Partner and Head, Aviation and Shipping S Suressh was quoted in Thomson Reuters article titled 'What to expect in 2018: a world tour'

Partner and Head, Aviation and Shipping S Suressh was quoted in Thomson Reuters article titled 'What to expect in 2018: a world tour'.  The article was first published on 29 January 2018.

What to expect in 2018: a world tour

The article contains the views of cross- border practitioners around th world on what developments will have the biggest impact on cross border practice in 2018, and how the role of cross- border practitioners will change over the next few years.

On the topic of increasing interconnectedness and technological advances on the role of the lawyer, contributors from across the globe thought that emerging technologies presented an opportunity to be seized over the next few years, whether a development in Legal Tech which practitioners should be embracing in order to provide a better service to clients, or an entirely new area of legal practice on which clients would need advice.

And so, to end, some predictions on those technologies likely to shake up the law in 2018:

"The tipping point has arrived for central banks to start regulating crypto currencies and ICOs. The profile of cryptos is now sufficiently high to call for action but it is not so prevalent that a crackdown will have lasting economic damage."

S Suressh, Eversheds Harry Elias LLP

Full article can be found in https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I20a98bfb050011e89bf...(sc.Search)&bhfx=&bhfv=0&bhab=1&bhav=18.9.&bhbd=11%2C0%2C0%2C0&bhqs=1

Author: Alice Southall, for Practical Law Cross-border