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Mr Matthias Vierstraete
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Commercial
Position
Matthias is a member of the Commercial team and co-ordinates the IP/ICT services.
He specialises in IP and ICT law. He assists clients in relation to trademarks, patents, copyrights, licensing, data protection, software development, e-commerce, domain name disputes and media law, amongst others.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Industry focus: IT and telecoms
Deloitte Legal leverages the unit’s strong technological expertise to advise on issues encompassing data life-cycle management, the integration and launch of IT platforms, and blockchain mandates. Practice co-chair Matthias Vierstraete‘s far-reaching practice straddles IP and IT issues; he frequently assists clients with the review and negotiation of key agreements such as technology license agreements and SaaS agreements. Commercial law specialist Jürgen Egger completes the leadership team, and Willem-Jan Cosemans is a key contact for both IT litigation and IT due diligence relating to M&A work.
Belgium > Industry focus: Media and entertainment
The core features of the media and entertainment offering at Deloitte Legal are the group’s IP and IT expertise, which is leveraged by clients within the sports and audiovisual industries, and corporate and M&A work, including venture capital issues and cross-border restructurings. Willem-Jan Cosemans, Yannick Van den broeke and Matthias Vierstraete stand at the helm of the practice, with Cosemans equipped to advise on issues extending to intellectual property rights in digital assets such as the image rights of players in NFTs. Former practice head Tim Baart retired in January 2023.
Belgium > Intellectual property
Deloitte is equipped to assist clients with transactional and advisory IP work including drafting and negotiating IP agreements and handling IP-related due diligence connected to M&A transactions. IP portfolio management, including enforcement work, is another strength of the team. Antwerp-based Jurgen Egger and Matthias Vierstraete, who divides his time between Ghent and Brussels, jointly lead the team. Willem-Jan Cosemans‘ IP experience includes representing clients before domestic and European Courts in copyright, trade mark and design litigation.
Belgium > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
Primarily based in Brussels, the team at Deloitte Legal exhibits ‘clear, in-depth‘ expertise across a broad range of areas, with particular emphasis on medtech regulatory matters. Practice head Christoph Michiels has ample expertise in venture capital and private equity transactions, regularly assisting investor syndicates and management teams with early stage spin off projects. Jean-Christophe Top acts for numerous pharma, digital health, and medtech clients in matters concerning ethics compliance and the commercialisation of novel therapies, while Matthias Vierstraete maintains an IP and IT focused practice in Ghent.
Belgium > EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
For Deloitte Legal, data protection and privacy work forms a core component of the IP and IT team’s regular workload. The group assists with practical questions regarding the applicability of data protection legislation, as well as advising on data ownership, localisation, retention, and transferability issues. Jurgen Egger and Matthias Vierstraete oversee and co-ordinate the wider practice, regularly leading on key regulatory mandates.
Lawyer Rankings
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection Belgium
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Belgium
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment Belgium
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms Belgium
- Intellectual property Belgium
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- Tax
- Commercial, corporate and M&A
- Employment
- EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- Fraud and white-collar crime
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: Media and entertainment
- Industry focus: Transport
- Insolvency and restructuring
- Real estate and construction
- Banking, finance and capital markets
- Dispute resolution
- Industry focus: IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property
- Private equity