Best practices – preparing against activist attack
July 2025 | COVER STORY
Companies with underperforming stock, non-core business units, excess cash, weak management teams or entrenched directors will continue to face significant pressure.
Refreshed: distilling beverage sector M&A
July 2025 | FEATURE
Despite the headwinds enveloping the sector in recent years, transaction activity in both the alcohol segment and low-alcohol or non-alcoholic alternatives remains robust.
Recovery beckons: unpacking India’s VC market
July 2025 | FEATURE
The surge underscores growing investor confidence in India’s dynamic, innovation-driven start-up environment.
Fraud fighters: trilateral taskforce unveiled
July 2025 | FEATURE
On 20 March 2025, a new trilateral anti-bribery taskforce – ‘The International Anti-Corruption Prosecutorial Taskforce’ – was unveiled by the UK, France and Switzerland.
Cyber security
July 2025 | WORLDWATCH
As malicious actors proliferate, companies need to establish a resilient security programme – reinforcing their efforts through policies and procedures, and training and awareness that cultivate a culture of compliance. FW moderates a discussion between Edward Taelman at Crowell & Moring LLP, Guillermo Larrea at Hogan Lovells, Donald DePass at Hogan Lovells US LLP, Marissa Caldwell at McCarthy Tetrualt, Alex van der Wolk at Morrison & Foerster, and Christoph Ritzer at Norton Rose Fulbright LLP.
Q&A: Current trends in the derivatives market
July 2025 | SPECIAL REPORT
There is increased appetite for foreign exchange and commodity hedging because of worldwide supply chain issues. FW discusses current trends in the derivatives market with Jonathan Gilmour, Elinor Samuel, Tom Purkiss and Jamie Errington at Travers Smith.
Q&A: Impact of the UK FCA’s five-year plan
July 2025 | SPECIAL REPORT
It is an optimistic and ambitious strategy that, in part, relies on the FCA’s own ability to leverage data and technology quickly. FW discusses the impact of the UK FCA’s five-year plan with Richard Barnwell at BDO London.
Managing uncertainty in cross-border M&A
July 2025 | SPOTLIGHT
In an environment of geopolitical volatility and regulatory fragmentation, successful cross-border dealmakers rely less on institutional memory or deal instinct, and more on structured, formalised processes that directly confront jurisdictional complexity.
Transforming the global food system for a sustainable future
July 2025 | TALKINGPOINT
Companies that use the full suite of data, tools and processes available to them to design transparent, sustainable food supply chains that are resilient to a changing climate will be best positioned for sustained success. FW discusses sustainable transformation of the global food system with Enda Buckley at the Carbery Group, Steve Bochanski at PwC US, Sabine Durand-Hayes at PwC France and Harald Dutzler at PwC Strategy& Austria GmbH.
Buying and selling ESOP corporations
June 2025 | TALKINGPOINT
With the right planning, ESOPs remain a compelling alternative to private equity or strategic sales, offering resilience in uncertain times. FW discusses buying and selling ESOP corporations with Phillip Chou at Ambrose Advisors.
Third party risk management
June 2025 | TALKINGPOINT
Real-time monitoring and predictive modelling will become necessary as regulatory landscapes evolve. FW discusses third party risk management with Dan Click, Diana Keele and Joey Gyengo at KPMG LLP (US).
Navigating export control: strategies for futureproofing global trade
June 2025 | TALKINGPOINT
Cost efficiency is giving way to control and security, and global logistics are becoming increasingly complex and constrained. FW discusses export control and global trade with Jan Timmermann, Nigel Pekenc and Ramandeep Babrah at Kearney.
Foreign business in Russia: legal insights for those staying or planning a return
March 2025 | RISK MANAGEMENT
We are entering a new historical era, one that is markedly different from the past five decades. The age of globalisation – both in everyday practice and in law – is giving way to fragmentation. This shift is reflected in events such as Brexit and the abolition of the ‘non-dom’ regime in the UK, the…
Prospects for asset recovery and confiscation in the EU
March 2025 | FRAUD & CORRUPTION
European asset recovery provisions are part of the common European strategy against organised crime, corruption and money laundering, falling within the international parameters of the United Nations Convention against Organised Crime, the United Nations Convention against Corruption…
Brazil’s new insurance risk ‘note’: contribution to insurance and reinsurance
February 2025 | FINANCE & INVESTMENT
Inspired by insurance-linked securities (ILS), Brazilian Law No. 14,430 of 3 August 2022 introduced the legal framework for accepting insurance, supplementary pension and health, reinsurance or retrocession risks from one or more counterparties and financing them through the issuance…
Impact of recent legislative developments on employment and human resources
February 2025 | LABOUR & EMPLOYMENT
On 8 July 2024, the ‘Law of Foundations and Starting Points for the Freedom of Argentinians’ No. 27,742 was published in the Official Gazette and came into effect on 9 July 2024. Likewise, on 26 September 2024, regulatory decree No. 847/2024 on the regulation of sections 82 to 98 of Title V…