Reading time: 22 minutes Written by Yiap Siew Fong | Edited by Josh Lee Kok Thong May 2024 was a particularly eventful month for legal technology in Hong Kong. It marked the return of the FT Innovative Lawyers Asia-Pacific Awards (“FT Awards”) to Hong Kong, showcasing the latest achievements in legal innovation throughout the region. The Hong Kong chapter […] The post Unlocking Innovation: Hong Kong’s Legal Technology Landscape appeared first on LawTech.Asia ..read more

Reading time: 11 minutes By Josh Lee | Edited by Elizaveta Shesterneva Supported by: Lenon Ong, Utsav Rakshit, Benjamin Peck, Ong Chin Ngee, Tristan Koh “In a year when a certain pesky virus turned the world upside down, how can a conference engage, encapsulate and elaborate upon all of the disruption seen in one year?” This must have been […] The post TechLaw.Fest 2020 Cyber Edition – A virtually transformative conference experience appeared first on LawTech.Asia ..read more

Reading time: 11 minutes Written by Tomoe Suzuki (Associate Author) | Mentored by Amelia Chew | Reviewed by Paul Neo  LawTech.Asia is proud to conclude the second run of its Associate Author (Winter 2019) Programme. The aim of the Associate Authorship Programme is to develop the knowledge and exposure of student writers in the domains of law and technology, […] The post Smart contracts and blockchain-based crowdsourced arbitration: A primer appeared first on LawTech.Asia ..read more

Reading time: 6 minutes Interview by Ong Chin Ngee, Lenon Ong and Elizaveta Shesterneva | Edited by Ong Chin Ngee TechLaw.Fest 2020 (“TLF”) will take place online from 28 September to 2 October 2020, becoming the virtual focal point for leading thinkers, leaders and pioneers in law, business and technology. In the weeks leading up to TLF, the LawTech.Asia team will be bringing you […] The post TechLaw.Fest 2020 Quick Chats: Mark A. Cohen, Executive Chairman of Digital Legal Exchange, CEO and Founder of Legal Mosaic, LIFTED Catalyst-in-Residence appeared first on LawTec ..read more

Reading time: 2 minutes We are proud to be recognised by the Singapore Academy of Law as an official media partner for TechLaw.Fest 2020! TechLaw.Fest 2020 (held from 28 September to 2 October 2020) is a signature convention in Singapore that will be the focal point for leading thinkers, leaders and pioneers in law and technology. How will one […] The post LawTech.Asia: Media Partner for TechLaw.Fest 2020! appeared first on LawTech.Asia ..read more

Reading time: 9 minutes By Lenon Ong, Sanjana Ayagari, Elizaveta Shesterneva | Edited by Josh Lee As part of our strategic media partnership with the Singapore Academy of Law, LawTech.Asia once again has the privilege of being appointed as media partner for TechLaw.Fest 2020. As the programme line-up for TechLaw.Fest 2020 begins to take shape, LawTech.Asia brings our readers […] The post TechLaw.Fest 2019 – Charting the Course of Disruption in Law and Technology appeared first on LawTech.Asia ..read more

Reading time: 10 minutes Written by Jennifer Lim and Irene Ng | Edited by Josh Lee Authors’ Note: *This article is a follow-up to LawTech.Asia’s earlier article on remote working, which can be found here. Introduction The recent global pandemic centering around Covid-19 has foisted large-scale digitalisation upon the legal industry. It has pressed firms, courts and clients to […] The post Conferencing Through COVID-19 appeared first on LawTech.Asia ..read more

Reading time: 10 minutes Written by Jasmine Ng (Associate Author) | Mentored by Andrew Wong | Reviewed by Yap Jia Qing Introduction From the ubiquitous presence of virtual assistants like Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, to the achievements of Google’s DeepMind technologies on facial recognition and machine learning, Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) and other data-based technology are a growing part of […] The post Legal Tech-ing Our Way to Justice appeared first on LawTech.Asia ..read more

Reading time: 5 minutes Interview by Amelia Chew & Ng Sock Cheng | Edited by Irene Ng Interview with Luca Castellani, Secretary of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group IV (Electronic Commerce)1 The Emergence Conference 2018, jointly hosted by the UNCITRAL Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific and the Asian Business Law Institute […] The post 2018 UNCITRAL Emergence Conference appeared first on LawTech.Asia ..read more

Reading time: 2 minutes Technology disrupts for the better of those prepared. Legal practice is hardly impervious to the implications that technology brings. The advent of blockchain and machine learning technologies is an opportunity, and a potential cost if not pursued. Conversely, the use of technology is equally subject to legal regimes and institutions. Developing a sensitivity to the […] The post Joint Call For Papers Law x Technology: Transforming the face of the Law appeared first on LawTech.Asia ..read more