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There May Yet be Hope for Lawyers Exploring Relationship and Service Quality for Increased Value and as Competitive Barriers in Legal Departments
In his ominously titled book, “The End of Lawyers?” , Richard Susskind warns of the impending risk of lawyers being replaced by technology.
The legal industry is being fundamentally disrupted...Read more
Audrey Ng
Head of Legal, South East Asia, State Street, Singapore
The New Digital Landscape Digital Smarts – A Post Covid Necessity for Leaders
The Covid-19 crisis has seen the emergence of a digital divergence. Online businesses are on the quick ascendance, while bricks and mortar businesses are moving in the opposite direction, on...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Workplace Mental Health - A Priority for Leader Lawyers
Even before Covid, workplaces have been changing rapidly. Organisations have increasingly been required to deal with mental health challenges such as stress, burnout and executive loneliness. With the economic pressures...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Executive General Counsels - Lawyers Going Beyond Just Law
The COVID-19 pandemic has inundated lawyers in corporations with a multitude of challenges. In the past year, in-house lawyers aka General Counsels (GCs) have been providing valuable guidance to their...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Post Pandemic Corporate Lawyers in the New Normal
The recent months of pandemic lockdown has made us all familiar with seeing ourselves, family, friends and business contacts contained within ‘boxes’ that are now found in the ubiquitous virtual...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore
Future of Work in an Age of Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Technology 
I wrote this article to create greater awareness of the interconnection between work and technology and as a small contribution towards the wider, collective efforts for a human-centric future with...Read more
James Lau
Singapore
2 Essential Personality Traits In-House Counsels Need to Thrive and Succeed in an Age of Artificial Intelligence and in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous World
Having set out my perspective on the impact and implications of artificial intelligence, machine learning and technology on the legal profession in Asia, and having highlighted the need for...Read more
James Lau
Singapore
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
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...Read more
James Lau
Singapore
Wärtsilä Legal Hackathon: Case Study 
Global in-house legal counsel team embracing innovation and digitalisation. Someone might think that Legal would not be among the first organisations to embrace innovation and digitalisation but luckily in the...Read more
Mia Kärkinen
Senior Legal Counsel, Wärtsilä Corporation, Singapore
Sam Ong
Legal Counsel for the Middle East and Asia, Wärtsilä Singapore Pte, Singapore
Lawyers on Boards: Going Beyond the ‘Legal’ Label
Lawyers bring a different and valuable perspective as directors to the boards of listed companies. This is often underappreciated as lawyers are seen as just legal advisors rather than individuals...Read more
Jeffery Tan
Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer , Jardine Cycle & Carriage Limited, Singapore