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In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, the spotlight is on sustainable investing and the rise of ESG and ESG disclosure reporting within the investment management industry. 
 In part 1 of our ESG spotlight special, Zeidler's Head of ESG, Elisa Forletta-Fehrenberg, provides a concise overview of ESG and contextualizes its rise within the financial services sector. Elisa also outlines the acronyms associated with the various ESG related regulations.

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, we examine the role of notarisation agent services in Germany. Zeidler's Chief Delivery Officer, Max Harper, and Notarisation Officer, Enes Soylu, discuss why and when firms may need a notary agent in Germany, how Zeidler can assist and share their amusing and unexpected anecdotes from their experiences as notary agents.

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, the focus is on the upcoming cross-border distribution directive's impact on UCITS.  The upcoming cross-border directive and regulation will be effective from 2 August 2021. 
As the countdown to the implementation date continues to draw nearer, Senior Associates, Katrina Crampton, and Sarah Noville, discuss and dissect the key changes that will significantly impact UCITS funds and their distribution within the EU. This episode provides a succinct overview of the upcoming provisions and their specific effect on UCITS to ensure firms are best prepared and avoid potential operational and fund governance blind spots.




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In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Kunal Grover,  Zeidler's Director of Business Development is joined by Robert Boyle, Head of Legal Ireland to discuss the ongoing post Brexit challenges the investment industry is facing.
Examining the different approaches and solutions asset management firms took to prepare for Brexit, Robert and Kunal analyse the post-Brexit impact firms are now facing and discuss how firms can continue to mitigate risk and ensure their legal and compliance departments continue to operate as usual. 

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Aoife Maguire, Head of Fund Registration at Zeidler Group is joined by Robert Boyle, Head of Dublin Office, to provide a comprehensive overview of National Private Placement Regimes (NPPR). 
Discussing when investment firms may use these regimes, Aoife and Robert share their legal and regulatory insights on the differences in each country, gold plating requirements and the  difficulties firms may encounter when choosing to deregister. 

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Zeidler's Kunal Grover,  Business Development Director is joined by Arne Zeidler,  Founder and Managing Directive of Zeidler Group, to discuss the upcoming Cross-Border Distribution Directive. 
With the new legal framework for cross-border distribution live from 2 August 2021, Kunal and Arne provide an overview of the latest requirements and share their insights and best practices on how firms can prepare ahead of its arrival.

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Kunal Grover, Business Development Director at Zeidler Group is joined by Zeidler Group's, Head of Product- Data Solutions, Martin Jones to look back and review the annual KIID refresh. 
Kunal and Martin discuss the impact of SFDR requirements and how asset management firms can best prepare for the next 6 months in relation to the upcoming UCITS KIID to PRIIPs KID transition.

In this episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Zeidler Group’s Chief Delivery Officer, Max Harper is joined by Founder and Managing Director of Zeidler Group, Arne Zeidler, to explore the evolution of Zeidler Group. 
Max and Arne discuss Zeidler Group's mission to revolutionise legal and regulatory compliance services for asset management industry and the importance of disrupting the legal and compliance delivery status quo entirely.

In the first episode of the Legal Zeidgeist podcast, Kunal Grover, Director, Head of Business Development at Zeidler Group is joined by CEO and Founder of Zeidler Group, Arne Zeidler to discuss digital innovation within the asset management industry. 
Kunal and Arne examine how far asset management firms have digitalized their legal and compliance departments, the impact of certain buzzwords have on digital innovation and discuss practical considerations Chief Legal Officers and Chief Compliance Officers should consider when looking to embrace digitalization and automatization of their often unnecessarily complex current legal and compliance processes. 

Our Host Sebastian Mueller, Co-Founder and COO of MING Labs, talks to our Guest for today, Suzanne Vos.
Suzanne is an Innovation Driver and PACE Coach with strong entrepreneurial roots. She worked at her family's business to head operations and product improvement, and joined ING in 2016 where she has been part of different client facing teams.
She was then offered to create a new business unit - ING Labs, that focuses on building partnerships and new tech-driven companies, that go beyond traditional banking products.
Suzanne is now driving innovation in Asia in the Wholesale Banking industry.

In this episode, our host and MING Labs' COO and Co-founder Sebastian Mueller talks to Jon Hoel from Innovator SG, a strategy consultancy based in Singapore. Jon has architected transformation programs and run digital design sprints across various sectors, and assisted government agencies and universities in Singapore with futures and foresight work, such as Action Plan Singapore 2026. Much of Jon’s work involves co-creating technology roadmaps and products using methodologies such as Design Thinking and Systems Thinking. He often partners with other professional services firms in facilitating transformation programs and design sprints. In this episode, learn more about problem structuring, Systems and Design Thinking, and common mistakes in transformation efforts. 

In this episode, MING Lab’s COO Sebastian interviews our guest Tom Richardson. Tom is the Managing Director Asia-Pacific at InVisionApp, the Enterprise Design Platform. Tom has been working in high-growth tech startup leadership roles for the past seven years, after four years at WPP, the world's largest Marketing Communications firm. Tom lives in Sydney, Australia, with his wife and three children, and speaks fluent Japanese. Tune in to find out what Design Systems mean to him and why they are important, where the limits of Design Thinking lie, and what’s next for InVision. 

In this episode, our host and Co-Founder of MING Labs Sebastian Mueller talks to Olivier Soubiele, an experienced strategist who helps companies rethink their products and processes. Olivier advises on companies’ organizational models and uses various innovation methodologies in his work. He believes that everything is a product and should be managed as one. After working in product concepting, technology innovation, and strategy consultancy, he is now leading the employee experience team in a global bank.

In the first episode of Lost In Transformation, MING Labs’ COO Sebastian Mueller talks to Hayk Hakobyan, a business expert and advisor on topics related to innovation, strategy, AI and blockchain. Hayk held senior roles of digital transformation and business turnaround, having worked for and with SMEs and MNCs across Europe, Africa and Asia. Currently, Hayk is a partner at Vision Capital and Expert-in-Residence at SOSV, the biggest VC accelerator in the world, and APAC partner at Prysm Group. In this episode, learn how he implements Digital Transformation processes in companies and his journey at Yellow Pages, and learn more about cultural challenges and key trends in the field of technology.