Shearman & Sterling hosted a ShareNett event about Demystifying Digital Assets on Wednesday, February 27, 2019.  Partner Kris Ferranti (New York-Real Estate) participated as the real estate expert on the legal panel, which focused on the current legal landscape of digital securities and the digitization of assets.

Kris’ discussion covered the major benefits and drawbacks of digitizing an interest in real estate, important legal factors to consider when forming a real estate digitization strategy, and the potential impact that widespread adoption of digitized interests could have on the real estate legal framework.