The technology, media and telecommunications team at Linklaters advises clients on a range of projects across industries, with a focus on the financial, energy, pharmaceuticals and transportation sectors. Leading IT providers are among clients of the team, that also represents Proximus and InfraCapital Partners. Tanguy Van Overstraeten leads the team, with a focus on IT outsourcing projects and work spanning transactional, advisory and litigation. Other notable key members include Guillaume Couneson, who has Fintech expertise as a key part of his practice.

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  • 'Excellent sense of listening. Proactive update on work progress. Deadlines always met.'

Key clients

  • Shareholders of Payconiq International S.A. (several Belgian banks)
  • Eneco Belgium
  • Vodeno
  • Advanced New Technologies (Singapore) Pte Ltd
  • TIP Trailer Services
  • PCAS SA (Seqens group)
  • Proximus
  • InfraCapital Partners

Work highlights

  • Assisted Eneco, a green energy supplier in Belgium owned by Mitsubishi Group, with the drafting and negotiation of a framework agreement with Ferranti covering Eneco’s new back-end IT system for its billing and market interaction B2B and B2C activities relying on Ferranti’s cloud solution MECOMS 365.
  • Advised Infracapital Partners, a UK-based global investor, on its acquisition of Vopak Rotterdam Botlek (VRB), a Dutch specialized liquid storage terminal business based in the Port of Rotterdam, from Vopak Management Netherlands B.V., a subsidiary of Koninklijke Vopak N.V.
  • Advised Vodeno, a non-regulated technology company offering IT services, in the framework of the proposed development, implementation, and provision of a strategic and highly innovative Banking-as-a-Service software and technology platform to National Westminster Bank (NatWest).

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Tanguy Van Overstraeten

Other key lawyers

Guillaume Counseon