Smart technologies are increasingly becoming a big part of our lives. The need to consider sustainable concerns and/or Environment Social Governance (ESG) criteria as well as the increasing digitalisation involving artificial intelligence systems also require changes in the real estate and construction sector, in industry and other business sectors, which have technical as well as legal effects.
Smart technologies are of importance during the entire life cycle of a property and impact on all contractual relations. This does not just apply to civil construction and architects’ law but also to associated fields such as data protection, IT and licensing laws, public law/regulatory law, commercial tenancy law, financing and tax law and many other aspects.