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The IT and telecoms practice at DLA Piper advises a wide range of clients, including Adobe, Luminus, Orange, and UCB. The practice collaborates with the firm’s public procurement team, allowing it to work closely with Belgian and international government bodies on IT procurement and outsourcing projects. Kristof De Vulder is the head of the team, and managing partner of the office, with experience in telecoms, tech contracts, and cloud transactions. Raf Schoefs is key to the team, with a focus on tech transactions, and advising clients on telecommunications and e-commerce related matters. Laetitia Mouton also has experience on the IT side, while on the telecoms wide, Nicolas Becker is noted.

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  • ‘Very flexible team, if necessary one member can easily be replaced by another skilled member who has the necessary knowledge of the file. That way, the team remains flexible for meetings in order to keep the pace high.’

  • ‘Kristof De Vulder and Raf Schoefs, highly skilled, flexible and result oriented.’

Key clients

  • Adobe
  • Aliaxis
  • Argenta
  • Bank Nagelmackers
  • benerail
  • Cegeka
  • Digipolis
  • Dstny
  • Foodpairing
  • Fluvius
  • iDirect
  • Katoen Natie
  • Keytrade Bank
  • Kinepolis
  • Kuwait Petroleum (Q8)
  • Luminus
  • nexuzhealth
  • Nitro Software
  • Ontex
  • Orange
  • Polhem Infra
  • Q8
  • SAP Belgium
  • SD Worx
  • skeyes
  • Smartbit
  • SNCB/NMBS
  • Steria Benelux
  • Toyota Motor Europe
  • UCB

Work highlights

  • Assisting bpost on the renewal of their panel of IT outsourcing providers.
  • Assisting Luminus with the sourcing of a new large ERP implementation partner.
  • Assisting benerail (a joint venture of the Belgian railways and Dutch railways) with the negotiation of a strategic technical connection agreement with Eurostar.

Lawyers

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Raf Schoefs
DLA Piper

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kristof De Vulder

Other key lawyers

Raf Schoefs, Laetitia Mouton, Nicolas Becker