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How In-House Counsels in Asia can Thrive and Succeed in an Age of Artificial Intelligence and in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous World

December 2019
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Abstract

Having set out my perspective on the impact and implications of artificial intelligence, machine learning and technology on the legal profession in Asia, let me share my own personal perspective on how in-house counsels in Asia can thrive and succeed in an age of artificial intelligence (“AI”) and in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (“VUCA”) world.

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James Lau
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James Lau Chief Legal Officer with 30 years both contentious and non-contentious international cross-border transactional and dispute-resolution experience acquired through a combination of private practice at industry-leading law firms and in-house roles at Fortune 500 Multinational Corporations.

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