United Kingdom: Strategy

Navigating the complex landscape of double patenting across major pharmaceutical and biotechnology jurisdictions requires strategic planning to build robust patent portfolios. Understanding how different countries handle overlapping claim scopes—from strict prohibitions in India and Canada to lenient approaches in Europe and the U.S.—is essential for securing comprehensive protection while avoiding costly pitfalls.

Manufacturing companies investing heavily in forecasting and planning systems still struggle with disappointing fill rates and missed inventory targets, often turning monthly SIOP review meetings into firefighting sessions...

Enterprise technology leaders face a widening gap as AI transforms operating and business models. While some organizations invest in wholesale transformation, others accumulate cost and complexity treating AI as discrete projects. This report examines where value is being captured, where risk is building, and what separates leaders from laggards in responding to unpredictable disruption.

Ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages have outpaced every other segment in the beverage alcohol landscape over the past decade, sitting at the intersection of health and wellness, premiumization, and convenience. Winning in this category requires a fundamentally different operating model with compressed innovation cycles, social-first marketing, and rebuilt margin architecture around premium price points.

Whether a business is preparing for a seed round, Series A fundraising, growth investment or a strategic partnership, investors will typically undertake some form of intellectual property (IP) due diligence before committing capital.

Understanding the patent lifecycle is crucial for inventors and businesses seeking intellectual property protection. The journey from initial filing through publication to final grant involves distinct phases, each with specific legal implications, strategic considerations, and enforceable rights that evolve as the application progresses through examination.

In this episode of In the Action, host Eva Davis sits down with London Partner Gemma Grunewald to discuss why she chose Winston Taylor and the career experiences that shaped her leadership approach.

Ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages have outpaced every other segment in the beverage alcohol landscape over the past decade, sitting at the intersection of health and wellness, premiumization, and convenience. Winning in this category requires a fundamentally different operating model with compressed innovation cycles, social-first marketing, and rebuilt margin architecture around premium price points.

Legal teams are investing heavily in AI tools, yet 83% cannot measure whether their spending delivers results. Drawing from a survey of 528 in-house legal leaders and insights from three practitioners, this analysis reveals the critical gap between AI adoption and proven ROI—and identifies the specific practices that separate the successful 7% from everyone else.

Real Estate Partner Michael Helfgott and Incentives Partner Claire Matthews share the pivotal moments that shaped their legal careers, from unexpected opportunities to the mentors who challenged them to grow. Their conversation explores how understanding people—clients, colleagues, and teams—became one of the most valuable skills they developed, and why the best breakthroughs often come when you least expect them.

Two new chapters in Rising Roles in Law explore how legal operations professionals and AI-enabled teams are reshaping the legal profession. The contributions examine who performs this transformative work, what capabilities they currently possess, and which skills they must develop to bridge the gap between AI investment and measurable returns.

MCP is everywhere right now. But there’s a version of this story that stops too soon, and most of the industry isn’t telling it. There’s a lot of noise about which platform supports MCP, which AI tools connect to which systems, and who announced what this week. That’s all worth knowing. It’s just not the part that determines how useful legal AI actually is for your organisation.