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In our first episode of 2025, Isabelle Trick is joined by Global Counsel colleagues across our offices to discuss Donald Trump’s second term, developments in EU defence policy, and the...

The global political and economic landscape is undergoing a significant transformation. To explain our approach for 2025, Senior Director Stephen Adams delves into the shift from a multilateral order to...

This week on Top in Tech, Director Megan Stagman and Senior Associate Josh Bates explore the UK communications regulator Ofcom’s recently published illegal harms codes and the regulator’s broader efforts...

Our world is becoming increasingly fragmented. This new geo-economic reality inevitably impacts German SMEs. Sometimes entire business models are at stake if supply chains are disrupted or access to important...

In 2024, our clients relied on our timely analysis and strategic insights on the issues shaping policy and business globally. We have pulled together a (not so comprehensive) list of...

In this episode of Top in Tech, Megan Stagman and Ugonma Nwankwo discuss the Biden administration’s new export restrictions aimed at limiting China’s access to advanced semiconductors and chipmaking equipment...

We were delighted to act as research partners for a new report authored by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI). ‘ Enhancing the role of UK medicine regulation’...

In this month's episode of the Global Month Ahead, Isabelle Trick, Associate Director in our Investor Services team, is joined by Global Counsel colleagues across our offices, including Sewar Quran...

Conan D'Arcy, Senior Practice Director, and Adriana Capparelli, Director, unpack the Commissioner hearings taking place in Brussels, where prospective Commissioners have faced a grilling from Members of the European Parliament...

We were delighted to partner with Chase India to develop a new report launched alongside COP 29, which calls for transformative financial and policy frameworks that support and empower women...

In this episode, Conan D'Arcy is joined by Fergus Cameron-Watt to discuss the implications of the recent UK budget on the technology sector. They explore the political landscape, the budget's...

The European Union faces significant challenges in developing a competitive electric vehicle (EV) industry, highlighted by its recent anti-subsidy duties on Chinese imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Despite ambitious...

Harrison Coldray, Senior Associate in our Financial Services team, is joined by Heike Schmitz, Partner and Co-Head of ESG EMEA at Herbert Smith Freehills' Frankfurt office. As a new Commission...

As AI uptake surges, policymakers and industry alike have woken up to the reality that its energy demand will soon outstrip the current number and capacity of data centres. However...

Harrison Coldray, Senior Associate in our Financial Services team, sits down with James Alexander and Oscar Warwick Thompson from the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) to discuss where...

To cut through the noise surrounding the US election and separate bold campaign promises from cold governing realities, Global Counsel has analyzed the policy plans that may inform the next...

The EU-Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) summit meets today in Brussels. Attendance is at a senior level, with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, Commission President Ursula von der...

In this episode, Conan D'Arcy and Ugonma Nwankwo discuss the failure of California’s SB 1047, a bill aimed at mitigating the potential catastrophic risks posed by future advanced AI systems...