SCC: 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿?   Digital assets and smart contracts are changing how commerci...

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱, 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿?   Digital assets and smart contracts are changing how commercial transactions work. But automated performance does not remove questions of consent, contractual intent or legal responsibility.   In our latest SCC Spotlight Talk, we meet Kabir Duggal, Partner at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP and adjunct professor at Columbia Law School, to explore what happens when automated code meets legal intent, and what this means for arbitration.   Kabir shares his insights on:   • Why code can execute exactly as programmed yet still leave a dispute about the parties’ legal bargain. • How pseudonymous counterparties and decentralised structures challenge party identification, proper notice and enforcement. • Why the speed and flexibility of the SCC’s emergency arbitration framework are particularly relevant when digital assets can move across borders in seconds. • How arbitral institutions can build technological fluency…