Legal Outlook 2025

Welcome to Linklaters’ Legal Outlook for 2025, where we explore the challenges and opportunities that will shape the global business landscape in the year ahead.

Jane Caskey, Global Head of Risk Advisory

“As we step into 2025, we face escalating and unprecedented geopolitical, technological, regulatory and operational disruptions. Businesses face an uncertain world in which it is riskier and more challenging to operate. Yet opportunities are available to those who are proactive, strategic, and agile.

Business leaders and GCs should engage in strategic horizon scanning and scenario planning across a spectrum of disparate but interconnected risks. This evolving landscape requires an integrated approach to risk management, opportunity spotting and business planning. Such an approach will enable businesses to craft strategies that effectively identify and manage risks, while retaining the flexibility to capture high-potential opportunities.

Our 2025 global Legal Outlook explores the issues business leaders should consider as they navigate heightened geopolitical tensions, regulatory disharmony and accelerating business transformation across digital and energy transitions, with a particular focus across the major sectors of technology, energy, and financial institutions.”

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