Overview

Thibaut D’hulst focuses on intellectual property law, new technologies, data protection, pharmaceutical law and competition law.

Thibaut regularly advises clients on all aspects of intellectual property law. His experience ranges from advising on strategies to protect trademarks, databases and other intellectual property to litigation, including patent validity and enforcement cases. He also regularly assists clients in new technology projects in relation to compliance with intellectual property, data protection and/or pharmaceutical laws. 

In addition, Thibaut is a certified Data Protection Officer and assists clients in complying with EU and Belgian data protection rules by conducting data protection audits, drafting company policies, information clauses and processor agreements on data protection, filing notifications, assisting clients in procedures before data protection authorities and advising on the international transfer of personal data.

In the field of competition law, Thibaut’s experience includes compliance training, assisting clients during and after dawn raids, advising on data protection aspects of competition procedures and on litigation concerning damages proceedings.

Languages

Dutch, English, French, German

Recommendations

  • Chambers Europe - Data Protection (Associates to watch)

Education

  • Queen Mary, University of London, LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law, 2006
  • University of Leuven, Postgraduate degree in Business Economics, 2005
  • University of Leuven, Master of Laws, 2004
  • University of Namur, Bachelor of Law, 2001

Bar Admission

Brussels

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    • 04/10/2024
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    Belgian DPA Guidelines on AI Systems and GDPR

    With the AI Act grabbing all the attention, data protection authorities are reminding organizations that AI systems also need to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation

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    • 24/09/2024
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    Decoding the AI Act: Key Elements

    The European Union’s Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), one of the first and likely the most comprehensive regulation of AI systems in the world, entered into force on 1 August 2024. The AI Act will affect an incredibly wide range of AI systems used in the EU, and subject AI system providers to a range of compliance and transparency obligations reflecting a riskbased approach.

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    • 08/08/2024
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    Commission Report on Six Years Application of GDPR

    On 25 July 2024, the European Commission (the Commission) published its second report (the Report) on the application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)..

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