Digitalisation Challenges in Singapore

In part 3 of this podcast series on digital transformation, Kenneth Lo and Harry Evans from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Singapore office (members of HSF's Digital Law Group) discuss the digitalisation challenges in Singapore.

Tune in to find out what digitalisation challenges to look out for and also learn about how to make your company's digital journey smoother.

Singapore's Public & Private Sector push for Digital Transformation and Impact of Digitalisation in Singapore. In part 2 of this podcast series on digital transformation, Kenneth Lo and Harry Evans from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Singapore office (members of HSF's Digital Law Group) discuss Singapore's public and private sector push for digital transformation. They further discuss whether the take up or impact of digitalisation has been particularly positive.Tune in to learn about how your company can benefit from digitalisation.

Part 1 - The key considerations and common issues that arise. In Part 1 of this podcast series on Digital Transformation, Yosuke Homma from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) Tokyo office (a member of HSF's Digital Law Group) hosts Natasha Blycha (Global Head of Digital Law) and Susannah Wilkinson (Digital Law Lead APAC) to discuss the common issues that arise in the digital transformation journey for our client organisations – for the business as well as for their internal legal functions.

In episode 3 of our Tech Disputes podcast series Revolution or evolution?, we take a look at software audit disputes and data licensing disputes. Compliance with software and data licences, which can be at times vague and/or onerous, has long been a problem for legal and compliance departments, and as more and more companies engage in digital transformation, the reliance on third party software and data services is growing across all sectors. This is leading to substantial risk of non-compliance for customers, which will come to light when the vendor exercises its contractual rights to audit licence compliance. Remediating shortfalls can often attract multimillion £ fees and the negotiations between vendors and customers can become fraught and potentially litigious in their own right. This episode explores the way in which these disputes can unfold, and the different approaches and levers each side can look to employ in a contentious audit situation. It also looks at the practical steps customers can take in order to avoid over deployment risks in the first place, both at the contracting stage, and during the contract life cycle. Speakers: Andrew Moir, Heather Newton and Peter Dalton

In episode 2 of our Tech Disputes podcast series Revolution or evolution?  we take a look at trade secrets Disputes – protecting your key business information.

Innovation needs to happen at a rapid pace. IP rights are key to locking in the investment made in innovation but in the short term, trade secrets can play a very significant role.

The increasing number of questions we have been getting from clients over the past few years on trade secrets has been really noticeable. This has been driven by the need to protect tech innovation and key business information, data and business methods that a company wishes to keep exclusively for themselves. Trade secret theft is becoming an increasing issue, whether mediated by cyber-attacks or employees (or ex-employees).

The key questions we will cover in this podcast, with practical examples:

• Why are trade secrets an important remedy to be able to rely on? 
• How do you go about protecting trade secrets adequately? 
• How do you enforce your trade secrets?

Fences and ambulances: Ambulances at the bottom – dealing with when it goes wrong.

The first episode in our latest podcast series "Revolution or evolution? Technology and the changing dispute resolution landscape" takes a look into disputes involving IT contracts (whether relating to major transformational or sourcing programmes or managed services) in three bitesize chunks.

In part 3, we look at legal routes and practical considerations once parties are in dispute.

Speakers: Rachel Lidgate (Partner) Martin Hevey (Senior Associate) Jeremy Purton (Senior Associate)

Fences and ambulances: Fences at the top – mitigating risk early and often.

The first episode in our latest podcast series "Revolution or evolution? Technology and the changing dispute resolution landscape" takes a look into disputes involving IT contracts (whether relating to major transformational or sourcing programmes or managed services) in three bitesize chunks.

In part two we consider what can be done when contracting to reduce the risk of disputes further down the line and what strategies can assist parties when contentious issues emerge during a project.

Speakers: Rachel Lidgate (Partner) Martin Hevey (Senior Associate) Jeremy Purton (Senior Associate)

Fences and ambulances: Disputes between IT customers and suppliers.

The first episode in our latest podcast series "Revolution or evolution? Technology and the changing dispute resolution landscape" takes a look into disputes involving IT contracts (whether relating to major transformational or sourcing programmes or managed services) in three bitesize chunks.

In part 1, we discuss the types of disputes we see arising between tech suppliers and customers.

Speakers: Rachel Lidgate (Partner) Martin Hevey (Senior Associate) Jeremy Purton (Senior Associate)

This month, Dana Kim has invited Kum Sun Kim, corporate attorney at Microsoft Korea who shares her views on diversity in the technology industry and how women can utilize the power of technology to progress in their career.Watch the video version here: https://www.herbertsmithfreehills.com/latest-thinking/women-in-tech.

This month Yana Ivanova has invited one of the prominent figures in the Russian technology sector – Anna Serebryanikova President of the Russian Big Data Association to discuss her opinions on what challenges women face, the opportunities provided, and how women manage complexity in the tech industry today especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.