New technologies, major shifts in the global regulatory landscape, and the need for digital resilience require global enterprises to fundamentally rethink their outsourcing strategies and outsourcing relationships. In this session, we looked at the key trends and developments that are shaping the future of outsourcing and the strategies that organisations can adopt to meet these new challenges.

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The returning M&A market and the need for strategic and financial acquirors alike to find growth opportunities outside of their home markets are leading to a resurgence of interest in cross-border M&A. Buyers, sellers and other stakeholders involved in these investments need to navigate competing laws, market norms and regulatory regimes across global jurisdictions in order to successfully execute transactions. Our panel looked at the latest M&A market dynamics in the UK, US and Europe, and how these are impacting key deal and market terms.

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The benefits of using blockchain or distributed ledger technology for bond issuances into the capital markets is a topic that has garnered strong interest in recent years. Our panellists looked at the latest legal, regulatory and market developments that have shaped the digital bond landscape, explored what the future for digital bonds may look like, and discussed how true scaling of the digital bond ecosystem may be achieved in the years to come.

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We have seen a variety of liquidity solutions being used during the past 24 months, as private markets experienced a period of adjustment to a “new normal” of slower dealmaking, exits and fundraising, coupled with largely challenging IPO conditions. Our global panel discussed the state of the market for liquidity solutions, covering key terms and trends across continuation funds, securitisations and NAV and other fund-level financings. As markets begin to show encouraging signs of recovery, we also examined whether such liquidity solutions are a temporary coping mechanism or a permanent set of new tools, and what this means for managers seeking to differentiate their offerings and strategies.

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CRD6 will create new requirements for non-EU banks offering services on a cross-border basis to EU clients from 2026. Our panel of regulatory specialists examined the new regime in detail, with a focus on scope, exemptions, issues to look out for in national implementation, and the impact on currently used cross-border arrangements. We also considered the new restrictions from both the bank and borrower perspective, including bank implementation challenges and how some borrowers are thinking about the restrictions and how to adapt to them. We received input from panellists representing key jurisdictions including France, Germany, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

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Organisations developing, deploying or using AI systems and tools must navigate privacy, data protection and cybersecurity requirements alongside AI-specific regulations. These parallel, and at times overlapping, frameworks and rules raise new challenges but also enable fresh opportunities for organisations. Our global panel shared practical and market insights at the intersection of these developments, including in the context of governance and compliance programmes, risk management and contractual negotiations.

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In this session we examined what the Purdue case really means for the ongoing viability of Chapter 11 as a restructuring process of choice and whether it will lead US and other investors to place greater reliance on the established restructuring tools and procedures available in the UK and across the EU.

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Trade secrets can account for a large proportion of a company’s value.The EU Trade Secrets Directive has imposed new obligations on trade secrets owners when protecting their assets, and caseloads are increasing in the UK and Asia. Lawyers from Europe and APAC discussed the following topics: hard-learned lessons from litigation using real-world examples of disputes; technological means for identifying trade secrets theft and how to gather solid evidence of misappropriation; and how to implement practical and legal protections to avoid the loss of trade secrets and prevent disputes from the outset. .

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With the rise of AI, demand for data continues to grow exponentially raising questions as to how the rapid roll-out and development of data centres will be financed over the next five to 10 years. Clifford Chance lawyers from across infrastructure finance, project finance, real estate finance and asset backed finance discussed the innovative financing structures we see for data centres including Europe’s first public data centre ABS and shared views on financing trends in the digital infrastructure sector.

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In this webinar, we discussed lessons learned and the best strategies for defending collective actions across major jurisdictions including the UK, the US, the Netherlands and Australia. We also considered developments in stock-drop, antitrust and climate change claims, how collective actions are playing out in the courts and the strategies clients can deploy when responding to these claims.

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Our panel discussed early lessons from applying the German Supply Chain Act, the French Vigilance Law, the EU Deforestation Regulation, the EU Batteries Regulation and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD).

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In this webinar, Charlie Walker (Deputy CEO of London Stock Exchange plc), Kevin Desmond (Senior Director, Capital Markets of PricewaterhouseCoopers) and Clifford Chance partners Alanna Hunter, Katherine Moir and Simon Thomas, assessed the impact for issuers, their directors, investors, advisers and deal counterparts. The panel focused on expected market practice in the context of M&A and other significant transactions involving a London-listed bidder, including strategy dynamics, investor engagement ahead of deals and the new role of sponsors and other advisers. We also looked ahead to the broader reform of the UK capital markets ecosystem.

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The global increase in regulatory and reputational risk stemming from proliferating legal requirements creates unique challenges for the healthcare sector. In this webinar, our global panel surveyed compliance and governance trends relating to greenwashing, use and protection of data, use of AI, and geopolitical change, and discussed how compliance structures built for concerns such as anticorruption and reimbursement fraud may or may not be fit to address today’s opportunities and threats.

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Our panel provided an overview of global AML developments and what they mean for business and compliance processes, including the EU’s AML package, the US’s FinCEN regulations, Singapore’s new Anti-Money Laundering and Other Matters Bill and advancements in the UK and Germany, together with practical suggestions for steps that can be taken to adapt to the evolving AML environment.

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