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IP and IT
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Allen & Overy Luxembourg provides ‘very useful and accurate IP and IT advice’ to a broad range of clients. ‘One of the leading experts in IP law in Luxembourg’, Katia Manhaeve has ‘deep insight in IP litigation and has excellent contacts with government officials in the IP field in Luxembourg and Benelux’. Increasingly active in the pharmaceuticals industry, Manhaeve is currently advising an international pharmaceuticals company in relation to a drug lifecycle management project. Cyril Pierre-Beausse is ‘excellent on data protection issues’ and heads the IT group.
Arendt & Medernach is very well regarded for IP litigation and also has significant capability within the IT arena. Recent litigation highlights include representing a car manufacturer in a trade mark dispute. On the non-contentious side, the firm often handles the IP elements related to M&A transactions, and also licensing work. Héloïse Bock heads the team and handles a broad spectrum of IP and IT matters.
While it lacks a significant IT practice, Decker, Braun and Poos is ‘one of the best around for IP matters’. Founding partner Nicholas Decker is ‘a very competent IP expert and provides excellent advice’.
IP and IT matters remain central to LG@vocats’ workflow, even though it has diversified into other practice areas. The firm is very strong within the telecoms and media sectors and handles software licensing agreements and outsourcing, as well as the exploitation and protection of IP rights. Firm founder Stéphan Le Goueff is well regarded for telecoms law and technology transactions, and Hervé Wolff is recognised as one to watch.
MNKS (formerly Noble & Scheidecker)’s ‘responsive and very personable’ team has ‘great knowledge within the sector’ and handles a predominantly non-contentious workload across a broad spectrum of IP and IT matters for a raft of leading international clients. Recent work includes advising a major international beverages company restructuring on its IP portfolio, and providing data protection compliance work for a number of major companies. ‘Very professional and precise’ team head Gary Cywie is particularly praised for his ‘excellence at handling IT matters’.
Bonn Steichen & Partners has media law, IP and IT capability. The firm is involved in advertising, data protection and privacy law work for foreign companies, and also handles non-contentious and contentious trade mark and copyright work.
Kleyr | Grasso | Associes handles the IP issues associated with M&A transactions. IT and media clients include Play.com and Setanta Sports.
Frequently working with other offices in the firm’s vast network, Linklaters LLP’s Luxembourg team specialises in handling complex and multi-jurisdictional IP/TMT-related projects. It is particularly strong at handling the IT and IP issues associated with major transactions, and advised Ypso France on the relevant telecoms regulatory issues associated with the €360m sale of its shares in Numericable Belgium and Numericable Luxembourg. Managing associate Olivier Reisch has a good reputation for handling data protection matters.
The ‘extremely responsive’ team at Molitor Avocats à la Cour provides ‘timely and efficient’ advice to clients across a range of IP and IT issues. The team is representing a major supermarket chain in copyright litigation before the Luxembourg courts. Laurent Fisch has an excellent reputation, while senior associate Claire Léonelli provides ‘quality advice’ and handles a myriad contentious and non-contentious issues, including the registration and protection of rights and outsourcing projects.
DCL Avocats provides ‘a very responsive and efficient service’ to clients across a range of IT and IP issues. Dorothée Ciolino is praised for her ‘expertise in IT law and new technologies’.
DSM Di Stefano Moyse Avocats à la Cour handles IP disputes as part of its litigation offering.
Although the firm does not have a dedicated IP and IT practice, Elvinger, Hoss & Prussen handles such work out of its corporate and commercial, banking and finance, and litigation departments.
Thewes & Reuter’s Marc Thewes handles IP work as part of his general litigation expertise.