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22: Legal tech and the law: artificial intelligence between anticipation and scepticism

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Hauptschule
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in deutscher Sprache

The legal industry has not yet taken full advantage of digitisation. This is about to change: artificial intelligence and legal tech are on the rise and are the major areas to change the business of law – or the law of business.
The justice system, attorneys-at-law or big corporate legal departments: who will be the quickest to embrace new technologies and set the standards?

Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna
Chief Content Architect, Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH, Munich
Manager, Blockchain Enthusiast & Consultant, Ernst & Young Management Consulting GmbH, Vienna
Director, Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
Founder, Future Law; Founder and Managing Director, Seinfeld Professionals, Vienna Chair

Dr. Bertram BURTSCHER

Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna

1995 Mag. rer. nat., Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, University of Innsbruck
1995-1996 Expert Advisor, Biological Weapons Divison, UNSCOM - United Nations Special Commission, Iraq
1998 Mag. Jur., University of Innsbruck
1999 Dr. jur., University of Innsbruck
 Since 2000 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Vienna

M.A. Christian DIRSCHL

Chief Content Architect, Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH, Munich

1988-1993 Master of Arts Degree, linguistic information science and general psychology, University Regensburg
1993-1997 Department Conceptual Design and Analysis, SBR, Nürnberg
1997-2001 IT Consultant, ATOSS Software AG, Munich
2001-2009 Project Manager; Head of CMS team, Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH
since 2009 Chief Content Architect; Head of Content Strategy and Architecture, Wolters Kluwer Deutschland GmbH, Munich

Mag. Andreas FREITAG

Manager, Blockchain Enthusiast & Consultant, Ernst & Young Management Consulting GmbH, Vienna

2009-2011 Senior Consultant, Raiffeisen Informatik GmbH, Vienna
2011-2013 Senior Project Manager, Oracle Austria GmbH, Vienna
2013-2016 Business Operation Manager, Oracle Austria GmbH, Vienna
since 2016 Manager; Blockchain Consultant, EY - Ernst & Young Management Consulting GmbH, Vienna
 Andreas Freitag is working as Manager in Advisory Services in Vienna.
 His topics are Blockchain- and Distributed Ledger Technology.
 He has 14 years of experience in consulting and project management.
 He attended the University of Economics and Business Administration in Vienna and before the School of Electrical Engineering in Hollabrunn.
 Currently (05/2017) he is engaged in a European energy trading Blockchain pilot and running a project for green gas energy certification on a Blockchain.

Markus HARTUNG

Director, Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg

1989 Lawyer; Sole practitioner; Berlin
1996-1999 Partner, Oppenhoff & Raedler, Berlin
1999-2000 Managing Partner, Oppenhoff & Raedler, Frankfurt
2001-2009 German Managing Partner, Linklaters, Frankfurt/London
 Since 2010 Director, Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession, Bucerius Law School, Hamburg
 Since 2011 Chairman, Committee on Professional Regulation, German Bar Association, Berlin

Mag. Sophie MARTINETZ

Founder, Future Law; Founder and Managing Director, Seinfeld Professionals, Vienna

2000 Graduation from law, University of Vienna
2000-2002 Executive Production Assistant, diverse film productions
2002-2004 In-House Lawyer, Bertelsmann/ Fremantle Media, Berlin; London
2004-2007 Media Finance, Barclays Corporate Banking, London
2007-2008 Head of Global Referal Unit, Barclays Corporate Banking, London
2008-2011 Head of Corporate Business Services, Bawag PSK, Vienna
since 2012 Founder; Managing Director, Seinfeld Professionals, Vienna
since 2016 Founder, Future Law, Vienna

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