Principaux dossiers

Principaux dossiers

• Advises Grindr on EU IT regulation, including AI, Digital Services, online safety, and age verification. The firm shaped Grindr’s EU engagement strategy with institutions, regulators, and diplomats, while guiding platform governance, LGBTQ+ safety, and sensitive health data management, including crisis response and public affairs.
  
• Supports Google in tracking EU legislative developments on AI and connected devices, analysing policies, regulations, and announcements. The Brussels team assessed VLOP implications under eIDAS 2.0, evaluated obligations linked to the EU Digital Identity Wallet, and developed a compliance strategy addressing Google’s responsibilities under the regulation.
  
• Advised ByteDance on EU digital rules, including DSA and DMA obligations for Very Large Online Platforms and Search Engines. The Brussels team provided strategic public policy guidance for ByteDance’s regulatory strategy, supported ad hoc privacy matters, and advised on the EU AI Act’s implications for ByteDance’s operations.
  

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• Advised the Flemish Government on the structuring and negotiation of a groundbreaking framework agreement with itsme, Belgium’s national digital identity provider. The deal enables secure authentication and e-signatures across a wide spectrum of public sector entities, and required navigating the complex interplay between eIDAS, public procurement law, and multi-beneficiary administrative frameworks.
  
• Supported Euroclear on a mission-critical collaboration with Microsoft to develop a secure, sector-specific cloud-based data hub for the financial industry. Our role spanned supplier selection, regulatory and IP structuring, and high-stakes contract negotiations—ensuring Euroclear retained key rights and compliance across a complex financial and legal landscape.
  
• Advised Skeyes, Belgium’s civil air navigation authority, on its pioneering implementation of the EU’s U-Space framework—becoming the first certified Common Information Service (CIS) provider in Europe. Our work focused on regulatory qualification under the EU Data Governance Act, contractual architecture for data exchange, and translating first-of-its-kind drone airspace regulations into an operationally viable legal framework.
  

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• Assisting the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) with the implementation of a personal data protection framework, the drafting of its general procurement terms and conditions, and strategic data management and IP advice for AI-based defence capabilities.
  
• Assisting Komatsu in performing EU Data Act and EU Cyber Resilience Act compliance audits.
  
• Assisting THV Pars Holding in performing NIS 2, EU Data Act and EU Cyber Resilience compliance exercises.
  

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• Assisting DIGI Communications Belgium and INSKY, new Belgian telecoms operators, on telecoms regulatory matters and commercial litigation.
  
• Assists Easi on EU digital laws, mainly artificial intelligence and data laws.
  
• Assists Mediahuis with the new EU regulatory digital package.
  

Principaux dossiers

Principaux dossiers

• Advising a global semiconductor manufacturer on its European strategies, including all regulatory and competition law aspects before the European Commission and national authorities.
  
• Advising a leading European telecommunications provider on the legal aspects entailed in the revamp of the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications and the adoption of the Digital Network Act.
  
• Advising Lifeline Scientific on the analysis of data protection aspects of public tenders, including with respect to international data transfers.
  

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• Advised Viamanta, TIP Group’s online maintenance and repair platform, on its successful launch, preparing key user and data protection documents tailored to its operations. Ongoing support includes advising on legal and regulatory compliance as the platform expands across Europe, ensuring smooth and compliant growth.
  
• Advised Candriam, a global asset manager and sustainable investment leader within the NY Life group, on drafting and negotiating the contractual framework for migrating its asset management IT system to BlackRock Aladdin (eFront) SAS, BlackRock’s EU-based IT services provider.
  
• Advised Lhoist, a Belgium-headquartered multinational in lime and minerals, on implementing the NIS2 Directive. Work included assessing its applicability, conducting a collaborative risk assessment with key stakeholders to identify compliance gaps, and reviewing the group’s policies to ensure alignment with core NIS2 obligations.
  

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• Advising PensioPlus, the umbrella organisation for occupational retirement institutions (IORPs, i.e. pension funds), on their compliance obligations under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
  
• Advised Challenge Group on the applicability and implementation of the EU NIS2 Directive in the context of its Belgian operations, demonstrating the firm’s strength in navigating complex cybersecurity regulations
  
• Advising Stellantis Financial Services Belux NV/SA on the classification and compliance implications of its credit scoring tool under the European AI Act. The tool, which aggregates data from multiple sources to assess the creditworthiness of both private and corporate customers, plays a pivotal role in determining access to financial services.
  

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• Advised Google on the different requirements under Belgian law regarding public procurement for the provision of cloud services.
  
• Assisting onsemi in obtaining state aid from the Czech Republic under the Chips Act in order to strengthen onsemi’s presence in the European Union.
  
• Represents the Belgian State before the European Court of Justice (“ECJ”) and the Belgian Council of State in relation to the validity of the European Regulation 2019/1157 that imposes the storage of the digital image of two fingerprints of citizens on electronic identity cards.
  

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• Advising consortium members of the EUSPA-funded “Julia” project, which is developing satellite-based smart mobility solutions to enhance urban transport, sustainability, and road safety across Europe.
  
• Advised Capgemini, a leading provider of IT services, in a high-value and strategic public tendering procedure initiated by a major public transportation authority for the digital transformation and SAP migration of such transport authority.
  
• Assisting Skydio Inc., a US provider of drone solutions, in a NATO tendering procedure for the acquisition of drone solutions.