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ALTIUS

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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
  • Google
  • 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.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Gerrit Vandendriessche

Other key lawyers

Jan Clinck