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The General Counsel’s Last Great Brief: Preparing for Life After the Title
Research increasingly shows that senior professionals struggle not with the financial mechanics of retirement but with the psychological vacuum that follows it. A recent study published in Harvard Business School’s...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Human and the Loop: What are we Assuming About the Human?
Most lawyers who regularly use generative AI have probably had the following experience. They ask an AI system to review a contract, summarise a regulatory development or produce a...Read more
Audrey Ng
Head of Legal, South East Asia, State Street, Singapore
The General Counsel is Not There to Say “No” Legal Brilliance is Table Stakes. What Matters More is Judgment, Trust — And the Courage to Guide Risk Rather Than Avoid it.
After more than four decades in the law — the last ten as general counsel of a major Asian conglomerate, and earlier years in international firms and in-house roles at...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
In-House Lawyers are Evolving From Legal Brain to Corporate Conscience
For decades, the General Counsel (GC) occupied the periphery of corporate life: a risk-averse technician of contracts and compliance. Those days are gone. In an age of regulatory scrutiny, geopolitical...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
In-House Lawyers are Evolving From Legal Brain to Corporate Conscience
For decades, the General Counsel (GC) occupied the periphery of corporate life: a risk-averse technician of contracts and compliance. Those days are gone. In an age of regulatory scrutiny, geopolitical...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Addressing Mental Health in the Legal Workplace of Tomorrow
Mental health in the legal workplace has become a critical issue in recent years, with increasing awareness of its impact on productivity, employee wellbeing and organisational resilience. As workplaces evolve...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Taming the AI ‘Beast’ Without Losing Ourselves: A Lawyer’s View On AI, Work & Mental Well-Being
The rise of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the workplace is a double-edged sword. On one hand, it promises unparalleled efficiency, cost savings and innovation. On the other, it fuels anxiety,...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Moving Beyond Titles & Positions: Becoming ‘Romeos’ and Embracing a Post-Career Life
Retirement marks a significant transition in life, often accompanied by a shift in identity and purpose.
For many individuals, their sense of self has been closely tied to their professional...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
How can lawyers and clients best work together?
We often hear about clients and lawyers frustrated with each other. Certainly, both sides would have wished to avoid the disappointment. However, do we know how to forge a healthy...Read more
Andy Soh
Global General Counsel, Abdul Latif Jameel , Singapore
How one lawyer discovered the ‘Boomerang Effect’ of Doing Good
A friend recently observed that lawyers (like many other professions) have the potential to apply their work skills to do good for the community.
He noted that practitioners of the legal...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore