Van Bael & Bellis brings longstanding experience advising multinational corporations on complex data protection matters at both Belgian and EU level. The team’s deep life sciences expertise enables it to deliver full-spectrum regulatory support to pharma clients, including increasingly mature compliance work such as DPIAs and structured reporting frameworks. Practice head Thibaut D’hulst specialises in data protection, digital regulation, IP, new technologies, pharmaceutical law and competition law, offering clients comprehensive guidance across intersecting regulatory regimes.
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Testimonials
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- ‘Strong understanding of EU privacy laws and regulations. Ability to convey complex issues in a clear manner, and translate that to business applicability.’
Key clients
- Formation Bio
- Encoded Pharmaceuticals
- Gedeon Richter
- Patient Centrics
- Pharma.be
- ReadoutAI
- Super League Triathlon
Work highlights
Advised Formation Bio on EU data protection, AI and clinical trial regulation implications of its first-of-its-kind collaboration with Sanofi and OpenAI to use AI to accelerate drug development and bring new medicines to patients more efficiently.
Advising Super League Triathlon, an organiser of innovative triathlon events and formats, on a range of data protection matters.
Advised the Belgian industry association pharma.be and its members in relation to the use of Real World Evidence in the context of drug development and approval.
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Practice head
Thibaut D’hulst