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Ashurst colleagues Joe Perry-Courtade, Kim Clifford and Alison Hardy provide a snapshot of the trends that will shape the world of real estate disputes this year.

In this episode, we take you on a whistle stop tour of the real estate dispute issues that are set to dominate headlines in 2024. In just 13 minutes, Ashurst’s Joe Perry-Courtade, Kim Clifford and Alison Hardy cover everything from tenant insolvencies and development disputes, to commercial energy efficiency and upcoming reforms of the Landlord and Tenant Act.

The trio begin by discussing rising tenant insolvencies (notably in retail, accommodation, and food) before tackling development disputes and the challenges faced by the construction sector (exacerbated by supply chain issues and escalations in costs, interest rates and inflation).

Next, they discuss the mooted reforms of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954, tackling issues such as security of tenure, notices, and renewal lease terms. The episode wraps up with commercial energy efficiency including the shifting compliance timelines and the risks of stranded assets for landlords who fall short of the new regulations.

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Ashurst colleagues Alison Murrin and Richard Vernon pinpoint the legal trends and issues to watch out for in the UK’s real estate sector in 2024. 

Landmark legislation. Regulatory reform. Energy efficiency policy. In this episode, we take you on a whistlestop tour of 2024 in just 20 minutes – picking out the issues that will dominate the headlines in the UK’s real estate sector.

Your tour guides are Ashurst’s Alison Murrin and Richard Vernon. Together they discuss a surprise shift in energy efficiency policy, the possible impacts of COP28, delays to the biodiversity net-gain target, rejected proposals on nutrient neutrality and the challenges of unlocking stalled developments. The legislative tour also takes in the Energy Act, the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill, the Renters Reform Bill, and the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act, before concluding with a look at the Building Safety Act.

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In our first episode of our new Future Forces mini-series, Ashurst Australia partner Ratha Nabanidham, who specialises in mergers and acquisitions with particular expertise in the infrastructure, energy and resources sectors, speaks to the Head of Global Infrastructure at QIC, Ross Israel, and Mark Barges, Ashurst partner in our Paris projects practice about the expected extraordinary growth and innovation in the world’s infrastructure sector.

In this episode, three infrastructure experts discuss how megatrends, such as the race to net zero and accelerated digitalisation, present incredible infrastructure opportunities for construction, transport and IT companies. They share an overview of how infrastructure investment has changed over the past five years, the outlook of the infrastructure sector and why the infrastructure industry should embrace the concept of "resilience". They also discuss how government and businesses can overcome barriers to build a platform for communities to thrive in the future. For more information on the economic, geopolitical, and social megatrends to watch out for and the capabilities infrastructure businesses require to navigate these trends and tap the opportunities for growth, read the Future Forces Infrastructure report here.

To get a flavour of the topics we'll explore in our future episodes, you can check out our Future Forces 2023 Report, which highlights the megatrends that will shape businesses over the next decade. Read it here. 

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A brand new podcast mini-series is coming to Ashurst's Business Agenda. In each episode, we’ll discuss the major forces shaping the future of different industries – and how business leaders can get on the front foot.  

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In this new episode of our Outpacing Change series, Australian futurist Dr Ben Hamer offers a glimpse of the future of work and explains how business leaders can rise to an array of strategic challenges and opportunities. This entertaining conversation between Ben and Andy tackles generative AI, climate change, hybrid working, career planning, and much more.

Climate change. Geopolitical conflict. Artificial intelligence. Rising energy costs. The list goes on. “This is arguably the most challenging environment that business leaders have ever had to work through,” reflects Australian futurist Dr Ben Hamer. “A lot of leaders are coming to me asking ‘Where do I start? There's so many things coming at me, where do I focus?’”

In this episode of Outpacing Change, Ben provides some strategies to help leaders answer these questions. He discusses how to balance short-term and long-term challenges and, along the way, he explores:

• Low unemployment and employee value propositions: Why the factors that make people join an organisation are not the same as the factors that make them stay.
• The next wave of generative AI: How ChatGPT is only the tip of the iceberg, and why organisations will be hiring more AI managers in the years ahead. (“If there was one specific thing that I would encourage people to do after listening to this podcast, it would be to watch a YouTube video on Prompt Engineering.”)
• Future careers: How professionals need to “hack” their daily routines, to prepare for the multiple careers they will have tomorrow. (“We need to be spending 15% of our working week upskilling and reskilling in order to remain current. Not to get ahead of the game – but just to remain current.”)

While acknowledging the many challenges that business leaders will face in the coming years, Ben remains upbeat about the future. “There's a lot of talk at the moment that ‘the robots are coming to take our jobs’. And the thing to really remember with this is most of the jobs that exist today are still going to exist in 10 years’ time. They're just going to look very different because of technology ... I see the exciting potential of technology and automation, and how it help us do our jobs better, rather than necessarily replacing and displacing us.”

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Join Alison Murrin and Richard Vernon to hear Richard give an overview of his predictions for 2023.

Alison Murrin an Expertise Counsel in Ashurst's real estate team, and Richard Vernon, a Partner in Ashurst's real estate team discuss the biggest challenges facing real estate at the moment, the increasing regulation as we transition towards net zero, greenwashing and some legal developments to look out for in 2023.

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We are delighted to share with you our latest World@Work Global Employment podcast. This episode features presenters from our Global Employment team as they discuss the impact of recent elections on workplaces in Australia, Germany, UK, France and Singapore and how each of these jurisdictions and Spain are preparing for an economic downturn.

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