Pieter Van Den Broecke > Linklaters > Brussels, Belgium > Lawyer Profile

Linklaters
RUE BREDERODE 13
1000 BRUXELLES
Belgium

Work Department

TMT/IP

Position

Partner

Career

Pieter specialises in intellectual property (IP) and technology-related matters, advising major corporates and international financial institutions on their pan-European and global businesses. He leads the firm’s IP practice in Belgium.

Pieter has significant experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters involving IP, with a particular focus on dispute resolution with respect to patents, trademarks and copyrights.

His expertise also extends to the negotiation and drafting of contracts relating to all aspects of IP and IP strategic alliances and carve-outs (R&D, licences, technology transfers and joint ventures) and of other related types of collaboration (including business development and licensing (BD&L), IP aspects of corporate deals and structured finance, including securitisation), as well as advertising and unfair competition law.

Pieter has in-depth knowledge of many sectors, notably the life science, healthcare and consumer sectors. Previously, he was co-leader of the firm’s global consumer sector.

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Lawyer Rankings

Belgium > Intellectual property

Linklaters‘ varied IP practice spans patent and copyright litigation, arbitration and mediation proceedings, royalty disputes and agreements relating to the commercial exploitation of IP rights. Pieter Van Den Broecke heads up the practice and frequently assists blue-chip clients with the IP aspects of corporate transactions. The ‘hardworking’ Tom De Coster wins plaudits for his competence in contentious and non-contentious commercial law matters involving IP rights, and Julie De Meyer is noted for being an ‘up-and-coming’ practitioner.