Taras Utiralov, Leader of the Information Technologies practice at PETERKA & PARTNERS, took part in a debate about smart contracts and cryptocurrencies at the Legal TMT (Technology. Media. Telecommunications) Forum in Kyiv. The forum was hosted by the Yurydychna Praktyka publishing house on 22 November 2017, and PETERKA & PARTNERS acted as a partner of the event. Mr. Utiralov was a moderator of the debate blockchain, smart contracts and cryptocurrencies. The debate was held between two teams composed of specialists in law and IT: one team taking the role of “innovators” and the other taking a more conservative approach. In the course of the debate/discussion, the two teams came to the joint conclusions that smart contracts will not (at least, in the near future) supersede lawyers, but rather will help them to become more efficient, while cryptocurrencies might change business operations a great deal. For more, please see this link (in Russian).