Mr Tim Van Canneyt > Fieldfisher > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Fieldfisher Offices
L'ARSENAL, BOULEVARD LOUIS SCHMIDT, 29
1040 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Mr Tim Van Canneyt
Work Department
Technology, Outsourcing & Privacy
Position
Tim is a partner in the Technology and Data team in Fieldfisher’s Brussels office.
Career
Tim is a specialist in the area of privacy and information law and provide strategic and practical advice on the full range of data protection issues affecting business operations.
Tim co-heads the Technology and Data department in our Brussels’ office. He is a specialist data protection and e-commerce advisor and an information technology contract negotiator and litigator.
He provides strategic and practical advice on global data protection compliance issues to start-ups, large multinationals and public organisations. He has a particular interest in privacy challenges relating to digital technologies and services (geo-localisation, IoT, cloud computing, big data, cookies etc.).
Another important part of his practice consists of drafting and negotiating complex IT service and outsourcing agreements and advising on e-commerce matters.
In the past, he has been seconded to Euroclear, where he managed many complex IT contract negotiations and the data protection aspects related to them.
Tim has a significant experience servicing clients in the TMT, Life Sciences and Financial Services sector.
Tim is a regular speaker at high-profile data protection conferences and he regularly publishes in the field of data protection.
Languages
Dutch, English, French
Memberships
Tim is a member of the European Advisory Board and of the Teaching Faculty of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and holder of their CIPP/E certification.
Tim is a member of eComlex, an international association of leading IT and e-commerce lawyers established to meet the needs of businesses throughout Europe.
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Industry focus: IT and telecoms
(Leading individuals)Fieldfisher‘s broad offering covers assistance with outsourcings, technology procurements, cloud computing issues and the commercialisation of new technologies. The ‘ pragmatic and compliant’ team is also competent in the area of IT disputes, handling matters ranging from mediation to litigation. The ‘hands-on’ Tim Van Canneyt jointly leads the practice alongside IP expert Stijn Debaene and French-qualified lawyer Olivier Proust. Van Canneyt’s practice extends to IT contract negotiation and litigation, while Proust excels in mandates with a privacy dimension. Hakim Haouideg and Nathalie Poupaert are further names to note.
Belgium > EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
(Next Generation Partners)With equal expertise in data protection and cybersecurity issues, Fieldfisher is noted for its ‘practical approach‘, arranging work across four broad privacy pillars – operational compliance, commercial and project-related advice, crisis management, and dispute resolution. Tim Van Canneyt and Olivier Proust jointly head up the technology and data department; the former is lauded as an ‘exceptionally bright and pragmatic lawyer‘, while the latter is noted for his expertise in advising companies of all sizes on their global privacy compliance programmes. In terms of sector specialisms, the team focuses particularly on the technology, finance, life sciences and energy industries.