Two teams from Asia have made it to the finals of the Global Legal Hackathon legal tech development competition.

Hong Kong-based Decoding Law and Singapore-based Regall are among the 14 finalists from around the world, which also include teams from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Nigeria, and the United States.

Decoding Law is a machine learning-powered browser plugin that helps users read and understand legislation, while Regall is developing an artificial intelligence-based file management software that automatically scans, tags and maps references in documents to streamline documentation in businesses and law firms. 

“Our solution helps allow more focus on the analysis of documents by removing the mundane pain points of administrative work. Then you can really focus on bringing value, extracting the full value technology has to offer,” explained Rodney Yap, a business development associate at Regall and part of the hackathon team.

Regall was selected from almost 50 participants in the Singapore edition of the hackathon in February, which was co-organised by the Singapore Academy of Law’s Future Law Innovation Programme (FLIP) and Thomson Reuters.

The hackathon finals will be held in New York on April 21