Innovation via acquisition: opportunities and risks

August 2026  |  COVER STORY

While the strategic rationale may be compelling, success ultimately depends on execution – specifically, the ability to integrate capabilities while preserving the innovative characteristics that made the target attractive in the first place.

Expansive and strategic: scaling a business through M&A

August 2026  |  FEATURE

Scaling through M&A is not a quick fix but a process shaped by preparation, patience and precision. It requires clarity on the type of growth being pursued, its strategic importance, and how it will be executed successfully.

Under pressure: the race to meet EU AML rules

August 2026  |  FEATURE

In May 2024, the European Union adopted a comprehensive AML/CFT reform package. Due to apply from July 2027, compliance with this landmark package represents a major undertaking, and one that many firms do not yet appear ready to meet.

Speak up, stand strong: making whistleblowing work in practice

August 2026  |  FEATURE

Beyond reducing potential losses and regulatory penalties, effective speak-up frameworks strengthen stakeholder confidence, protect brand value and reinforce a culture of integrity.

Managing transactional risk

August 2026  |  ROUNDTABLE

As risk areas become increasingly complex and exposure grows, dealmakers must identify and incorporate targeted due diligence procedures into the M&A process, while insurers focus on managing underwriting risk. FW moderates a discussion between Marc Sherman at Alvarez & Marsal, Brett Burgan at CohnReznick Advisory LLC, Timothy Grosso at Euclid Transactional, Garry Gordon at Great American Insurance Group, David Seno at HUB International Midwest Limited, and Hilary Weiss at Liberty Global Transaction Solutions.

Q&A: Algorithmic collusion: antitrust enforcement

August 2026  |  SPECIAL REPORT

All agencies are focused on the fact that technology cannot create a safe space for collusion and harmful price-fixing. FW discusses algorithmic collusion in antitrust enforcement with Nicole Kar, Lauren O’Brien, Katherine B. Forrest, Eyitayo St. Matthew-Daniel and Henrik Morch at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.

Q&A: New frontier of merger control

August 2026  |  SPECIAL REPORT

Internal documents have to tell a procompetitive story long before any transaction is on the table. FW discusses the new frontier of merger control with Valeri Bozhikov at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher UK LLP and Logan Breed at Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Governing AI in healthcare: from liability risk to strategic advantage

August 2026  |  SPOTLIGHT

In an industry where AI is reshaping drug discovery, clinical operations, pharmacovigilance and patient engagement simultaneously, the ability to govern AI well is no longer a compliance requirement. It is a strategic differentiator.

CFIUS in 2026

August 2026  |  BRIEFING ROOM

Given the broad scope of transactions that might be of interest to CFIUS, it is essential to identify a transaction’s nexus to US national security, and to try to understand how the transaction might help or hinder the US government’s national security priorities. FW discusses CFIUS in 2026 with Steve Klemencic at BRG, Ben Joseloff at Davis Polk, and Katie Clarke at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

M&A in the oil & gas sector

August 2026  |  BRIEFING ROOM

Strait of Hormuz disruption risk and fractures within OPEC+ have reinforced expectations of higher for longer prices, which is precisely what is incentivising North American consolidation and infrastructure investment. FW discusses M&A in the oil & gas sector with Dan Feldman at King & Spalding and Frank Aquila at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP.

Maximising value in divestitures

July 2026  |  TALKINGPOINT

Many organisations lose value because they go to market before they fully understand and can explain how the business will actually operate as a standalone entity. FW discusses maximising value in divestitures with J. Henning Buchholz, Brenda Ciampolillo, Lucy Julian, Ryan J. Stecz and Vinayak Viswanathan at Deloitte.

The expanding role of economic evidence in climate and environmental disputes

July 2026  |  MARKET PULSE

Claimants and defendants alike are being asked not simply whether climate harm exists, but how costs, risks and burdens should be quantified, allocated and compared. With Sahar Shamsi, Nicole Rosenboom and Kimela Shah at Oxera Consulting LLP.

Every company needs a stablecoin strategy

August 2026  |  SPOTLIGHT

Given their fast-growing role in finance and payments, stablecoins are likely to reach many companies before those companies have decided what they think about them.

The new corporate treasury playbook: managing FX risk amid trade fragmentation

August 2026  |  SPOTLIGHT

Successful treasury organisations are responding by moving beyond reactive hedging and building more sophisticated, data-driven capabilities that improve visibility across the business, strengthen forecasting and enable more agile decision making.

Minimising antitrust whistleblower risk in the M&A context

July 2026  |  SPOTLIGHT

Companies always face the risk of whistleblowers going directly to the government to report what they perceive as violations of law. Those risks, however, are heightened for companies engaged in an M&A transaction, particularly in the context of pre-close diligence and post-close integration.

Yellow card: the IRS flags US subsidiaries for transfer pricing

July 2026  |  SPOTLIGHT

The IRS has identified two intercompany transactions as focus areas of IRS scrutiny – transfer prices paid by US distribution entities for the importation of goods and the interest rate paid on intercompany loans from foreign parents.

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