Liedekerke’s team advises on IP, IT and data protection matters at both national and international level, spanning GDPR compliance audits, implementation projects, and procedures for transferring personal data across stakeholders and jurisdictions. The firm is frequently consulted on the use of data by public authorities. Co-head Etienne Kairis contributes deep commercial and distribution law expertise with data protection expertise, while co-head Sarah Van Den Brande focuses on IP, market practices and data protection.

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Testimonials

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‘Partners as well as different associates try to be available as much as possible. They are always working in our company's interest.’
‘Sarah van den Brande is the star leading the team; she's very hands-on and always available.’
‘The team is very knowledgeable, responsive and fun to work with. We have worked with them in various IP, data protection and e-commerce matters and have been impressed with the results.'
‘I work mostly with Sarah van den Brande and find her extremely knowledgeable about EU data privacy law and the practical application of the same to our business. We value her knowledge as well as her practical approach to compliance.’
‘The Liedekerke team do a great job of distilling complex EU data privacy and protection concepts down to simple terms for our business team to understand. They also spend time getting to know our business so they can provide more pinpoint legal advice on data privacy.’

Key clients

Data Protection Authority
Volkswagen
3M
The Weir Group
Agentschap Maritiem Dienstverlening & Kust MDK
B&B Hotels
Turing Enterprises
ECI Software
Inno
Uber Eats
Cryotherapeutics
Damovo

Work highlights

Representing the Belgian Data Protection Authority before the Court of Justice in the framework of a preliminary ruling regarding the data protection law concept of “data controller” (C-231/22) and before the Market Court (Brussels Court of Appeal); before the Market Court (Brussels Court of Appeal) in the framework of annulment proceedings brought by the Belgian State (Communauté française) against a prima facie decision issued by the Authority with respect to an alleged breach of a data subject’s right to access; and, before the Market Court (Brussels Court of Appeal) in relation to two appeals launched by DPG Media against two of the DPA’s (administrative) decisions in a complaint procedure.

Assisting Volkswagen AG in complying with data protection regulations for a number of different functionalities that Volkswagen AG wishes to implement in its connected vehicles

Assisting Eurojust in annulment and damages proceedings initiated against this agency before the General Court of the European Union by six individuals for alleged unlawful processing by Eurojust of the applicants’ personal data (group chats and metadata) intercepted by national authorities from the servers of the crypto-communication services Sky ECC, EncroChat and Exclu.