1/26/2026 2:17:49 PM Freshfields Fintech: Our Predictions for 2026 By Cyrus Pocha Claire Harrop Julia Robilliard-Smith Laura Hibbert +1 more... Show less We have once again canvassed opinions from our Freshfields global fintech team for the year ahead, as we did in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024...
10/28/2025 3:39:22 PM Freshfields' report: Data Law Trends 2026 By Giles Pratt Christoph Werkmeister Data law is a key area of focus for regulators, with new rules, stricter enforcement, and diverging approaches across jurisdictions. Our...
7/8/2025 12:13:13 PM UK data reforms unpacked: implications for AI and other automated decision-making By Giles Pratt Adam Gillert Aaran Kotecha Imogen Gordon +1 more... Show less The UK’s long-anticipated journey to overhaul its data protection landscape has culminated, with the passing of the Data (Use and Access)...
5/27/2025 10:40:17 AM Taming the “Wild West”: UK Government leads BNPL into the regulatory stable By Cyrus Pocha Emma Probyn Craig Dewar Christine Simpson Tricia Moffat +2 more... Show less The UK Government has saddled up to bring order to what it terms the “wild-west” of Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL). For years, BNPL has...
2/12/2025 2:08:46 PM Lights, Cameras, AI Action By Rachael Annear Beth George Natasha Good Giles Pratt Laéna Bouafy +2 more... Show less Energised by our attendance at the recent Tortoise Responsible AI Forum, Paris AI Action Summit and City & Financial AI Regulation...
1/28/2025 8:13:39 PM 10 Key MedTech Themes for 2025 By Vinita Kailasanath Shannon O'Hara Note: this article originally ran in MedCity News The MedTech industry is accelerating at an unprecedented pace. As AI reshapes the...
12/30/2024 5:07:53 PM Grandfathering under MiCA – how member states approach the transitional regime – December 2024 update By Janina Heinz Daphne van der Houwen Daniel Klingenbrunn Eva Schneider Steffie De Backer +2 more... Show less This post is an update of our previous post published on June 21, 2024. The harmonisation of European financial services law for...
12/18/2024 11:48:53 AM Harnessing Smart Data in the UK as a National Asset: What businesses need to know By Giles Pratt Rachael Annear Tristan Lockwood Adam Gillert Hazel Ling +2 more... Show less On 23 October 2024 the UK government introduced the Data (Use and Access) Bill to Parliament (the DUAB). The DUAB is a wide-ranging and...
10/24/2024 11:49:16 AM Leading the Change: 2025 Data Law Trends report By Christine Lyon Giles Pratt Christoph Werkmeister We’re excited to share our latest report, Leading the Change: 2025 Data Law Trends. Data now impacts all aspects of businesses, from...
9/3/2024 3:26:26 PM Herding cats: English law and Decentralised Autonomous Organisations By Claire Harrop Christopher Bernard Joana Fragata Background On 11 July 2024, the Law Commission published a scoping paper (the Scoping Paper) on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations...
7/12/2024 9:43:09 AM Fairness in B2B relationships in the digital world By Gernot Fritz Estella Dannhausen Tanja Pfleger In the ever-evolving landscape of data regulation, the EU Data Act stands as a pivotal milestone. Beyond its wide-ranging data access...
6/19/2024 12:14:53 PM UK MHRA sets out its strategy on AI and the regulation of medical products By Harriet Hanks Sanjana Canumalla Sofia Schaffgotsch Tobias Messervy-Whiting +1 more... Show less The UK Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has published its AI Strategy (the Strategy) in ‘Impact of AI on the...