Mr Edwin Jacobs > Timelex > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Timelex Offices
JOSEPH STEVENSSTRAAT
7 RUE JOSEPH STEVENS
1000 BRUSSELS
Belgium
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Mr Edwin Jacobs
Work Department
Information Technology, Privacy & Data Protection, Intellectual Property, Media & Entertainment.
Position
Partner. FinTech, E-payment, e-money, e-banking and e-invoicing; IT services, outsourcing, software, internet; privacy & data protection; copyright, trademarks, designs, patents, domain names; media & entertainment; distribution & franchising; unfair competition; litigation, arbitration and mediation.
Career
Partner at TMT & IP boutique law firm time.lex since 2008. Assistant Professor of Mediation and Negotiation at the University of Antwerp. Lecturer (practical course) at the Center for IT and IP (CITIP) of the University of Leuven (Belgium). Formerly head of TMT (2007-2008) and associate (1995-2001) at Monard-D’Hulst, and General Counsel at Isabel, a provider of e-services for the financial sector (2001-2007).
Languages
Dutch, English, French, German.
Memberships
Brussels Bar. Accredited mediator at the Belgian Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (CEPANI) and WIPO. Member of iTechlaw and IBA. Sympathising member of the Belgian Institute of Company Lawyers.
Education
Europaïsche Studien (Europa-Institut Saarbrücken, 1995). Law degree (University of Leuven and Namur, 1994). Postgrad in company management (Brussels university, 2003).
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Industry focus: IT and telecoms
Boutique Timelex has a strong focus on IT and data protection work, regularly assisting clients with tech regulatory work, in addition to advising national and European governments on evolving regulation. Data protection compliance and technology-related litigation are both mainstays of the practice. Jos Dumortier
, who is highly commended for his privacy and data protection expertise, is a key figure within the team. Hans Graux is also of note, specialising in cloud service and AI-related work. Ruben Roex frequently acts on complex IT-related litigation. Edwin Jacobs is ‘approachable, creative and smart’.
Belgium > Fintech
Praised for its ‘capacity to combine expertise knowledge with a pragmatic approach’, Timelex‘s fintech offering combines deep regulatory expertise with a comprehensive dispute resolution offering to advise fintech companies on compliance, cybersecurity, blockchain technologies and cryptocurrency innovation. Team head Edwin Jacobs stands out for his ‘knowledge of the EU payments landscape’.