Reading Time: 1 minutesAsiaLawNetwork was invited to be part of a panel to discuss “The Changing Face of Legal Services” with an audience from Meritas Law Firms Worldwide and hosted by Joyce A. Tan & Partners LLC at The Fairmont, Singapore on 16 Feb 2017. The panel discussed how law is one of the last few industries to adopt […]
[Photos] LegalTech Night Out — IBM Watson (@ The Mad Poet)
Reading Time: 1 minutesThis week, AsiaLawNetwork co-hosted a Legal Tech Meetup event with zhiANT at The Mad Poet. We had 101 sign ups and saw a huge turnout to listen to Lye King Tho (Business Partnerships ASEAN at IBM Watson) and Simon Lim (Country Manager at IBM Digital Business Group) share more about what AI is, and how it might potentially […]
[Photos] Small Law Firms and State Courts & Family Justice Courts Committees’ Luncheon @ State Courts
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Law Society of Singapore and AsiaLawNetwork.com co-organized a luncheon for lawyers together with the Small Law Firms Committee and the State Courts & Family Justice Courts Committee last week. The luncheon was oversubscribed within 2 days and we had a great turnout at the State Courts Bar Room for 70+ lawyers where the audience had lunch […]
Lawyers’ Profiles Visualized In A WordCloud
Reading Time: 2 minutesA Word Cloud of Lawyers in our Network Since we at AsiaLawNetwork.com have a data-driven culture like most startups, we decided to create a Word Cloud from the text from all the lawyers on our platform to look for any interesting trends. How do lawyers describe themselves? What are the most frequently used words? The […]
Pro bono: Singapore lawyer Samuel Ng gives practical legal tips for startups
Reading Time: 8 minutesThis article was originally published in e27, one of our partners for our December series of Facebook Live Q&A focused on Startups. You can read the original article HERE. Let’s talk about Founder’s agreements — what do we need to know? A Founder’s agreement is the document that binds and governs the relationships between the […]
Pro Bono: Practical fintech startup legal advice from Lawyer WanHsi Yeong and Startupbootcamp fintech director Sam Hall
Reading Time: 7 minutesThis article was originally published in e27, one of our partners for our December series of Facebook Live Q&A focused on Startups. You can read the original article HERE. Here is some legal advice for startups in one of the most exciting and fast-changing industries in 2016 to 2017 Lawyer WanHsi Yeong and Startupbootcamp FinTech […]
BEAM X AsiaLawNetwork — Startup Community Gathering (Photographs)
Reading Time: 1 minutesWe had a great chat with startup entrepreneurs from Fundnel, Bolt, Wantedly, Asia Law Network, and BEAM to talk about hiring, funding, growing the business and finding legal advice. Here are a couple of snaps from the event. You can watch the Facebook Live broadcast of the event HERE. Cherilyn Tan, CEO of AsiaLawNetwork facilitated the event and […]
Lawyer Feature: Mark Toh (Engelin Teh Practice LLC)
Reading Time: 4 minutesMost prized possession I value a possession by the memories which are evoked by that particular possession, regardless of monetary value. My most prized possession is therefore the one which has the most delightful memories tied to it. One thing I prize greatly is a box of handmade cards and notes from children whom I […]
A Practical Guide to the Singapore Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA)
Reading Time: 9 minutesThere is probably a lot of personal data about you that has already been collected by commercial parties Today, vast amounts of your personal data can be collected and transferred to third party organizations. For example, data about your address, email, gender and age may be collected whenever you fill up your particulars in a sign-up […]
Photo Gallery — behind the scenes of our our first Facebook Live Q&A with Samuel Ng (a Smash Hit)!
Reading Time: 2 minutesOur first Facebook Live Q&A with Lawyers was a hit! We launched our first Facebook Live Q&A with lawyers today with our partners and it was an incredible hit! Startup lawyer Samuel Ng from BlackOak LLC spent an hour with us to answer your questions including topic such as enforcing NDAs, hiring lawyers for negotiations, […]
Facebook Live Q&A with Lawyers for Startups
Reading Time: 3 minutesAsiaLawNetwork is launching a series of FB Live Q&A with lawyers to answer questions that Startups might have. For the next 4 weeks, we will broadcast live on Facebook with various startup lawyers to answer your questions on starting up ranging from data privacy to raising funds and drafting contracts. You can sign up for […]
A Definitive and Practical Guide to the Regulatory Sandbox in Singapore
Reading Time: 13 minutesFinTech is on the rise globally There has been a surge in popularity and interest in FinTech all over the world. Not only are startups spearheading FinTech innovation, but many banks and financial institutions are also exploring the idea of FinTech and committing significant resources to it. FinTech also brings about new regulatory challenges However, […]