Lydian

Commercial LawDispute ResolutionInformation Governance & Data ProtectionIntellectual Property (IP)

Olivia Santantonio is a counsel in Lydian’s IP practice and our Data Protection practice.

Olivia has a particular focus on:

IP litigation and brand defence IP transactions GDPR compliance Product regulation

Olivia is widely experienced in all fields of Intellectual Property and Data Protection law. Her clients are primarily international, from the luxury, automotive, life sciences, technology and insurance sectors.

She frequently advises on data protection issues such as the qualification of the parties as (joint) controller or processor, the rights of the data subjects or the lawful processing of sensitive data. She regularly assists in the audit of undertakings, assessing their level of compliance and helping them in case of data breach or investigation by the Data Protection Authority.

Olivia assists also her clients in the procurement and litigation aspects of trademarks protection. She also drafts and reviews transfer and licence agreements concerning intellectual property rights.

She advices also her clients on product regulation issues like labelling issues, components issues and possible product recall.

French, English, Dutch & Italian

Olivia completed her Law degree at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) in 2006 and received her LL.M in Intellectual Property Law from Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) in 2007. In the same year, she joined Lydian as an Associate and was promoted to Senior Associate in 2014. She was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2012.