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Transforming Legal Service Delivery in Asia-Pacific with AI: What In-House Counsel Need to Know from ALITA’s SOLIA Report 2025

February 9, 2026

BRIAN W TANG The Asia-Pacific Legal Innovation & Technology Association (ALITA) State of Legal Innovation in Asia-Pacific (SOLIA) Report 2025 that contains a survey conducted by ALITA in conjunction with LexisNexis arrives at a moment when legal teams across the Asia Pacific region are feeling both the pace and pressure of transformation. As the findings make clear, AI is no longer an optional experiment. It has become part of the daily toolkit for many professionals, especially within in house teams that continue to carry rising expectations from business leaders. The expanding role of AI in daily work According to the ALITA SOLIA Report 2025, almost 90 percent of legal professionals surveyed say they are already using AI tools in some form. In house lawyers report even higher adoption, with nearly half using general purpose AI every day. The uses span the predictable but essential tasks. Drafting internal messages. Summarising long documents. Conducting quick research. Translating material across the region’s multiple languages. Despite this broad usage, many organisations still lack clear AI policies. That gap is noticeable because it shifts the responsibility onto individual lawyers who must decide be processed, and how output should be reviewed. The report suggests that responsible digital lawyering will need a more structured foundation than what currently exists. Where AI makes the biggest difference The benefits cited by respondents feel consistent with what many in house counsel report in practice. Time is saved on low value tasks. Operations move faster. Stakeholders receive clearer answers with quicker turnaround. For many, these efficiencies translate into an ability to keep pace with the business rather than...

AI: The Sound Of Silence?

May 26, 2025

As well as being a huge technology enthusiast, I have always been a big music fan and record collector. Therefore I was intrigued earlier this year when over one thousand musicians announced the release of a rather unusual new collaborative album. The list of these artists included some of my favourite artists such as New Order, Tori Amos, Pet Shop Boys, Kate Bush, and Public Service Broadcasting. The album was called “Is This What We Want?” and there was one aspect of the album which makes it very unusual indeed. The album is made up entirely of the sounds you would hear in an empty concert hall, music venue, or recording studio: there is no singing and no instrumentation on the album at all, just the sound of silence and the occasional cough or sound of a door opening or closing. It can be found on most streaming platforms although be warned it’s not a great listen (unless of course you really like experimental ambient music and/or John Cage!). The intention behind the album becomes clear when you read the album’s tracklisting. Read in order the tracklist spells out the phrase “The British Government Must Not Legalise Music Theft To Benefit AI Companies”. What does this mean? Unlike many jurisdictions, the UK does not allow text and data mining for commercial purposes. Text and data mining is however one of the ways in which artificial intelligence platforms are trained; AI platforms such as ChatGPT and DeepSeek, regardless of what they are being asked to generate, are producing their outputs by utilising all of the data they have been...

The Greater China IP Updates – August 2024

September 2, 2024

The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office Proposes Draft Amendments to the Patent Examination Guidelines The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) has recently proposed draft amendments in specific areas such as patent term extension calculations and who qualifies as an interested party in a patent invalidation. The main points are as follows: For patents relating to pharmaceutical inventions, if a regulatory approval shall be obtained in accordance with the Pharmaceutical Affairs Act or the Rare Disease and Orphan Drug Act for the exploitation of the patent, the patentee may apply for a patent term extension for the period in which the inventions cannot be exploited due to the absence of a regulatory approval. According to the Patent Examination Guidelines, the period from the day after the date of receiving the Notice for Collecting the Approval to the day of actually collecting the approval should be deducted from the term to be extended. Therefore, the patentee should submit a document of proof regarding the date of receiving the Notice for Collecting the Approval. Concerning the topic of an interested party in a patent invalidation, an interested party is now specified as a legally interested party, i.e. a party whose rights or legal benefits are directly impaired due to any controversy surrounding the patent right or the right to apply for a patent. If the invalidation petitioner provides a document of proof to establish such interest, as long as the patentee does not argue against it and the examiner does not foresee any problems, it is unnecessary to investigate the existence of such interest. However, if the patentee doubts the existence of the...

Who’s Afraid of AI? – Tech Tales with Paul Haswell

August 9, 2024

Join Paul Haswell, a partner at K&L Gates in Hong Kong, as he explores the transformative impact of technology on the legal profession in his new column for IHC Magazine. Paul offers insights into the challenges and opportunities for in-house and external counsel, providing thought-provoking perspectives on the future of law in the digital age. In his first article, he asks "Who's afraid of AI?"

IHC Magazine: July 2024 issue with focus on AML, Corruption and Sanctions

July 31, 2024

We are excited to announce the release of the latest issue of In-House Community Magazine! This edition is packed with insightful content that addresses the evolving landscape for in-house legal departments, from AI in legal practice to building future-ready teams.

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