Managing Critical Issues & Risks Across Emerging Markets

Speyside Group provides an analytical assessment of Mexico's General Circular Economy Law (LGEC), the framework that introduces Extended Producer Responsibility and circular-design obligations for companies handling plastics, packaging, glass, and paper. With the Regulation due July 19, 2026 and the National Program due in early 2027, this insight maps the pending instruments, the regulatory timeline, and the concrete steps companies should take now to shape their sector obligations

Speyside Group provides an analytical assessment of the complex operating environment in sub-Saharan Africa by unpacking How Does Mining Regulation Work in the DRC. Last revised through major amendments in 2018, the DRC’s regulatory framework, governed by the Mining Code and Mining Regulations, seeks to balance mineral sovereignty with international investments. While the government has made notable efforts to improve compliance by aligning its policies with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), the operational landscape remains heavily characterized by severe implementation gaps, infrastructure bottlenecks, and institutional capacity constraints. For global mining and energy investors, navigating the country's strategic cobalt, copper, and gold reserves requires a sophisticated approach to rising fiscal demands, strict local ownership requirements, and rapidly shifting geopolitical alliances.

Speyside Group provides a strategic perspective on accelerating market entry within Brazil's healthcare sector by analyzing how to optimize ANVISA Approval Times. A widespread perception among international life sciences firms is that navigating Brazil's national health regulator is a prohibitive, five-year endeavor. However, an operational analysis reveals that this timeline is rarely driven by the statutory framework itself, which mandates legal review deadlines of 120 days for priority cases and 365 days for ordinary ones. Instead, prolonged market access bottlenecks are primarily structural and behavioral, caused by mismatched dossier formatting, a failure to utilize optimized fast-track sub-categories, and falling into successive technical clarification cycles (fila de exigências). To counter these systemic delays, multinational corporations (MNCs) must pivot toward a sophisticated regulatory strategy built on regulatory reliance pathways, early alignment with optimized priority definitions, and precise tracking of ANVISA’s shifting technical parameters.