Smart Contracts Explained: What In-House Counsel Need to Know
Available to view from 15 Dec 2025
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Smart Contracts Explained: What In-House Counsel Need to Know
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Introduction
Smart contracts are often described as the future of legal and financial transactions—but what are they really, and what role should inhouse lawyers play in their development and deployment?
This webinar will look at how smart contracts work, where they can be used in practice, and how they interact with established legal principles. It will also consider the evolving role of legal professionals in a world where code and contract converge.
What You Will Learn
This webinar will cover the following:
- Understand what smart contracts are - and what they are not
- Learn how automation and code-based execution are changing transactional norms
- Explore real-world use cases in law and finance
- Analyse how smart contracts align (or clash) with traditional legal concepts
- Legal recognition: are smart contracts legally binding?
- Risks, bugs and ‘code risk’: Who bears the loss?
- Smart contract standards and interoperability
- Examine governance and upgradability
- Regulatory and compliance implications
- The growing role of lawyers in a smart contracts world
This pre-recorded webinar will be available to view from Monday 15th December 2025
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