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Competing for capital
What makes a market attractive to long-term infrastructure investors? A new report from GIIA, with lead analysis from Freshfields, compares the policy and regulatory frameworks shaping private investment across nine major jurisdictions and the European Union.
Competing for capital
Foreign Investment Monitor - June 2026 | Issue 12
As governments expand foreign investment controls into new sectors and sharper tools, scrutiny is increasing - becoming more political and a more critical consideration in deal negotiations. Explore what that means for global investment.
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Latest insights
Latest insights
Jun 2 2026
Foreign Investment Monitor - June 2026 | Issue 12
As governments expand foreign investment controls into new sectors and sharper tools, scrutiny is increasing - becoming more political and a more critical consideration in deal negotiations. Explore what that means for global investment.
May 26 2026
Japan’s data center execution test
Japan’s data center market has demand, capital and strategic relevance. The harder question is whether land, power, regulation and structure can be aligned early enough to make projects successful.
Mar 25 2026
London M&A Forum: The new discipline of dealmaking
At a time of ongoing uncertainty, the global M&A landscape is evolving. External scrutiny is intensifying, and dealmaking is not reverting to familiar playbooks. The new discipline of dealmaking explores what that means across the full lifecycle of a transaction.
Feb 10 2026
International arbitration in 2026
Big Picture thinking: Insights into the key trends shaping arbitration
Jan 13 2026
Clarity in antitrust
Policy-driven enforcement is redefining global antitrust - your guide to understanding and managing this dynamic environment in 2026.
Oct 22 2025
2026 Data law trends
The 2026 Data Law Trends report reveals a world in which businesses confront an increasingly complex, multi-polar regulatory environment.
Feb 27 2025
Navigating Washington: A global perspective
Adapting to the Trump administration in the US and across the world.
Jun 5 2025
Financial services hub
Our market-leading financial services practice provides integrated advice to leading financial institutions in the world’s major business and financial hubs.
Explore our blogs
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A Fresh Take
Insights on US legal developments
A Fresh Take
Risk and Compliance
Expert insights to help you navigate evolving risks and compliance challenges.
Risk and Compliance
Sustainability
Exploring how sustainable practices drive business transformation and positive change.
Sustainability
Technology Quotient
Exploring the intersection of law and technology through insights that empower businesses to navigate digital transformation, data regulation and emerging tech.
Technology Quotient
Transactions
Insights and analysis on strategic deals and market-shaping transactions.
Transactions
Explore our Podcast series
Explore our Podcast series
The AI Drop
Join host Anna Gressel to unlock the future of artificial intelligence with The AI Drop, a weekly podcast dedicated to delivering cutting-edge insights on how AI is transforming industries worldwide.
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Global Shareholder Activism Insights
Shareholder activism has evolved into a sophisticated, year-round component of the global corporate landscape.
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ESG trends to watch in 2026
Our two-part podcast series explores the ESG trends we expect will shape the global regulatory, litigation and corporate strategy landscape in 2026.
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Essential Antitrust
Stay on top of the latest developments in antitrust with expert insights from around the globe.
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Essential Antitrust - The Italian Voice
Essential Antitrust – The Italian Voice è un podcast che vi porta dentro il mondo del diritto della concorrenza, tra casi emblematici, decisioni controverse e nuove prospettive di enforcement...
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No Worse Off
Restructuring can be complex – but it doesn’t have to be confusing.
No Worse Off
Reward(ing) Half Hour
Executive reward is more than just compensation – it’s strategy, governance, and regulation in action.
Reward(ing) Half Hour
EUnpacked
Brussels is at the heart of Europe’s legal and regulatory developments. EUnpacked dives into the hot topics shaping the EU agenda, offering expert analysis on the policies and decisions that matter to your business.
EUnpacked
Managing Risk in Asia
Geopolitical shifts, sanctions, and disputes are redefining the risk landscape across APAC. Managing Risk in Asia examines how these forces impact businesses, offering sharp analysis to help you anticipate challenges and seize opportunities in the region.
Managing Risk in Asia
Securing the Digital Future
We delve into the Online Safety Act – its origins, ongoing evolution, and the wide-ranging impact it has on organisations and industries around the world.
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Well-Caffeinated
This podcast covers the US legal and regulatory landscape and focuses on the questions and topics that are on the top of our clients’ minds.
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Asia Essential Antitrust
Essential Antitrust Asia is a podcast series with our StrongerTogether partner firms in the region.
Asia Essential Antitrust
MedTech Podcasts
The medtech and life sciences sectors are evolving at pace. MedTech explores the legal, regulatory, and commercial dynamics shaping this multifaceted industry – offering fresh perspectives on innovation, compliance, and growth.
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Latest briefings
Latest briefings
Redrawing the line: modernising the UK taxation of distributions
In the article, Jill Gatehouse, Emily Szasz, Joe Williams and Tom Gardner from our London tax team discuss the detail of the proposals, which include an overhaul of the tax treatment of returns of value from non-UK companies, the extension of the loan to participator regime to non-UK companies, and the introduction of a freezing rule to switch off the ability of groups to step up ‘good’ tax capital through the interposition of a new holding company. The article also addresses the consequences of the freezing rule on demergers.
The (im)practicalities of UK partnership tax disputes
Sarah Bond and David Haughey from our London tax team explain that these disputes not only give rise to complex technical issues of contract/partnership law as well as tax law, but also pose a number of practical challenges.
When Chips Run Short: The Crisis Regime of the Chips Act 2.0
This briefing concentrates on the crisis instruments of the Chips Act 2.0, providing for monitoring, information requests, priority-rated orders and joint procurement in times of a “semiconductor crisis”. These provisions may reach deep into corporate autonomy and can affect undertakings across the entire semiconductor value chain.
One systemically important issuer, two regulators: Bank of England finalises systemic stablecoin policies and proposes joint regulatory approach with the FCA
The Bank of England published its systemic stablecoin policy statement on 22 June 2026 (the Policy Statement), which includes a consultation on a draft Code of Practice (the Code)...
Consumer Duty: FCA consults on scope and proportionality
On 29 June 2026, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published its consultation paper CP26/23 (CP), proposing a package of targeted amendments to the FCA Handbook and the non-Handbook Guidance to the Consumer Duty...
Set in stone: Five landmark crypto Policy Statements
On 30 June 2026, the FCA published five Policy Statements containing finalised rules for cryptoasset firms...