AI Panel: Charting Your Course in Artificial Intelligence

Vaibhav Verdhan is a seasoned data science professional with rich experience spanning across geographies and domains. He is a published author with books on machine learning and deep learning. He is a hands-on technical expert and has led multiple engagements in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. He is a leading industry expert, is a regular speaker at conferences and meet-ups and mentors students and professionals. Currently, he is working as an Adv Analytics Lead in the capacity of a Director at AstraZeneca UK.

Minesh is a Partner in the firm’s Disputes & Investigations team and is also the firm’s Global AI Lead.

Minesh’s practice focuses on contentious commercial and regulatory issues, principally in the telecoms, media and technology (TMT) sector. He has represented numerous TMT clients on litigation, arbitration and investigation matters (including tech regulatory and data privacy investigations).

Minesh has acted on complex disputes relating to technology equipment, telecoms equipment, IT services / outsourcing, software development, licensing and maintenance, cloud services, AI and media rights.

As a Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil), Minesh appears as counsel in litigation and arbitration proceedings. He has experience of arbitration under the LCIA, ICC, HKIAC, SIAC, DIAC, ADCCAC and UNCITRAL rules, as well as expert determination. Minesh is an accredited mediator with the Society of Mediators and regularly advises clients on alternative dispute resolution.

Minesh is an industry-recognised leader in AI law. He is Chair of the Society for Computers and Law (SCL) AI Group, he has contributed chapters in Artificial Intelligence: Law and Regulation and is currently writing chapters for another forthcoming book on AI law, and he is regularly invited to speak at events on AI law (he has previously spoken on behalf of the United Nations). Minesh increasingly advises clients across all sectors on legal, regulatory and ethical issues relating to AI (including data privacy issues, contractual AI issues, responsible AI and AI disputes).

Minesh’s expertise in AI law has been recognised through various awards, including ‘Rising Star: Private Practice’ at the British Legal Awards 2022. His work on AI explainability – including advising on the world’s first AI Explainability Statement to receive input from a regulator – was shortlisted at the Legal Innovation Awards 2022 and the Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Awards Europe 2022.

Minesh has a first class degree in Law from the University of Oxford. He has previously worked in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Paris, and has also spent time working in-house in the regulatory investigations team of a ‘big tech’ company.

Jayne is a partner in the Disputes & Investigations team and heads up the TMT disputes group. Jayne has extensive experience of complex, high-value disputes, in international arbitration, litigation and mediation. She is focused on the fields of technology and telecoms and has been awarded an Executive Certificate in Computer Science for Lawyers, from Harvard Law School. Jayne is an active member of the firm’s International Arbitration Group and is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, and the Young LCIA and ICC groups.

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