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There’s perhaps no more exciting time to be a lawyer in the technology sector. As innovation accelerates, tech lawyers are often “making the road by walking,” navigating uncharted legal terrain while helping shape fast‑evolving regulatory frameworks across areas such as privacy, cybersecurity, AI governance, digital platforms, fintech, employment, and competition law.

But how does one build a legal career in tech? What pathways have successfully led lawyers into this space? What skills do technology companies look for in candidates today—particularly amid emerging developments such as AI‑specific regulation and cross‑border data governance? And what is day‑to‑day life actually like as an in‑house tech lawyer in 2026?

These questions and more will be explored through the APAC Tech Legal Externship, a program designed for 3^rd and 4^th year law students, trainee lawyers, and lawyers in their first or second year of practice based in Singapore who are interested in connecting with experienced in‑house counsel in the tech industry.

Join the founders and organizers of the APAC Tech Legal Externship for a panel discussion on life as an in‑house tech lawyer and an overview of the 2026 edition of the program. The session will cover current legal and regulatory trends shaping tech‑sector practice and provide plenty of time for Q&A.

About the Speakers

Peter Fairman
Global Head of Risk Legal, Stripe

Peter leads the global Risk Legal team at Stripe, who advise Stripe’s risk teams on a broad variety of matters including, for example, enablement of high-risk users and business verticals; and management of the risks faced by Stripe in the course of doing business (e.g. credit risk, fraud risk). Prior to joining Stripe in November 2021, Peter worked for Sea Group, globally managing financial services regulatory matters across the group. Peter trained at Linklaters LLP in London before moving to Singapore in 2016, and was an associate in the Linklaters Singapore financial regulation group until joining Sea in 2019.

Teddy Tang
Senior Corporate Counsel,
Strategic Expansion and Enterprise GTM Legal, Worldpay

Teddy is Corporate Counsel Senior in Worldpay, advising on end‑to‑end regulatory and product enablement advice across APAC and select global markets across a wide range of matters, including payments regulations and scheme/network rules. Prior to joining Worldpay in March 2022, Teddy was a managing associate in Linklaters Singapore’s financial regulation group. He is also a proud alumnus of NUS Law.