting IP and brand reputation, to leveraging technology for ESG milestones and prioritising consumer cybersecurity. It also examined the regulatory landscape of data privacy protection and its impact on brands as they strive to achieve a balance between personalised customer experiences and privacy concerns.
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The payments revolution – how will CBDCs, stablecoins and tokenised deposits transform settlement globally?
10 October 2023
The payments landscape is rapidly evolving as a growing number of jurisdictions consider the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), the development of private-sector alternatives and significant regulatory changes. In this webinar, our international panel – Marc Benzler, Jane Chen, Laura Douglas, Jack Hardman and Young Kim – explored the impact of these changes across the globe including the legal challenges that must be addressed. It also discussed the opportunities that private alternatives to CBDCs – such as stablecoins and tokenised cash deposits – offer for facilitating faster settlement, for digital securities and more widely, and how global legal frameworks are adapting accordingly.
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AI Series: Responsible AI – navigating evolving law, policy and public perception
3 October 2023
Organisations developing strategies for responsible AI development and use are navigating evolving law, policy and public perception in relation to key issues such as fairness, transparency, explainability, compliance with law, effective governance and risk mitigation. In this session, our international panel – Rebecca Fitchett (Milltown Partners), Dr. Miri Zilka (University of Cambridge), Jonathan Kewley, Devika Kornbacher and Stella Cramer – examined differing approaches to AI regulation and policy globally, explored changing public perceptions of AI, and discussed what this means in practice for organisations creating forward-looking, multijurisdictional AI strategies.
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Ethics Series / AI Series: Applied ethics and generative AI – challenges and prospects for businesses
26 September 2023
Organised in conjunction with the Canary Wharf G30 Conduct and Culture Group and Canary Wharf Multifaith Chaplaincy, this session explored the ethical issues for businesses arising from the use of generative AI. The discussion moderated by Phillip Souta, Global Director of Tech Policy at Clifford Chance, focused on how to get the best out of the new technology given the various ethical challenges it presents around accuracy, consistency, plagiarism, breach of copyright, data privacy and confidentiality, deep fakes, cyber-attacks, hallucinations and inherent bias. It also looked to the impact on future generations, and the ethical implications of the changes that AI may bring on society.
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Evolving cyber and operational resilience requirements across Europe
19 September 2023
Significant new regimes for cybersecurity and digital operational resilience are coming into effect across Europe. In the EU, this includes NIS 2 which harmonises implementation of the EU’s existing cybersecurity framework, DORA, which addresses systemic cyber risks in the financial system and the Cyber Resilience Act. In the UK, there will be enhanced requirements for financial services under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023. In this webinar, our expert panel featuring Dessislava Savova, Diego Ballon Ossio, Nadine Neumeier, Simon Persoff and Wouter van den Bosch, covered cyber requirements for companies across Europe, explored how these frameworks fit together and the impact on different sectors. They also provided some practical guidance on how to comply with these parallel and sometimes diverging requirements.
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Generative AI, business and the law
7 September 2023
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is changing the way businesses, governments, and regulators work. Clifford Chance and Legal Cheek explored the impact of Generative AI on our society, businesses, and professionals, including the legal and commercial challenges and opportunities this pioneering Tech is generating.
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International data flows – navigating the global legal landscape
15 June 2023
The legal landscape for cross-border data sharing is complex and evolving. Privacy laws and data localisation requirements are developing globally, and data transfer is in the regulatory spotlight. Joining this legal landscape are legislative proposals requiring the sharing of certain data, which may include personal data. In this webinar, our international panel of experts – Megan Gordon, Dessislava Savova, Herbert Swaniker, Arun Visweswaran and guest speaker Kimi Liu (Shanghai He Ping Law Firm) – examined recent legal developments impacting data flows, related international cooperation efforts and how organisations can navigate the challenges of international data transfer.
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Digital assets and private law
23 May 2023
We were delighted to welcome Professor Louise Gullifer, who spoke to us in her capacity as a member of the UNIDROIT working group on Principles on digital assets and private law, and the implications for common law jurisdictions. Louise is the first woman to be appointed to the prestigious role of Rouse Ball Professor of English law at Cambridge University.
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MiCA - an overview
16 May 2023
The European Parliament has approved the new Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MICA). MiCA will radically change the regulatory environment for crypto, establishing a broad regulatory framework for cryptoassets in the EU which introduces licensing of cryptoasset service providers and issuers. Certain provisions will apply from next year.
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How to navigate crypto distress
18 April 2023
The cryptoasset markets are facing an extended period of volatility and uncertainty following the bankruptcy filings of significant market participants. In this webinar, our international panel featuring Donna Wacker, Tim Lees, Riccardo Coassin, Laura Douglas and Robert Johnson discussed the key issues for crypto market participants right now, including the lessons learned from the recent market challenges and what steps businesses, regulators and other market participants should be taking to protect themselves against future liquidity and solvency concerns.
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Distributed Ledger Technology and European financial services – the impact of the new EU Pilot Regime
30 March 2023
Our panellists Elise Soucie, Associate Director, Technology & Operations at AFME, along with Clifford Chance speakers Diego Ballon Ossio, Christian Hissnauer, Laura Scaglioni and Alexander Tollast discussed the new EU Pilot Regime (which took effect on 23 March 2023) for distributed ledger technology (DLT), and the extent to which its success or failure will impact the adoption of DLT in financial services in Europe. Our panel of experts also compared the new regime with the UK’s financial market infrastructure sandbox proposal, as well as considered digital bond issuances and the link between the development of DLT market infrastructures and the tokenisation of financial products both in the EU and UK.
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Betting on Batteries
21 March 2023
With increasing global demand for batteries to power the clean energy transition (including in automobiles), the opportunities and risks are multiplying. In this webinar, our international team featuring Michelle Williams, Thomas Voland, Rae Lindsay, James Pay, Vicky Ma and Peter Hughes surveyed the issues arising from new technology, new markets, and new deals, including those associated with mineral extraction (human rights and supply chain), regulatory changes and the race to find funding.
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Fintech and competition law – the next frontier
7 March 2023
Competition authorities around the world have increased their focus on fintech as part of a broader increase in intervention in financial services and tech markets. Deals have been blocked, fines have been imposed and fintech firms taken to court. Our guest speaker Dr Liza Lovdahl Gormsen (FCA) along with Clifford Chance experts Tim Cornell, Michael Dietrich, Marian Scheele and Daniel Schwarz, discussed the risks and opportunities that come from new developments and legislative reforms.
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Digital Infrastructure Webinar Series
2 November 2022
Clifford Chance is pleased to announce the launch of the inaugural Digital Infrastructure Webinar Series 2022. The series will begin early November with three sessions across the month. The session content will be aimed towards players in the digital infrastructure market – including investors, banks, and telecoms companies.
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The metaverse – legal and economic perspectives on a growing industry
19 October 2022
Members of our Clifford Chance Tech Group, together with Prof David Wuttke from the Technical University of Munich and Thomas Richter, in-house legal counsel technology at Deutsche Bank, provided a glimpse into some of the technological, commercial, and legal challenges the metaverse will bring. 19 October 2022 | 16:30-18:30, followed by a get-together
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European Perspectives | Tech Series | Session 4 - Digital Services Act: New rules for digital intermediaries
12 July 2022
In this webinar a multi-jurisdictional panel of speakers discussed the Digital Services Act.
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Clifford Chance International Festival of Fintech 2022
17 May 2022
We are delighted to bring you three days of insightful fintech webinars featuring expert panel discussions and fireside chats with industry leaders and rising stars, each focused on the fast-changing world of financial technology and tackling related legal and regulatory issues.
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European Perspectives | Tech Series | Session 3 - Digital Markets Act: Welcome to a New Era for Tech Regulation
10 May 2022
In this webinar a multi-jurisdictional panel of speakers discussed the Digital Markets Act.
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What is the Metaverse? Will it change the world, and why should I care?
26 April 2022
With questions of data security, privacy, IP, antitrust, diversity and ethics already emerging as key issues for the future of the Metaverse, Megan Gordon, Brian Harley and Angelina Gomez analysed whether real-world problems will take on new dimensions in the virtual realm.
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Putting digital ethics back on the agenda
29 March 2022
As the framework around digital ethics continues to evolve, panellists Professor Victoria Nash (Director, Associate Professor and Senior Policy Fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford), Aida Rodríguez Moral (Managing Director and Sustainable Finance & Non-Financial Risk Lead at Accenture Iberia) and Clifford Chance lawyers Arnav Joshi and Jamal El-Hindi discussed the hot topics for regulators, where the grey areas exist and how to deal with ethical considerations.
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The Digital Securities Ecosystem
8 December 2021
In this webinar panellists from Clifford Chance, Ava Labs and Securrency looked at the ecosystem supporting digital assets including the issuance process, settlement and custody and discussed the realistic evolution of this space, the opportunities and challenges for tokenisation and native securities.
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Clifford Chance Festival of Fintech
12 March 2024
Our third Clifford Chance International Festival of Fintech took place virtually on Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 March 2024, complemented by in-person events in certain locations.
