Sigrid Heirbrant
NautaDutilhUnder the expert leadership of Vincent Wellens, NautaDutilh has established a pre-eminent position in the market across a range of IT/outsourcing and data protection matters, in particular. The team's outsourcing offering includes work for both suppliers and end users (including banks), while for data protection, its involvement for both private and public sector clients includes both compliance and litigation before the supervisory authorities. Litigation also informs much of the firm's IP-related mandates, with Wellens 'extremely knowledgeable about national, European and international case law', including as it relates to trade mark litigation.
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Testimonials
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- 'I mostly work with Vincent Wellens, whom I can warmly recommend. Vincent has successfully represented us in several trade mark litigation matters. He is extremely knowledgeable about the subject, including about national, European and international case law.'
Key clients
- AirBnB
- ArcelorMittal
- Aperam
- Association of Accidental Americans
- AstraZeneca
- Bank of China
- BMW
- BYD
- ByteDance (TikTok)
- Canal +
- CFL multimodal
- Ciklum
- CNPD (Luxembourg data protection authority)
- CNS (Luxembourg public health system)
- Daimler
- European Commission
- Ernst & Young
- Fedex
- Fendi
- Fujitsu-Siemens
- G-Core
- Goodyear
- JP Morgan Mobility Payment Solutions
- Lottoland
- Luxembourg Institute for Science and Technology
- Luxemburg Institute for Social-Economic Research
- Luxembourg State (CTIE, ministry of defence, ministry for interior security, ministry for mobility, ministry for Digitalisation…)
- Luxair
- Microsoft
- O'Neil
- PWC
- Proximus
- SMART
- UBER
- UBS
Work highlights
- Advising Microsoft in the update of CAA (Commissariat aux Assurances) and CSSF (Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier) local guides to outsourcing and cloud regulation.
- Assisting the CNPD, the Luxembourg national DPA, in the appeal procedure against the DPA decision to impose several significant corrective measures and a fine of €746m.
- Advising Clarence, a joint venture between Proximus and LuxConnect, with the drafting and negotiation of customer agreements.
Lawyers
Leading associates
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Practice head
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Vincent Wellens