About Us
We Built Legal AI That Actually Thinks Like a Lawyer
Our CEO is a practicing barrister whose published work is taught in Australian universities. She didn’t just envision better legal tech, she coded it herself, building legal reasoning directly into our system.
We’re not a tech company adding legal features. We’re legal practitioners who built the AI system our profession actually needs.
How We're Different
We don’t guess. We reason.
Our AI understands binding vs persuasive precedent, traces doctrinal logic through case law, and reasons from first principles.
Australian law, properly understood.
Built from the ground up for Australian legal practice. We parse legislation as interconnected systems, not isolated text.
Transparent by design.
No black boxes. View the entire reasoning process, see all source material, verify every citation. Because in law, “trust me” isn’t enough.
Our Mission
Amplify human legal excellence. We handle the routine research and document review so lawyers can focus on strategy, advocacy, and judgment.
Meet our team
Laina Chan
Founder & CEO
An award-winning barrister with 20 years of legal practice, complemented by dual qualifications in Pure Mathematics and Law from the University of Sydney. A member of the 2019 Management Excellence cohort at Harvard Business School, her career is marked by numerous accolades:
Recognition:
- 2021 Lawyers Weekly Female Barrister of the Year
- Consistent finalist for Australian Barrister of the Year since 2019
- 2023 Top 100 Women in Construction
- Harvard Business School Management Excellence 2019
- LexisNexis author of annotated Insurance Contracts Act
- CEO Monthly Most Influential CEO 2026: Legal AI Innovation – Australia
- CEO Monthly Most Innovative Legal Reasoning Platform 2026 – Australia
Laina began her legal journey as a researcher for the Honourable Justice Clarke at the New South Wales Court of Appeal and worked with the Honourable Michael Kirby, AC CMG.
Over the years, she has witnessed the evolution of legal research tools, transitioning from laborious manual processes to the rapid, AI-driven capabilities of today. What once took a week in 1994 can now be accomplished in seconds with MiAI Law’s cutting-edge AI research and verification tools.
Laina’s work with MiAi Law is featured in Monarchy and Democracy: A History of Leadership, a commemorative publication produced by The History of Parliament and St James’s House
Dr Arjun Jain
Founder & CTO
Dr. Arjun Jain is a distinguished expert in artificial intelligence, holding a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Max Planck Institute for Informatics (2013). He completed a notable postdoctoral tenure at the Courant Institute, NYU (2013-2015) with Yann LeCun and Chris Bregler. As the Founder and Chief Scientist of FastCode Al since 2015, Arjun has consistently driven cutting-edge research and innovation in computer vision, deep learning, and human sensing technologies.
In academia, Arjun has significantly contributed to advancing Al education through his roles as adjunct faculty at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc, 2020-Present) and IIT Bombay (2016-2019). His extensive scholarly work has earned nearly 8,000 citations, underscoring the substantial impact of his research on the global Al community.
Arjun holds multiple patents, particularly in AI-driven automotive safety and human sensing systems, highlighting his deep expertise in applying Al research to practical, high-impact scenarios. He is trusted by the Indian Ministry for Defence, the Indian Ministry for Textiles, Saudi Aramco, Mercedes Benz, Saudi Aramco. Bosch and others.
At MiAI Law, he is uniquely positioned to advise and guide the delivery team, supporting the organisation’s pioneering mission to lead the advancement of legal Al across the Commonwealth.
Kynan Rogers
Head of Research
Ethan Hunt
Finance & Operations
Siyu Zhang
Legal Counsel