In this episode, Blackpeak Director Vanessa Capdevielle welcomes Kevin O’Rourke, an expert on Indonesian politics, to discuss the downfall of the long-established and perhaps the best-known anti-corruption agency in Southeast Asia: the KPK. Kevin O’Rourke is the author of Reformasi: The Struggle for Power in Post-Soeharto Indonesia and the writer and publisher of the Reformasi Weekly newsletter. Reformasi Weekly Review: https://www.reformasi.info/

Recent Geopolitical and Economic Trends in the APAC Region In this episode, Blackpeak Managing Director and Co-founder Chris Leahy welcomes Sam Olsen, Co-Founder of MetisAsia and author of the blog What China Wants, to discuss emerging geopolitical issues and the outlook for trade in the APAC region. Blog What China Wants: https://whatchinawants.substack.com/

Middle East legal expert Christopher Gunson joins us to discuss how companies can go about selecting a local partner in the region, the five main types of partner, and the most common mistakes that companies make when entering into a partnership.

Zeroing in on Key Markets as Investors Shake Off Pandemic’s Chokehold For this episode, recorded just before the end of the year, Alex Nasr welcomes Robin Ganguly, head of content and editor for Inframation, to talk about the investment climate and deal volume in 2020 in APAC and the key ESG trends to look out for in the coming year.

For this episode, Jack Clode welcomes Archana Kotecha from the Remedy Project to talk about the extent and causes of forced labour in global supply chain, how to detect this risk through due diligence and audits and how the approach to remedial action needs to be improved.

For this episode, recorded on July 8th, Alex Nasr welcomes Chaim Estulin, APAC senior editor at Debtwire, to discuss the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the distressed debt environment in Asia and how it has increased the risk for certain types of fraud.