Welcome to the June 2026 edition of the Suciu Partners Digital Compliance Insight. As we cross the mid-year mark, the European regulatory landscape has moved decisively from the drawing board to the audit room. With landmark frameworks like the AI Act, DORA, and the Data Act now actively reshaping market realities, businesses face an unprecedented compliance density. This rapidly evolving environment creates a dual imperative for corporate leaders, multinational operators, and tech providers: Mastering the "Summer of Enforcement" in the EU, where the looming August countdown for the AI Act, the rigid board-level SLA mandates of DORA, and the multi-tier supply chain pressures of NIS2 and the Data Act dissolve the luxury of compliance silos, replacing them with a strict, unified audit reality. Navigating "Global Fragmentation and ESG Convergence", where a complex patchwork of state-level US laws, Asian data localization hybrid models, and aggressive platform liabi...
Understanding M&A Concepts – Reps and Warranties: Worth the Hype? Author: Roxana Sandulescu In the complex world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), whether you are an M&A consultant, corporate lawyer, business executive, founder, or investor, one of the crucial concepts you inevitably encounter is representations and warranties – often referred to as reps and warranties . In the shares sale-purchase agreements (“ SPAs ”), representations and warranties define the expected state of both the buyer and the target company at the time the contract is signed and upon closing. They serve as an assurance to the buyer that the company being acquired is in a certain state, as represented by the seller. These clauses outline the seller's guarantees and provide a mechanism for the buyer to seek remedies if those representations turn out to be false or incomplete. While reps and warranties are fundamental in M&A transactions globally, the way they are treated can vary signific...