Mrs Olivia Santantonio > Lydian > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Lydian
TOUR & TAXIS
HAVENLAAN, AVENUE DU PORT 86C, B113
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium

Work Department

Commercial Law
Dispute Resolution
Information Governance & Data Protection
Intellectual Property (IP)

Position

Olivia Santantonio is a counsel in Lydian’s IP practice and our Data Protection practice.

Career

Olivia has a particular focus on:

  • IP litigation and brand defence
  • IP transactions
  • GDPR compliance
  • Product regulation

Olivia is widely experienced in all fields of Intellectual Property and Data Protection law. Her clients are primarily international, from the luxury, automotive, life sciences, technology and insurance sectors.

She frequently advises on data protection issues such as the qualification of the parties as (joint) controller or processor, the rights of the data subjects or the lawful processing of sensitive data. She regularly assists in the audit of undertakings, assessing their level of compliance and helping them in case of data breach or investigation by the Data Protection Authority.

Olivia assists also her clients in the procurement and litigation aspects of trademarks protection. She also drafts and reviews transfer and licence agreements concerning intellectual property rights.

She advices also her clients on product regulation issues like labelling issues, components issues and possible product recall.

Languages

French, English, Dutch & Italian

Education

Olivia completed her Law degree at the Université Catholique de Louvain (Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium) in 2006 and received her LL.M in Intellectual Property Law from Katholieke Universiteit Brussel (Brussels, Belgium) in 2007. In the same year, she joined Lydian as an Associate and was promoted to Senior Associate in 2014. She was admitted to the Brussels Bar in 2012.

Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Intellectual property

(Rising stars)

Olivia SantantonioLydian

From representing clients in Belgian courts and administrative IP offices to advising on IP strategies, contracts and due diligence, Lydian‘s ‘lean and effective’ practice covers a wide range of IP work with trade mark, copyright and design issues core areas for the firm. The ‘competent and hands-on’ Bastiaan Bruyndonckx heads up the team and has experience encompassing technology transfer arrangements, R&D collaborations and domain names. ‘Experienced trade mark lawyer’ Olivia Santantonio is equipped to assist clients with the management of their trade mark portfolios.