Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Technology and the Legal Profession—Perspective of an Asian Chief Legal Officer

James Lau, Chief Legal Officer, NatSteel Holdings Pte. Ltd., A TATA Enterprise, Singapore

Many articles and books have been written on the impact of artificial intelligence, machine learning and technology on the future of work and of professions; some of which with exaggerated titles such as, for instance, the well-known book by Professor Richard Susskind OBE , The End of Lawyers? : Rethinking the nature of Legal Services and Baruch Lev & Feng Gu, The End of Accounting and the Path Forward for Investors and Managers .

James Lau Chief Legal Officer with 25 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.

NatSteel® Holdings Pte. Ltd. is well-known Singapore subsidiary of TATA® Steel Limited, a Fortune 500 Company. TATA® Group’s total revenue in financial year 2016-2017 was USD100.39 billion, of which 64.14% was from outside India. Its key companies are TATA® Communications Services Limited, TATA® Motors Limited (of which Land Rover and Jaguar are part), TATA® Power Limited and TATA® Steel Limited.