Greg Chew, general counsel and chief legal officer, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

Greg Chew, general counsel and chief legal officer, Nanyang Technological University (NTU)

In Conversation

As general counsel to one of Asia’s leading universities, Greg Chew has been close to some of the region’s pioneering tech projects. But operating within a public institution means getting creative with technology.

Legal innovation is not only about technology, but the way lawyers operate. Most lawyers used to see an in-house role as a way of having better work life balance – this has changed and so have the expectations around them. To be a legal innovator you need to be a solution provider. Technical expertise is a given, being a solution provider is the next step, and the final and more significant part of legal innovation is being a thought leader.

Even though Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU) is a public funded university and a charity, we have leveraged our digital tools very significantly.

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