Navigating the legal, regulatory, and blockchain frontiers of autonomous AI agents.

This course explores the legal, regulatory, and corporate frontiers where artificial intelligence intersects with digital assets and corporate law. Designed for legal practitioners, compliance officers, technology developers, and industry executives, this session examines how autonomous AI agents operate within financial markets, the liability risks created by AI system errors, the debate over corporate legal personhood for AI (Delaware AIC proposal), comparative global regulatory regimes (EU AI Act vs. UK Autonomous Vehicles Act), and mechanisms for integrating agents into commercial law via UCC Article 12 and Sovereign Agent Rights.
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Global research and educational organization
Blockchain Legal Institute is a leading research & educational organization dedicated to bridging the gap between traditional legal frameworks & emerging technologies by shaping policy, training workforces, & modernizing systems through blockchain & AI integration.

Senior Corporate Counsel, BeesMont Law Limited | Digital Asset, AI & Fintech Regulatory Attorney
Bourn Collier is Senior Corporate Counsel at BeesMont Law Limited in Hamilton, Bermuda. He is an international authority on digital asset regulation, fintech, AI agent structuring, and legal frameworks for autonomous software systems. Author of the AIS-1 open standard for AI agent identity and architect of the Bermuda Declaration on Sovereign Agents (sovereign-agents.org), Mr. Collier advises institutional clients, digital asset enterprises, and global regulatory bodies on cross-border compliance, AI corporate governance, and digital asset integration.
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