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The most interesting thing that’s crossed my mind looking back on 2025?
As 2025 draws to a close, one theme stands out: resilience. Cloud outages reminded boards that contractual robustness and incident response belong at the heart of transformation. AI moved from pilot to governed deployment, while cyber threats and supplier risk intensified. Data centre investment surged, reshaping procurement, regulation and dispute profiles globally.
What GCs need to know this month
In this month's edition we spotlight key legal shifts from the EU’s “Digital Omnibus” to the UK’s Cyber Security and Resilience Bill and DORA designations, to help you plan confidently for 2026. Let’s dive in.
Chambers Technology M&A 2026 (UK): practical guidance from AG
Our Technology M&A partners authored the UK chapter of Chambers’ Global Practice Guide 2026, distilling the latest deal drivers, regulatory shifts (from AI/IP to FDI and competition), and execution know how for buyers, sellers and investors.
Explore the guide and book a 20 minute Tech M&A briefing with our team to discuss what these developments mean for your pipeline.
Read the Tech M&A Guide here.
New Report: Cloud without crisis
Recent high-profile outages have shown how a single failure can ripple across industries—shutting down operations and triggering legal, financial, and reputational challenges.
Our latest report reveals why resilience must be built into your cloud strategy from day one, not patched together after the fact.
Key Insights from the report
- Suspension rights: 81% of cloud contracts include suspension rights, creating a significant continuity risk for business-critical solutions.
- Termination rights: 69% provide termination rights for persistent or critical service-level failures.
- Data backup obligations: 58% include backup requirements, but many lack clarity on frequency and scope.
- Service credits: 71% offer service credits as a remedy for service-level failures.
Read the full report to learn how to contractually engineer resilience and reduce risk before the next outage hits.
