Jones Day
The team of ‘lawyers with strong technology backgrounds’ at Jones Day is active across areas such as competition and regulatory issues in the telecoms sector, cybersecurity assessments in the context of transactional work, and contractual mandates. The firm is also well positioned to handle an array of venture capital work in the space. Jörg Hladjk, one of four heads of team, is praised for his ’great communication skills’. Fellow co-heads Bernard Amory and Alexandre Verheyden frequently handle domestic and EU-level competition work for telecoms clients, while co-head Thomas De Muynck is able able to bring his corporate expertise to bear on cross-border technology transactions for local and foreign multinationals and private equity funds. Regulatory issues connected with Belgian fibre roll-out fall among Yvan Desmedt‘s practice strengths, and Laurent De Muyter is recommended for EU regulatory issues.
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Testimonials
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‘The team is focused, skilled, experienced, client-oriented with cross-border expertise. A dream to work with them.’
‘Beranrd Amory and Laurent De Muyter are simply outstanding experts in this field.’
‘The Brussels group has many lawyers with strong technology backgrounds. They seem to recruit technology specialists. This background helps them uniquely understand client needs. They have a large Brussels office, which means other client needs that arise in a matter can be handled.’
‘Jörg Hladjk is a technology specialist with great communication skills. He does a great job understanding the client's business and then proactively identifying legal issues as they arise.’
'Superb cross-European knowledge and advice, including on complex technical matters. Very quick and responsive.'
'Alexandre Verhayden is very quick and responsive, and is quick at understanding complex technical points that have cropped up in our work. Very practical and strategic advice.'
Key clients
- bpost
- BT
- ComReg
- Deutsche Telekom / T-Mobile
- ECTA
- SAP
- Telenet / Liberty Global
- Data Protection:
- Experian Information Systems
- Verint Systems
- Imperva
- Affinius Capital
- Ferro Corporation
- Orange
- Trustwave
- Visible Alpha
- Sonoco
- Pluralsight
- Corporate/M&A:
- Salonkee
- Partech Capital
- Hi Inov Capital
- Fortino Capital Partners NV
- Cowboy SA
Work highlights
- Advising the ECTA (European Competitive Telecommunications Association) on legality of the draft EU Recommendation on the regulatory promotion of Gigabit connectivity released by the European Commission on 23 February 2023.
- Advising Affinius Capital on GDPR compliance in the context of US securities laws, including policies and procedures and related issues, such as data transfer mechanisms.
- Advised Partech Partners SAS, as lead investor (joined by Microsoft and other investors) in the $37m Series B financing round of Luxembourg-based SustainCert SA.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Bernard Amory, Alexandre Verheyden, Jörg Hladjk, Thomas De Muynck