Simmons & Simmons
Best known for its work in the life sciences, TMT and financial services sectors, Simmons & Simmons leverages its contentious prowess to handle data protection-related mandates on behalf of clients from these industries. Olivier Mignolet and Alejandro Guerrero provide dispute resolution and TMT expertise respectively, while Jérémie Doornaert is the key GDPR specialist.
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Testimonials
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‘The data protection team is small but has a very good reputation in the life sciences sector as it has a deep understanding of the issues that the sector must face.'
'They combine legal expertise with a client-friendly and practical approach.’
‘Jérémie Doornaert is very pragmatic, has a good understanding of the business and is able to translate the GDPR principles into business-oriented solutions. In addition, he is very responsive and respectful of deadlines.’
Key clients
- ArgenX
- Ascensia Diabetes Care
- Barclays
- beMedTech
- Celyad
- Coloplast Belgium
- DiaSorin SA
- GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
- GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals
- Hownet Aerospace
- HSBC
- Medista
- Meta Platforms, Inc. (Facebook)
- MiDiagnostics
- Monument Re
- Moody’s
- Morgan Stanley
- Oncidium Foundation
- Ordre des Pharmaciens
- Rhythm Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Sanofi Belgium
- Servier Benelux SA
- Stryker
- Warner Bros
Work highlights
- Representing Meta in a dispute with the Belgian Data Protection Authority concerning the setting and use of cookies on the site’s own and third-party websites.
- Representing Ordre des Pharmaciens in litigation before the Belgian Data Protection Authority and the Market Court.
- Advising a global pharmaceutical company on the transfer of human samples from Belgium to the US, including all data protection and regulatory aspects.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Olivier Mignolet, Alejandro Guerrero