AIFC LegalTech Podcast

In this episode of the AIFC LegalTech Podcast, host Mark Beer OBE talks to Tara Waters, Partner, Head of Ashurst Advance Digital and Jennifer Swallow, Director – LawtechUK at Tech Nation and Sally Sfeir-Tait - CEO of RegulAItion about data in legal practice.

In this episode of the AIFC LegalTech Podcast, host Mark Beer OBE talks to Sally Guyer, Global CEO at World Commerce & Contracting; Chair of the Board at Open Contracting Partnership; Professor In Practice at Durham University Business School; Fellow at The RSA about the innovations in e-commerce and the future of contracts. 

Chairman of the AIFC LawTech Advisory Council and podcast host Mr Mark Beer OBE talks with Dr Roland Vogl, Executive Director of CodeX – the Stanford Center for Legal Informatics and Executive Director of the Stanford Program in Law, Science and Technology. In this episode, you will learn about an alternative career path for law graduates; the role of regulators in protecting consumers and promoting innovation; CodeX and its exciting projects; game-changing technologies in the legal tech space, and much more!

In this episode, Mr Mark Beer OBE hosted Dr Daniel Katz, Professor of Law at Illionois Tech – Chicago Kent College of Law. How to start a successful LegalTech company? Start with an idea that really solves a problem that people face, says Dr Katz, who co-founded LexPredict that was acquired by Elevate in 2018. Mr Beer and Dr Katz have also discussed the role of regulators in the legal industry, the future models of law firms, the use technology in courts around the world, and whether the justice can be privatized.

In this episode, Mr Mark Beer OBE spoke with Dr Stefan Jeitler, Associate General Counsel at Plug & Play Tech Center about key elements of a successful startup, a lawyer’s life in Silicon Valley, the most promising legal technology solution, and a perfect law firm.

In this episode, Mr Mark Beer OBE spoke with Dr Sam Muller. During this fascinating discussion, Dr Muller compared legal and medical sectors, spoke about ‘justice epidemiology’ and justice’s impact on the economic development. He also shared his view about the ways to help lawyers become more innovative and what we can learn from green economy. The final part of the podcast episode was devoted to the challenges that justice ministers around the world face and Dr Muller’s three pieces of advice on designing a perfect justice system.

The podcast’s host, Mr Mark Beer OBE talked to Mr David Tuganov, Director, Neirostorm about design thinking, the use of a human-centered approach in the public sector, and implementing design thinking in a startup.

In this episode of the AIFC LegalTech Podcast, host Mark Beer OBE interviews Sophia Adams Bhatti about the legal regulation, access to justice, and the future of lawyers and law firms beyond COVID-19.

In this episode of the AIFC LegalTech Podcast, host Mark Beer OBE talks to Dr. Mimi Zou, Co-founder of Oxford University's Deep Tech Dispute Resolution Lab about the legal innovation, the future of law, and the role of Artificial Intelligence in the legal industry. 

In this episode of the AIFC LegalTech Podcast, host Mark Beer OBE talks to Dr. Alessandro Palombo, CEO and Co-founder of Jur AG about smart contracts, online dispute resolution, and online courts.

In this episode of the AIFC LegalTech Podcast, host Mark Beer OBE talks to Helen Tung, Founder of NewSpace2060 and Barrister at Hamdan Al Shamsi Lawyers & Legal Consultants about space law and other related legal issues in the space law arena.

Dr. Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor of Astana International Financial Centre shares his observations on creating the financial hub of the future, the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and legal technology.