

CEO Azmul Haque featured on the Tech Talk Stage at TechLaw.Fest 2018 next week
FirstCOUNSEL CEO Azmul Haque will be speaking at the 1st ever TechLaw.Fest next week! He will be posing the question and speaking about: “Can Big Law Innovate: Perspectives from a Recovering Big Law-yer”. Come hear him speak on Thursday 5 April from 11:45am-12:00pm on the Tech Talk stage. You can find the schedule of event speakers here. Jointly organised by the Singapore Academy of Law and Corp Agency, TechLaw.Fest will bring together leading thinkers in the space of Technol


Upcoming events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs
Singapore has such a dynamic ecosystem that sometimes the number of events offered can be overwhelming. Here at FirstCOUNSEL, we're going to help you out by putting together a curated list of upcoming events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs: Apr 4-6 - TechLaw.Fest 2018 (Suntec Convention Centre) Get discounted & Free visitor tickets here Apr 9 - Leverage the Digital Economy (SME Center@SMF) Free Apr 10 - Creating Diverse and Inclusive Teams (Impact Hub) Free


Uber agrees on South-east Asian sale to Grab
TODAY file photo "SINGAPORE — Uber Technologies has reached an agreement to sell its Southeast Asian ride-hailing business to rival Grab and could announce the deal as early as Monday (Mar 26) morning in Singapore, people familiar with the matter said." Read more about the sale here.


COO Linda Schindler featured in Girls in Tech Singapore
By Huifen Zheng In this new digital age, all industries are up for disruption, and the legal industry is no different. Girls in Tech Singapore interviewed Linda Schindler, COO of FirstCOUNSEL, and found out more about her journey: from being a lawyer in the Silicon Valley, to running a legaltech startup in Singapore. Traditionally, law firms have been billing their clients by the hour, and legal services have generally been considered to be expensive for startups and small bu


A Primer on Initial Coin Offerings, Blockchain and Crypto-currency: Rehash (Singapore)
Back by popular demand, FirstCOUNSEL CEO/co-founder Azmul Haque and law firm Collyer Law are re-hashing this private (invite-only) seminar that deals with some of the legal, regulatory and commercial issues in connection with making an Initial Coin Offering. Agenda: Gain an overview of, and the link between, an ICO, blockchain & cryptocurrencies Latest trends of ICO launches and a risk-reward analysis of investments in an ICO Understand the consequences of ICO boom for the c


CEO/co-founder Azmul Haque speaks to captive Silicon Valley audience at Blk71 and 500 Startups SF l
(Photos from 500Startups SF) Last week, FirstCOUNSEL CEO/co-founder and Collyer Law LLC Managing Director Azmul Haque traveled halfway across the world to speak in front of captive Silicon Valley crowds at Block71 and 500 Startups in San Francisco. At Block71 SF, the launchpad for Singaporean tech startups into the United States and the gateway for Silicon Valley companies to enter the Southeast Asia market, he helped the startups there by giving a primer on IP Law and negoti


FirstCOUNSEL CEO Azmul Haque talks ICOs at SOLD OUT event in Hong Kong
This Friday, FirstCOUNSEL co-founder/CEO Azmul Haque will give a talk to a full house on ICOs, blockchain and cryptocurrency at the amazing entrepreneurs’ club, Mettā, in Hong Kong. At this talk, the audience will: Gain an overview of, and the link between, an ICO, blockchain & cryptocurrencies Latest trends of ICO launches and a risk-reward analysis of investments in an ICO Understand the consequences of ICO boom for the cryptocurrency industry and venture capital financing


Upcoming events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs
Singapore has such a dynamic ecosystem that sometimes the number of events offered can be overwhelming. Here at FirstCOUNSEL, we're going to help you out by putting together a curated list of upcoming events in Singapore for start-ups, SMEs and entrepreneurs: Mar 2 - Pitch Perfect! How to Properly Pitch Your Startup (free) Mar 8 - Tough as Nails: International Women's Day panel at WeWork (free) Mar 16 - A Primer on Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs), Blockchain, and Crypto-currenc