CMS Francis Lefebvre

Intellectual Property, TMC - Technology, Media & Communications

Anne-Laure Villedieu joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 1998 and became a partner in 2012. She is Managing Director of the firm and heads up the Technology, Media and Communications and Intellectual Property team.

She advises clients, drafts legal documents, helps clients in negotiations, and litigates primarily in copyright, industrial property law (trademarks, patents, designs and models), IT law, electronic communications, and protection of personal data.

French, English

Managing Director of the firm (since 2024) Member of the CMS Executive Committee (since 2020) Member of the firm's Management Board (2020-2024) Member of the Board, ItechLaw Member of the French Association of Data Protection Officers (AFDCP) Member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP)

CAPA (certificate of aptitude for the legal profession) (1997) DEA (Diplôme d’études approfondies) in communication law, Université de Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (1997) DEA (Diplôme d’études approfondies) in business law and economics, Université de Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne (1996)