Bureaucracy

Drawing on historical insights and modern challenges, this edition brings together leading experts to explore how lessons from bureaucracy’s evolution can inform contemporary organizational practices. How can organisations foster innovation and adaptability within regulated environments, optimize compliance while reducing transaction costs, and harness technology—such as AI and automation—to streamline bureaucratic processes?

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We Do Legal Tech to Survive

Juan Riego

Carrefour Spain

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Moving at one speed: the highest sense of urgency

Mary O'Carroll

Goodwin

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Legal Strategy & Goal Setting

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Legal Operations

Measuring Value in Legal: Right-Sizing, Benchmarks, and Balancing In-House vs. External Resources

Jonathan Selvadoray

Zaven

Privacy

Team-sizing and budgeting: the data protection function

Georg Philip Krog

Signatu

National Security

CFIUS and China: You say de-risking, I say decoupling

Rod Hunter

Baker McKenzie

AI Governance

AI and Regulatory Readiness in M&A

Christoph Werkmeister

Freshfields

Subsidies

The EU Foreign Subsidies Regulation: Prepare to Succeed

Andreas Reindl, Catherine Gordley

Van Bael & Bellis

Investigation

Investigations: How to prepare, how to respond

Cynthia J. Cole

Baker McKenzie

Imports

Anti-Dumping: The Ripple Effect Across Global Markets

Bregt Natens

King & Spalding

Liability

AI Liability Risks

Tim Wybitul

Latham & Watkins

Trade Sanctions

Adapting to Fast-Evolving Trade Sanctions

Daniel Martin, David Savage

Holman Fenwick Willan

Standards

AI standards: killing two birds with one stone?

Kevin Schawinski

Modulos AG

AI Adoption

Triaging: A More Economical Approach to AI Compliance?

Jerry Gupta

Armilla AI

Antitrust

Global Merger Control: Keeping M&A Deals on Track

Gil Ohana

Davis Polk

Insurance

Insuring against AI-related risks in deal-making

Sandra Lee

BMS Group

VC

Venture Capital

Felix Blobel

Noerr

Israel

Startups and AI Regulation: An Israeli Perspective

Masha Yudashkin

Barnea Jaffa Lande

Russian Sanctions

Sanctions on Russia: Challenges and Potential Solutions

Satish Kini, Alan Kartashkin

Debevoise

China

In the Markets: China

Raymond Chan, Jeffrey Ding and Gil Zhang

Fangda Partners

Data

When data is crossing borders

Lothar Determann

Baker McKenzie

Germany

In the Markets: Germany

Torsten Kraul

Noerr

UAE

In the Markets: United Arab Emirates (UAE)

Chris Lester, Ksenia Koroleva

Latham & Watkins

Trade Regulation

What happens in Geneva?

Jan Walter

Akin

Geopolitics

An Unruly World: Why Traditional Strategies No Longer Work

Sean West

Hence Technologies

Anti-Bribery

Pausing FCPA enforcement – What this means for companies operating in Asia

Khushaal Ved

Hogan Lovells

Brazil

In the Markets: Brazil

Paulo Brancher

Mattos Filho

Trade & Investment

Regulating Trade and Investment in the Aerospace, Security and Defence (ASD) Industries: Key Concerns & Common Misconceptions

Sabine Naugès

McDermott Will & Emery

Subsidies

Foreign Subsidies: Benefit or Threat?

Elżbieta Glowicka, Anselm Mattes

E.CA Economics

authors & editorial committee

Contributing Authors
Georg Philip Krog
Co-founder & Chief Legal Counsel, Signatu
Jonathan Selvadoray
Founder, Zaven
Juan Riego
General Counsel & Board Secretary, Carrefour Spain
Mary O'Carroll
Chief Operating Officer, Goodwin
Editorial Committee
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