WSG Blog

In this Asia Business Law Journal report, WSG members Takafumi Ochiai, Senior Partner at Atsumi & Sakai, Nicholas Tan Choi Chuan, M&A Partner at Shearn Delamore and Truong Nhat Quang, Managing Partner at YKVN discuss the rise of M&A activity across Asia-Pacific amid an increasingly complex global environment. They highlight that regulatory developments are playing a more central role in deal execution, underscoring the importance of regulatory clarity and careful compliance planning, and emphasize that effective structuring, early engagement with regulators and a proactive approach to multi-jurisdictional requirements are key to achieving deal certainty and successful outcomes.

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In this Legalweb article, WSG members Ivo Pruša (Partner), Ján Béreš, and Jana Guricová (Counsel) at Kocián Šolc Balaštík (KSB) discuss the firm’s continued growth and strong profitability, alongside its significant investments in new technologies to support future development. They emphasize KSB’s strategic objective to reinforce the firm’s position as a leading independent law firm with global reach by 2026. The interview also highlights the firm’s commitment to legal innovation, particularly through AI enabled platforms aimed at enhancing efficiency and cross-border service delivery.

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In this The Press and Journal article, WSG members Kevin Clancy, Partner and Killian Dockrell, Solicitor at Shepherd Wedderburn discuss the increasing health and safety risks associated with offshore wind development driven by larger projects, greater technical complexity and operations in increasingly remote and challenging environments. They highlight how hazardous access, constrained evacuation routes, and human factor risks are intensifying as the sector scales. As these issues align with incident trends reported across offshore wind markets internationally, they emphasize for legal practitioners, the importance of occupational safety frameworks, consistent cross-border standards and clearly defined contractual allocation of health and safety responsibilities across the offshore wind value chain.

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In this Channels Television interview, WSG member Sina Sipasi, Partner at AELEX discusses the growing importance of innovative legal structures in infrastructure finance, highlighting that Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) are becoming widely adopted as international best practice for managing risk and strengthening project bankability. He emphasizes that legal clarity and strong governance frameworks are essential to giving investors the confidence to support long term infrastructure projects, ultimately driving sustained economic growth across emerging markets.

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In this Portafolio article WSG member Andrés Fernández de Castro, TMT Director at Brigard Urrutia discusses key aspects in laws protecting fundamental rights to habeas data by granting individuals legal rights over their personal information. As data protection regimes continue to expand globally, he emphasizes that organizations operating in Latin America are placing greater focus on jurisdiction specific compliance frameworks.

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In this Quotidiano Nazionale Network interview, WSG member Alessandra Ferroni, Partner at Gianni & Origoni provides an overview of Open-es platform, a collaborative platform that supports enterprises in sustainability, digital transformation and innovation through a shared, data driven framework. She emphasizes that sustainability has assumed a central legal dimension due to evolving European Union legislation and highlights the platform’s capability to define key performance indicators for sustainability.

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In this Modo Energy podcast, WSG member Conrad Purcell, Partner at Haynes Boone discusses the increasing legal complexity surrounding the financing of battery energy storage systems (BESS). He highlights that while debt financing remains a core component, its application to BESS projects raises distinct legal considerations, including revenue certainty, asset longevity and technology risk, emphasizing uncertainty as the biggest barrier to bankability in battery storage financing today.

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In this The SciTech Lawyer article, WSG member Sarah Beth Cain, Associate at Bradley discusses cosmic justice and its implications for legal frameworks in the space sector. She highlights the critical role of diversity and the importance of recognizing women’s contributions to science, policy, and innovation to support the development of inclusive and equitable space governance.

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In a recent episode of The Lawyer’s Edge podcast, WSG member Vicki Odette, Partner at Haynes Boone explores the essential elements in becoming a rainmaker while sharing her experience in integrating business development into her professional practice. She highlights the importance of identifying strategies that align with personality, which can ultimately lead to a more substantial benefit than client acquisition. By observing practices of successful partners and conducting her own experiments, she is able to develop a network founded on trust rather than transactional relationships.

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In a recent THE BUSINESS article, WSG member Keith McLaren, Partner at Shepherd Wedderburn addresses key principles of wealth planning amid evolving economic conditions. He emphasizes the importance for individuals to proactively assess their financial strategies in anticipation of increased tax obligations, highlighting that early engagement with professional advisors can mitigate potential legal complications that may arise from inadequate preparation and planning.

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