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TMT/IP

Partner

Guillaume’s practice focuses on information technology (IT), data protection, cyber security EU digital regulation and electronic communication-related matters.

With over 15 years of experience as a lawyer, Guillaume has extensive experience assisting both Belgian and international clients in the context of complex cross-border and cross-practice transactional and regulatory matters in sectors such as banking, healthcare, technology, logistics and energy, with a special focus on digital regulation and data protection compliance (including in-depth knowledge of the GDPR). He combines this with a wide-ranging expertise advising clients regarding technology contracts, including (IT) outsourcing, cloud computing and software-as-a-service related agreements. He also has experience with litigation in his area of expertise and has worked on numerous matters subject to data protection and telecommunication regulatory authorities.

As a member of our wider global tech group, Guillaume has been closely involved in advising clients from the outset on the implementation of the EU’s digital regulation framework (including the Digital Services Act as well as the Data Governance Act, Data Act, NIS2 Directive, Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and AI Act).

He is also particularly active in the FinTech sector, assisting established businesses and new market entrants to harness the opportunities that the related technologies present, while helping them to manage challenges of disruption in highly regulated markets and the need for legal certainty.

Guillaume has been recognised as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ in the area of data protection as well as in IT and telecoms in Belgium (Legal 500, Belgium, 2022) and as 'Up and Coming' by Chambers Europe in the field of TMT: Data Protection (Chambers Europe, Belgium, 2022). He is praised for being "great, always available and responds very quickly” (Chambers Europe, 2022) and “very responsive and with a great ability to provide quick feedback to complex problems” (Chambers Europe, 2023).

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