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In an evolving regulatory landscape, financial institutions face a critical challenge: ensuring their third-party risk management programs not only comply with the new final joint guidance...

Recently, I had the extraordinary opportunity to participate in two multi-day meetings involving clients and their primary outside counsel. One of the meetings involved the client, its key outside counsel, and "faculty" — lawyers and vendors who have embraced partnering relationships.

Budgets and planning on a shoe string for most of us is a reality as we enter the calendar‘s third quarter. But plan we must!

This is the fourth article in our series on creating a healthy transformation program culture. We have established the foundation through executive engagement, shared vision, and guiding principles.

Explore Ankura's latest insights spanning healthcare capital strategy, cybersecurity threats, restaurant sector challenges, and digital transformation. From integrated project advisory to sophisticated malware analysis, discover how organizations are navigating operational complexity, financial constraints, and emerging risks across multiple industries.

The modern enterprise that effectively manages the myriad of potential threats to its people, processes, systems and critical infrastructures stands to be better equipped for sustained continuity. A Business Crisis and Continuity Management (BCCM) program is a dynamic change management initiative that requires dedicated resources, funding and auditing. Corporate Directors must scrutinize organizational survivability on a global basis.

Ankura presents a curated collection of expert insights spanning private credit risk assessment, corporate litigation valuation, data center development challenges, and emerging cybersecurity threats. The featured analyses examine critical questions facing financial services, technology infrastructure, and regulatory compliance professionals navigating complex business environments.

As a big baseball fan (Go Red Sox!), one of the most fascinating aspects of the sport is how international it has become.

Risk management professionals constantly preach that risk management is not compliance. Risk managers help set strategy.

Over the past decade, a vibrant defense‑innovation ecosystem has emerged across the U.S. and Europe, powered by venture‑backed defense tech startups, dual‑use technology companies, and commercial‑first innovators...

With 2018 now in the rearview mirror, we summarize below several of the encouraging regulatory developments for business development companies (BDCs) that occurred during 2018

There is a version of legal counsel that business leaders dread. You know the stereotype: the attorney who arrives late to the conversation, leads with everything that could go wrong...

Many of our earlier stage private company clients believe that ESG is mainly a concern of public companies (for an explanation of what ESG is, see this post).

The United States Patent and Trademark Office has launched a mandatory pilot program that fundamentally changes how certain PCT national stage applications are processed, introducing a new decision point that could significantly impact patent term adjustment and examination strategy. Selected applicants must choose between proceeding with examination, delaying for 12 months with PTA consequences, or abandoning their applications based on international phase work products.

Every law firm founder I coach eventually asks me some version of the same question: what's actually holding the firm back? They assume the answer lives in a process gap, a hiring mistake, or a strategy that needs sharpening. Sometimes it does. But in the vast majority of cases, tactics and systems account for maybe 20% of what separates a firm that's stuck from a firm that's compounding.

Two Foley partners with contrasting work styles—one a strategic big-picture thinker, the other a detail-oriented tactician—demonstrate how their collaborative approach led to a rare legal achievement in shaping Texas corporate governance law. Their complementary strengths in drafting and advocating for Texas Senate Bill 29 earned them recognition as Texas Attorneys of the Year, showcasing how diverse perspectives and mutual respect drive exceptional client outcomes.

Global regulatory strategist Crispin Passmore and Axiom's Daniel Hayter explore how artificial intelligence and capital markets are forcing legal regulation to evolve at unprecedented speed. From unauthorized practice rules blocking innovation in the US to AI efficiency charges appearing on law firm invoices, they examine where regulation enables progress, where it creates barriers, and how general counsel can strategically leverage these regulatory shifts.