Two days earlier, the F-Drones’s U.S. arm announced its first American production site. On July 1 the State Service of Export Control cleared F-Drones, a Ukrainian drone manufacturer, to ship a batch of F10 systems for the U.S. Armed Forces. Per Interfax-Ukraine, it is the first known case of Ukraine permitting the export of complete combat unmanned systems rather than individual technologies, assemblies or components. The permit lets F-Drones deliver on obligations under the

After a liquidity event, families face a new challenge: how to steward wealth with purpose, discipline and long-term vision. In the latest paper in our family business succession and transition series, Henry Brandts-Giesen and Edward Marshall explore how families can approach family office setup, governance and strategy after the sale of a business. Through our Dentons Family Office & High Net Worth Group we help families and family enterprises navigate complex cross-border o

In this conversation with Family Office Exchange, Presage Global Founder & CEO Edward Marshall discusses why today's family offices must move beyond managing cyber, physical, financial, operational, and reputational risks in isolation. Instead, resilience is built by understanding how risks interact across every aspect of the family enterprise. The discussion explores: • Why family offices have become increasingly attractive targets for sophisticated threats. • The difference

In early June, the Five Eyes intelligence partnership agencies (ASIO, CSIS, the FBI, MI5 and NZSIS) released a joint bulletin, Safeguarding Our Secrets. It warns that Chinese intelligence officers are posing as recruiters and consultants for fake companies based outside China, using professional networking sites and job platforms to reach people with access to sensitive information. The method is pretty routine, patient, and ordinary. The approach has evolved from large-scale

A man walked into a US law firm pretending to be IT support. Once inside, he spoke Russian into his smart glasses, likely streaming a live view of the office computers to the people who sent him...in real time. CNN reported this week on the Silent Ransom Group. The pattern is the part worth analyzing. When hacking from a distance becomes more difficult or opportunity strikes, bad actors are able to send people directly into the building. Hired cyber criminal hands, inside the

Three former Big Law associates have been indicted in connection with an alleged insider trading scheme that prosecutors say spanned nearly a decade, involved dozens of transactions, and distributed confidential information from some of the nation's most respected law firms to a network of traders. The allegations are noteworthy because the firms involved had many of the security controls one would expect: document management systems, ethics walls, monitoring protocols, and c