Pınar Çağlayan Aksoy is an associate professor of civil law and law of obligations at Bilkent University, Ankara (Turkey) and visiting scholar at King’s College Dickson Poon School of Law. She is a member of various associations and centers dealing with new technologies including Blockchain Turkey Platform, Istanbul Blockchain Women Community, FinTech Commission of Turkish Union of Bar Associations and University of Zurich Blockchain Center. As a member of the European Law Institute, she acted as a member of the Consultative Committee for the project titled “Blockchain Technology and Smart Contracts”. She is the project manager of the research project titled “Legal Analysis of Smart Contracts Established in Blockchain with a focus on Applicable Law, Protection of Personal Data and Consumers” funded by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). She is the recipient 2024 Science Academy Young Scientists (BAGEP) Award Her recent international publications include, “AI as Agents”, The Cambridge Handbook of Artificial Intelligence: Global Perspectives on Law and Ethics, (Edited by. Larry A. DiMatteo, Cristina Poncibò and Michel Cannarsa), Cambridge University Press, 2022; “The Applicability of Property Law Rules for Crypto Assets: Considerations from Civil Law and Common Law Perspectives”, Law, Innovation and Technology, Spring 2023 and “NFTs and copyright: challenges and opportunities”, Oxford Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, October 2021. Her research deals with contract law, tort law as well as the legal implications of the newly emerging technologies, especially distributed ledger technology and smart contracts.