Trust and cohesion: managing change fatigue
September 2025 | COVER STORY
Thriving through change requires more than strategy; it demands a culture where people feel safe, supported and heard.
Reshaping deals: ESG across private equity
September 2025 | FEATURE
As ESG continues to evolve, private equity is uniquely placed to lead the charge. By aligning purpose with performance, the industry can unlock long-term value while driving meaningful, measurable change.
Shifting legal landscape as digital assets mature
September 2025 | FEATURE
As digital assets – including cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, tokenised securities and central bank digital currencies – have matured, regulators around the world have begun to shift from reactive and fragmented approaches to more structured and comprehensive legal frameworks.
Pivotal position: the evolving CHRO
September 2025 | FEATURE
As organisations navigate disruption, the chief human resources officer’s ability to align people, technology and purpose will be essential to building resilient, forward-looking enterprises.
Shareholder activism and engagement
September 2025 | ROUNDTABLE
Looking ahead to 2026, boards must remain especially vigilant, recognising that even well-intentioned decisions may come under activist scrutiny. FW moderates a discussion between Adam Riches at Alliance Advisors, Paul Scrivano at Davis Polk & Wardwell, Pat Tucker at FTI Consulting, Inc, Stephen I. Glover at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, and Elina Tetelbaum at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz.
Q&A: AI and digital transformation in healthcare & life sciences
September 2025 | SPECIAL REPORT
It is easy to talk about artificial intelligence as if it is one tool, but that really misses the point. There are very different kinds of AI at play in healthcare and life sciences, and each one brings something unique to the table. FW discusses artificial intelligence and digital transformation in healthcare & life sciences with Craig Wylie, Ben Enejo, Ben van der Chaff and Robert Albarano at Arthur D. Little, LLC.
AI in financial services: transforming investment, risk and customer experience
September 2025 | SPOTLIGHT
AI is reshaping the financial services landscape, touching every aspect of FS business, enhancing efficiency and profitability. As financial institutions continue to invest in and develop AI capabilities, the technology’s impact on efficiency, customer service and profitability will only grow.
Enhancing corporate transparency and combatting economic crime in the UK
September 2025 | SPOTLIGHT
With agentic AI, a workflow to test payments could be created whereby an end-to-end review of the purchase-to-pay process for each payment was performed. The prospect of using AI in this way has a number of benefits.
Outlook for SPACs
August 2025 | TALKINGPOINT
In this new era, SPACs are more mature, working under a stronger regulatory framework, and tend to have a more cautious investor base. FW discusses the outlook for special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) with Keith Billotti and Edward Horton at Seward & Kissel LLP.
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).
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…