We Talk Banking & Finance

In our latest episode, partners Zoë Hallam & Julia Keppe interview partner Chris Hutley-Hurst and senior counsel Gemma Palmer from our Channel Islands Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group. The group discuss Guernsey and Jersey's implementations of the OECD Pillar 2 initiative, why it's important, how the differing versions in the Channel Islands offer flexibility, and more.

As the aircraft leasing industry comes off a year of relatively strong performance, despite certain new and persisting issues impacting the industry, market sentiment remains positive as we look ahead to 2025. In this episode of the podcast, Ireland-based partner Killian McSharry speaks to executive director and founding partner at Airborne Capital, Cian Dooley, about current marke

The tokenisation industry has been experiencing significant growth, increasing in value from $2.8 billion in 2023 to $3.4 billion this year. In this episode of the podcast, Sara Hall, a partner in Walkers' Regulatory and Risk Advisory group, speaks to Julian Sawyer, CEO of Zodia Custody, a well known digital asset custodian. Sara and Julian discuss why tokenisation is such a hot to

The fund finance sector has seen notable activity in recent months, including a shift away from sub-lines and the entrance of new players in the market. In this episode of the podcast, MUFG Investor Services Managing Director of Fund Finance, Alex Griffiths, joins partners Julia Keppe and Alex Wickens to discuss what he’s observed in the market and what we might see over the next

Guernsey's aircraft registry, 2-REG, has become one of the world's leading aircraft registries, operating under a unique public-private partnership. In this episode, partner Julia Keppe is joined by Walkers partner and co-host Kim Paiva to talk to Sid Sharma, Director: Commercial & Legal at 2-REG. Sid discusses the success of 2-REG in Guernsey, aircraft registration and leasing

In this episode of We Talk Banking and Finance, partners Julia Keppe and Zoë Hallam are joined by Nick Smith, Managing Director - Private Credit from the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) to discuss the latest trends in the market, renewed demand for Private Credit and what we may be seeing in the industry a year from now.

In the latest episode of We Talk Banking and Finance, host and Walkers partner Zoë Hallam is joined by Nick Charlwood, partner at Allen and Overy in their Global Restructuring practice, and Walkers partner Jon Le Rossignol to discuss cross-border restructuring and some key things we're seeing so far in 2024. Nick also talks about real estate transactions, liability management and

In our first episode of 2024, Tom Speller, Managing Director and Head of European Funds at KBRA, takes some time out to speak with Zoë Hallam and Julia Keppe, co-heads of the Walkers' Channel Islands fund finance practice. His insights into the increased prevalence of ratings in both Europe and the US and across the full fund finance product spectrum as well as the key drivers beh

In our latest episode, Group Partner Zoë Hallam & Senior Counsel Alex Wickens interview Shakeel Adli, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Zunikh, about his career in private practice and leaving the legal profession to start his new property development business which offers investment opportunities through its diverse and expanding property portfolio.

In this episode, we look at the client relationship from all sides in the context of a transaction, and we have some very special guests. Walkers' Banking & Finance group partner Julia Keppe and Cadwalader Finance associate Carla Pilcher talk to Julia Mandich, assistant general counsel at Barings, focusing on the priorities and pressures from their different perspectives. The t