The Opportunity of AI for the Legal Industry

Lawyers use artificial intelligence systems in compliance with the principles of legality, fairness, transparency and accountability. The technologies used must comply with applicable national regulations, and the use of AI must always be aimed at improving the quality of legal service, without compromising the rights and trust of clients.
Any adoption of AI must be carefully evaluated to ensure that the tools chosen are suitable and proportional to the specific purposes for which they are assumed to be used.
The informed use of artificial intelligence requires that lawyers maintain and constantly develop their technological skills. It is essential to understand the functionality and limitations of the AI systems used to ensure that the results are accurate and appropriate to the legal context. Lawyers must be able to identify and the risks associated with the use of AI while avoiding a dipendence from the automatic results. So essential are, in this context, periodic updating courses on AI and new technologies, to improve one’s knowledge of developments in the legal context.
Given the rapidity with which AI technologies evolve, it is fondamentaI that lawyers are familiar with the different market tools and are up-to-date on innovations and new developments. This requires constant monitoring aIer new AI solutions, assessing their suitability for the specific target context, verifying that they comply with current regulations and regulatory standards.
Our roster of speakers will share their views and practical experience around this cutting edge on going topic.

Presenters

Jack Li

Founding Partner, Jin Mao Partners

Shanghai

Jack Li (Zhiqiang Li) is the Founding Partner of Jin Mao Partners, the 30th President, Chair of Nominating Committee of IPBA, Arbitrator. Jack concurrently serves as an arbitrator for more than 50 domestic and international arbitration institutions.

Jack commenced the legal practicing in 1990, mainly engaged in dispute resolution, securities listing, project financing and other legal services. He has served as a legal consultant for more than 300 Chinese and foreign enterprises for restructuring and M&A, financing, IPO and for the Office Building project of Shanghai Government, China’s first Chinese-funded financial institution’s mortgage loan business, China’s largest joint venture project, the first RMB business of foreign banks, the first foreign-funded corporate banks to issue RMB bonds, China’s 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai Disney and other national major projects. Jack was the 8th Shanghai Top Ten Outstanding Youth in 2001 and as the chief editor for more than 30 legal books.

Matt Takeshi Komatsu

Partner, Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (s) Llp

Singapore

Matt Takeshi Komatsu is a Managing Partner at Mori Hamada & Matsumoto (Singapore) LLP. He focuses his practice on cross-border M&A, formation of joint ventures and corporate law across Asia. After studying in the US, he was seconded to the Civil Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Justice, where he worked on amendments to the Companies Act of Japan and researched corporate law in various jurisdictions. He has been advising various Private Equity Funds for their acquisitions across Asia and also has experiences to negotiate deals with Private Equity Funds being the counterparties

Riccardo Cajola

Managing Partner, Cajola & Associati

Milan

Riccardo G. Cajola is managing partner at Cajola & Associati, a law firm based in Milan. Riccardo served as Chief Technology Officer of the IPBA until 2024 and he is currently President of the Tax Commission at the Union International des Avocats. His practice is focused on transactional, tax and commercial work, in the area of distributorships, as well as M&A, private equity investments, corporate restructurings, and a variety of other general corporate transactions.
He currently serves as member of the supervisory boards and of the statutory auditor boards of several domestic corporations, mostly belonging to multinational groups.
Riccardo Cajola is editor and co-author of several legal publications and he is a frequent speaker at national and international conferences.
He graduated at Università degli Studi di Milano and as LL.M. in International legal Studies in Washington D.C. at American University, Washington College of Law.

Winston Chunqing Jin

Partner, Fangben Law Firm

Shanghai

Mr. Jin Chunqing is the Senior Partner of Fangben law firm operating Shanghai, Beijing, Suzhou, Wuxi, Changzhou, Nanjing, Haikou, Lianyungang and Yancheng offices. He has pursued his educational cause and lawyering career from the year of 1986. Mr. Jin Chunqing has been an international business lawyer and an international arbitrator. Almost exclusively, he has been rendered his legal services to numerous European and American companies, in his capacity of PRC legal counsel and/or director/supervisor to the same.
Since 2005, he has been acting as the arbitrator dynamically for China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission and Shanghai International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission. Mr. Jin Chunqing specializes in International Business Law and his major expertise includes International Investment (including trans-border M&A), International Construction, International Trade and International Technology License.