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Nov 20 2025
Foreign Investment Monitor - November 2025 | Issue 11
Governments are recasting FDI through a security lens – tightening screening, reviving golden shares and testing new tools. Explore what that means for deals around the world.
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.
Jan 13 2025
Global antitrust in 2025
Your guide to tackling the complex challenges of antitrust
Jan 28 2025
International arbitration in 2025
In an era defined by geopolitical turbulence, technological breakthroughs, and escalating ESG demands, the arbitration landscape is evolving rapidly.
Nov 21 2024
2025 Data law trends - Leading the change
The 2025 Data Law Trends report is here, and this year’s findings reveal one thing loud and clear: the pace of change in data law is accelerating, profoundly impacting businesses.
Apr 2 2025
Life sciences – what to watch in 2025
Dec 18 2024
Tax investigations and disputes across borders
Staying ahead in an era of heightened scrutiny
Jun 5 2025
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Our market-leading financial services practice provides integrated advice to leading financial institutions in the world’s major business and financial hubs.
In-depth analysis and insights on US legal developments.
A Fresh Take
Insights and analysis on strategic deals and market-shaping transactions.
Transactions
Exploring how sustainable practices drive business transformation and positive change.
Sustainability
Expert insights to help you navigate evolving risks and compliance challenges.
Risk & Compliance
Exploring the intersection of law and technology through insights that empower businesses to navigate digital transformation, data regulation and emerging tech.
Freshfields TQ
Stay on top of the latest developments in antitrust with expert insights from around the globe.
Essential Antitrust
Restructuring can be complex – but it doesn’t have to be confusing.
No Worse Off
Executive reward is more than just compensation – it’s strategy, governance, and regulation in action.
Reward(ing) Half Hour
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
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
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
Essential Antitrust Asia is a podcast series with our StrongerTogether partner firms in the region.
Asia Essential Antitrust
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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Public attention has been focussing on Meta’s intention to use publicly shared content from European users of Meta products aged 18 or older to train its AI systems.
The commission ‘Minimum Bureaucracy Implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive’, an independent, interdisciplinary expert commission, recently submitted its final report to the federal ministry responsible for drafting the bill, i.e., the Federal Ministry of Education, Family, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth (BMBFSFJ).
On 11 November 2025 the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU or the Court) rendered its decision (the Decision) on an action for annulment brought by Denmark regarding the Directive (EU) 2022/2041 on adequate minimum wages (the Directive). The latter aims to establish a framework for setting an adequate minimum wage in every Member State. It came into force on 14 November 2022, the transposition deadline being 15 November 2024.