Cooley LLP‘s media and entertainment practice represent leading companies in the sector, acting on complex EU regulatory and data protection matters. The team is adept at handling cross-border mandates, and representing clients before EU data protection authorities. Practice head Patrick Van Eecke’s ‘knowledge of the field is first class’, and Enrique Gallego Capdevila, who has ’impressive knowledge and foresight in the media law’.  

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘I recognise Cooley LLP for its outstanding team and diversity.’

  • ‘I am working with Enrique Gallego Capdevila and Patrick Van Ecke. Enrique has impressive knowledge and foresight in the media law. We are very happy working with them!’

  • ‘Providing practical and hands-on advice about the market practice and our peers' work.’

  • ‘Both Patrick Van Eecke is doing amazing job supporting us in our every day efforts. They have vast knowledge and familiarity with the industry, what other companies are doing, what might be considered riskier and what could be considered a reasonable approach.’

  • ‘Patrick Van Eecke's knowledge of the field is first class.’

Key clients

  • Grindr
  • Bytedance
  • MoonActive
  • Fenix International Limited
  • Meta
  • Century Games
  • SuperEvil
  • ToyBox
  • Sportway
  • Snap, Inc.
  • Sindarin
  • Push Gaming

Work highlights

  • Represented ByteDance (TikTok) in multiple lawsuits against TikTok in the United States on EU regulatory matters and provided advice on various regulatory submission before the European Commission under EU digital rules, such as the Digital Service Act and Digital Markets Act. The firm also provided public policy advice for ByteDance’s EU regulatory strategy.
  • Advising OnlyFans on their internal and external policies, advising on a wide range of IT regulatory matters including the Digital Services Act and taking into consideration a number of factors, including content moderation and the use of automated tools.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Patrick Van Eecke

Other key lawyers

Enrique Gallego Capdevila