Issues for Boards and Financial Sponsors 2026

Boards are operating in an environment of heightened uncertainty – geopolitical tension, rapid technological change, climate risk and shifting regulatory priorities. While the core role of boards has not changed, the complexity of the decisions they face has.

In our latest publication, Issues for Boards, General Counsel and Company Secretaries 2026, and its sister publication, Issues for Financial Sponsors and their Portfolio Companies 2026, we take a practical approach to some of the most topical and fast-moving issues and suggest key governance steps to help manage risk and optimise opportunities. 

Topics covered include:

• Agentic AI: What boards/sponsors need to know as systems start to act
• Ransomware, resilience and regulation:  The cyber challenge for companies
• Are stablecoins the answer to painful payments?
• A transcript too far? When to use AI for records of meetings
• Antitrust enforcement gets political – the winners and losers
• Compliance and beyond: Governing sustainability risk in a complex world
• Navigating the UK employment law revolution:  What boards / sponsors and portfolio companies must know
• Making the most of a defined benefit pension scheme: Less legacy risk, more strategic opportunity
• EU digital package: What sponsors need to price, plan and prioritise (covered in the Financial Sponsors version only).