ALTIUS‘ offering includes assisting with acquisitions in the IT and telecoms sector, providing day-to-day advice for multinational organisations, and handling contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Gerrit Vandendriessche heads up the team; his far-reaching advisory practice encompasses computer law, electronic communications and e-commerce matters, while IT-related litigation is another area of strength. Jan Clinck’s in-depth knowledge of new technologies is frequently brought to bear in both contentious and non-contentious mandates.
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Key clients
- Citymesh (part of Cegeka)
- Coatue
- Elisa Corporation
- Vertica Capital Partners
- AT&T
- Niko
- Puratos
- Mediahuis
- Youtube (Google)
- IBM Belgium
Work highlights
- Represented Google in a Market Court appeal against a Belgian Data Protection Authority decision and assisted in proceedings before the Constitutional Court.
- Assisted the telecoms group Citymesh (Part of Cegeka) with its acquisition of Dense Air Belgium SRL, the owner of a licence of part of Belgium’s telecoms spectrum.
- Represented listed US company Analog Devices regarding the acquisition of the audio business of Seven Sensing Software, a Leuven-based software company.
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Gerrit Vandendriessche