Simont Braun is active across regulatory matters, contractual issues, dispute resolution and M&A work in the IT and telecoms space. The team is notably strong in tech and data questions in the financial sector and disputes involving telecoms clients and relating to copyright principles. Fintech expert Joan Carette co-leads the team and is well positioned to assist clients with issues such as IT contracting, outsourcing and data regulatory compliance mandates. Trade mark litigation specialist Eric De Gryse completes the leadership team. Emmanuel Cornu leverages his IP expertise to assist telecoms clients in major disputes.
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Key clients
- Socios
- Oxygen
- Harmoney
- Itsme
Work highlights
- Assisting Belgian Mobile ID (Itsme) with the continuous process of being recognised as an e-identification means recognised at the European level under the eIDAS regulation.
- Assisting Oxygen, an IT and consultancy company building tech solutions for the insurance industry, notably in the field of automatic document extraction.
- Providing ongoing assistance to Socios.com concerning its arrival on the Belgian market; assisted the company with regulatory matters in relation to cryptocurrency legislation.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Joan Carette, Eric De Gryse