“Code is Law” – three famous words of Professor Lawrence Lessig back in 1999, when the Internet as the first important “cyberspace” emerged. This raised fundamental questions about how Code will impact our legal environment. Since then IT has further moved into our lives and now eventually reaches out to the legal profession. Major questions raised since then are still valid. Apart from fundamental questions how to effectively regulate Code, the legal profession needs to position itself: Shall we embrace IT, shall we avoid it, or just wait and see? Semantic tools demonstrate how close technology and the legal profession are – or could be.
Corporate Legal, Head of Contracts & Projects
OMV Aktiengesellschaft
omv.com
After ten years of law firm experience with major Austrian law firms, Stefan joined OMV in 2006, where he was heading the legal department of the Gas & Power Division for five years. Since 2011, Stefan is heading the Contracts & Projects Department of OMV Aktiengesellschaft, which provides legal services to all divisions of OMV Aktiengesellschaft, i.e.
