Latham & Watkins

Sophie Goossens, a market-leading copyright and technology lawyer, advises major technology and media clients on strategic issues at the forefront of innovation.

Globally recognized as a leading practitioner in digital content, AI, intermediary platforms, music, devices, and games, she leverages policy insights, a strong academic background, and fluency in EU law, common law, and civil law systems to guide clients through sophisticated and cutting-edge issues.

Sophie advises the most innovative online media, content, and tech companies on transactions, litigation, public policy, and regulatory investigations stemming from:

• Copyright, AI, and data mining issues
• Internet safe harbor rules and platform liability
• Article 15 and 17 of the Copyright Directive
• Multi-territorial music licensing and collecting societies
• IT and software law
• Sector-specific regulation, including the EU AI Act, audiovisual regulations including TV retransmission, the EU Data Strategy, and the Digital Services Act
• Content-based transactions and acquisitions
• Smart and connected devices

A former business affairs executive with highly commercial skills, Sophie also advises on complex matters at the intersection of copyright and competition law, EU constitutional law, and net neutrality.

As a thought leader, she served as the chair of the European Commission’s working group that led to the Music Moves Europe program. She is a member of the British Literary & Artistic Copyright Association, spoke about AI at ALAI’s last edition in Paris, and taught a course on European and International copyright law at her alma mater, the Faculté Jean Monnet in Paris.