Helping law firms and legal departments transform the way knowledge is shared and managed. An interview with Adeline Chin, Director and Co-Founder, Law Asia 365
Beginning in 2012, Adeline Chin launched a career as a legal knowledge management (KM) expert while working within a leading Malaysian law firm. This experience ultimately led her to found Law Asia 365, a comprehensive legal KM and management consultancy, based in Kuala Lumpur. In this […]
TechLaw.Fest 2020: Stars Align for Free Legal Tech Conference
TechLaw.Fest, Asia’s premier legal tech conference, has always benefited from stellar line-ups (2019’s edition notably boasted Sir Tim Berners-Lee as its keynote speaker). But this year, it takes advantage of COVID-19’s new normal to bring together its most impressive line-up of speakers yet, with headliners like […]
India’s online dispute resolution platform: An interview with Namita Shah, Co-founder, Presolv360
In 2017, Namita Shah Co-founded Mumbai-based Presolv360, an online alternative to traditional dispute resolution systems. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, she explains Presolv360’s services offer and details her extensive involvement in the ongoing expansion of legal technology and legal innovation in India. You’re Co-Founder […]
Insights into today’s practice of multijurisdictional family and divorce law: An interview with Samantha Gershon, Partner, Withers
Samantha Gershon is a Hong Kong-based Partner with Withers, specialized in multijurisdictional family and divorce law. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Gershon explains the depth of her experience and how it informs her practice, Withers’ competitive differentiators, how technology is helping support this practice […]
How one lawyer is “humanizing the litigation process”: An interview with Cassandra Lee
Cassandra Lee knew early on in life that not only did she want to be a lawyer – but that she wanted to specialize in litigation. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Lee describes what inspired her career in law, how her practice humanizes the […]
India: Economic Shock is Severe
The economic situation and severity of the Covid-19 crisis in India is now unfolding rather rapidly. The Reserve Bank’s annual report, while providing details on the current situation, has acknowledged that contraction in economic activity will likely prolong into Q2 and the path to recovery is […]
Innovation & Disruption – Innovation In Legal Tech In Asia
As hearings and trials now take place on video conferencing and the whole world is running on digital, the law firms working remotely have adopted Legal Tech (legal Technology) to align their processes. Know more about Legal Tech on our latest video! LawWiser brings you a Conversation […]
How To Think Future – Intellectual Properties And Its Importance For Startups
Intellectual Property has always been the most crucial and important point of discussion for every Startup. IP Protection is equally important like protecting yourself from any dispute. LawWiser brings you a Conversation between: Mahavir Pratap Sharma, Chairman – TiE, Siddharth Mahajan, Partner – Athena Legal, In the series – […]
By 2024, Asia will be home to 4 of the world’s top 5 economies: Legal leaders analyze how the “Asian Century” is impacting legal services
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently detailed that by 2024 – Asia will be home to 4 of the world’s top 5 economies. China, the United States, India, Japan, and Indonesia — will be those top 5 economies, in this order, by […]
A platform for interactive online commercial/legal document training. An interview with Ben Winslade, Founder, HONE
Ben Winslade is a lawyer in New Zealand who recently established HONE, a platform for interactive online commercial/legal document training. He’s also chair of LegalTech NZ. In this interview with Asia Law Portal, Winslade explains the inspiration for the founding of HONE, his background as a […]
Mental Health Issues in the Law, a Topic We All Need to Talk About
GRM’s Rob Green recently sat down with Frieda Levycky of Eversheds Sutherland and founder of http://www.bravingboundaries.com, a life coaching resource for all legal professionals to discuss mental health issues in the legal sector and the rise of stress, anxiety, depression and suicide in the industry. Rob […]
Withers hires senior disputes lawyer Chenthil Kumarasingam on the back of increased demand in dispute resolution
Withers has further developed its litigation and arbitration strengths in Asia with the hire of new partner Chenthil Kumarasingam and his team in Singapore, on the back of increased demand for dispute resolution services. Chenthil and his team join from Oon and Bazul LLP. Chenthil offers […]
India: Unlocking Benefits vs. Rising Covid-19 Cases
With the gradual unlock of the lockdown restrictions kicking in across various parts of the country, there are slim hopes of slow improvement in the economy. While some State Government are battling surges and the daily rise of new Covid-19 cases breaking new records, the Government […]
Know Your Law – Dodging The COVID Crisis In Sports Law
Even though the words pandemic and lockdown have become mundane, because of their consistent use, we cannot ignore the impact they have had on several sectors and industries. The Sports industry is one such sector that has also been on the receiving end of the lockdown. […]
India should support WTO discussions on investment facilitation, but negotiate a better deal to safeguard its interests
By Julien Chaisse & Arjun Solanki Introduction Recently the Union Minister of India said that India requires Rs 50-60 lakh crore in FDI to overcome the corona-hit economy.[1] Foreign Investors are facing many challenges by the Indian bureaucracy which makes the situation hard for them to […]
Comment: My educated mother had the audacity to work
Writing in the Financial Times in May 2019 the English novelist Jeanette Winterson reflected on 100 years of feminism. She wrote: “Exposing the craziness behind (sex) discrimination really matters because once any kind of discrimination is both accepted and acceptable every other kind gets the run of the road: […]