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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">diright</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Digital Law Journal</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Цифровое право</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="epub">2686-9136</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Maxim Inozemtsev</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.38044/2686-9136-2020-1-3-51-64</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">diright-25</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>ARTICLES</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>СТАТЬИ</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Smart contracts in OTC derivatives trading: Legal aspects</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Смарт-контракты в торговле внебиржевыми деривативами: правовые аспекты</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бобков</surname><given-names>К. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Bobkov</surname><given-names>Kirill A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Бобков К.А. — магистр права, младший юрист.</p><p>119049, Москва, ул. Коровий Вал, 5</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Kirill A. Bobkov — Master of Laws, junior lawyer </p><p>5, Koroviy Val, Moscow, 119049</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">kirill.bobkov@sovacapital.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Московский филиал «Сова Капитал Лимитед»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Moscow Branch of Sova Capital Limited</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2020</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>03</day><month>11</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>3</issue><fpage>51</fpage><lpage>64</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Bobkov K.A., 2020</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Бобков К.А.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Bobkov K.A.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.digitallawjournal.org/jour/article/view/25">https://www.digitallawjournal.org/jour/article/view/25</self-uri><abstract><p>The articles focuses on opportunities and problems connected with implementation of smart contracts into “over-the-counter” derivatives trading. The importance of success of professionals who work on this cannot be underestimated: the volume of “over-the-counter” derivatives market is huge, its automatization and transparency provided by implemented smart contracts could dramatically increase its economic efficiency. In this study, the author aims at answering the following question: what aspects of “over-the-counter” derivatives trading could take a quantum leap because of the implementation of smart contacts and, per contra, what aspects could not benefit from implementation of underlying technologies at all. The author starts with the overview of “over-the-counter” derivatives market, investigates the matter of its internal design, main features and the structure of legal documentation used by market participants. Then the article provides the analysis of smart contract phenomenon, summary of its engineering aspects and difficulties connected with the implementation of smart contracts as a practical matter, including underlying legal issues. The third part is a synthesis of ideas indicated in previous parts. Herein the author examines the perspectives of adoption of smart contracts in “over-the-counter” derivatives trading, identifies the problems that cannot be resolved yet: different parts of legal relations existing between market participants shall be structured in a flexible way and shall be subject to revision under specific conditions. Smart contracts in their turn cannot be considered as a flexible tool and the revision of their terms requires the input from highly experienced specialists that dramatically increases the costs of their implementation and maintenance. As a matter of conclusion, the author gives recommendation to potential developers of smart contacts to implement them only in relation to the automatization of payments and deliveries as at the moment the clearing can be considered as the most appropriate area for the implementation and use of smart contracts.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Настоящая статья посвящена изучению возможностей и проблем, связанных с имплементацией смартконтрактов в процесс торговли внебиржевыми деривативами. Значение успеха специалистов, работающих в данном направлении, сложно переоценить: рынок внебиржевых деривативов огромен, а автоматизация и прозрачность, обеспеченные внедренными смарт-контрактами, могли бы существенно повысить его экономическую эффективность. В этой связи автор стремится ответить на вопрос: какие аспекты торговли внебиржевыми деривативами совершили бы качественный рывок в развитии в связи с внедрением смарт-контрактов, а какие, наоборот, не получат никакого эффекта от имплементации соответствующих технологий. Сначала автор рассматривает рынок внебиржевых деривативов, его внутреннее устройство, особенности функционирования и архитектуру правовой документации, используемой участниками рынка. Затем следует анализ феномена смарт-контрактов, обзор их технических аспектов, а также сложностей, связанных с имплементацией смарт-контрактов на практике, в том числе и в юридической плоскости. Третья часть является синтезом идей, отраженных в предыдущих частях. Здесь автор исследует перспективы внедрения смарт-контрактов в торговлю внебиржевыми деривативами и констатирует наличие ряда пока неразрешимых проблем в этой связи: отдельные элементы правоотношений, складывающихся между субъектами торговли, должны быть организованы гибко и подлежать пересмотру при определенных условиях. Смарт-контракты, в свою очередь, не являются гибким инструментом, а для пересмотра своих условий требуют вовлечения высококвалифицированных специалистов, что существенно повышает стоимость их внедрения и обслуживания. В заключение статьи автор дает рекомендации потенциальным разработчикам смарт-контрактов внедрять их только в части автоматизации расчетов и поставок, поскольку на настоящий момент именно клиринг является наиболее подходящей сферой для использования смарт-контрактов.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>цифровое право</kwd><kwd>внебиржевые деривативы</kwd><kwd>смарт-контракт</kwd><kwd>Международная организация свопов и деривативов</kwd><kwd>финансовые рынки</kwd><kwd>рынки капиталов</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>digital law</kwd><kwd>OTC derivatives</kwd><kwd>smart contract</kwd><kwd>International Swaps and Derivatives Association</kwd><kwd>financial markets</kwd><kwd>capital markets</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Исследование не имело спонсорской поддержки.</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="en">The study had no sponsorship.</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Harding, P. 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