What We’re Watching in 2025
Are we in unprecedented times? We can all point to other recent periods of geopolitical turbulence, conflict or rapid technological transformation. However, the current confluence of so many global changes creates a particularly unusual set of circumstances. It is indeed a new world, in many respects.
Here are the trends Astraea will be watching in 2025, all arising where politics, law and commerce overlap. We’ll be exploring these (and no doubt other, additional ideas) in articles, on webinars and at our in-person events.
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From Stablecoins to ‘Digital Bills of Exchange’: Why Monitoring After Sanctions Implementation Is Critically Important
Co-authored by James Ramsden KC, Dr Khrystyna Khanas and Dr Tetiana Dmytrenko.
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Carry on Litigating? Mazur and the Limits of Supervision
Few judgments have caused so much gnashing of metaphorical teeth and rending of figurative garments in the legal professions in recent years as that of Mr Justice Sheldon in Mazur & Anor v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB).
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Non-Financial Misconduct: The Culture Reckoning Deepens
The Financial Conduct Authority’s recently published results of its survey of how firms detect and handle non-financial misconduct paints a revealing picture of a market still struggling to align conduct and culture.
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Chambers & Partners 2026: Astraea “reaches beyond legal technical excellence”
Chambers & Partners 2026
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