Tom De Cordier
Partner
CMS Law Firm
Tom is a seasoned data & technology lawyer with a strong focus on data privacy law, technology, IT and telecommunications law and technology-related IP. Clients praise him for his commercial acumen and his pragmatic and down-to-earth style. His practice covers a wide range of advisory, transactional and litigation work in international and domestic matters relating to data privacy and TMC. Tom has experience in:
- Cyber security incident handling
- Data protection - Tom regularly assists clients in domestic and multi-jurisdictional privacy compliance projects. He advises clients on all aspects of data protection compliance, including data protection policies and procedures, the use of data in the provision of consumer and business products, big data, responding to data subject access requests, cross-border data transfers, cloud computing, data security breaches, transfers of data to regulators, data privacy in life sciences, the use of data in customer relationship management systems and processes, employee monitoring and website compliance issues, BYOD, whistleblowing hotlines, fintech, data privacy litigation, etc.)
- Network & information security (eg. advising clients on cyber security requirements and risks; etc.)
- IT transactions (including IT sourcing projects; cloud projects; digital transformation projects; etc) and IT advisory work (eg. advising on legal aspects of digital disruption, e-archiving, electronic signatures, etc.)
- Legal aspects of e-commerce (eg. advising on how to ensure that websites comply with e-commerce laws and regulations; drafting or reviewing website policies, online privacy policies; etc.)
- Telecom & media regulatory matters including pre-contentious and contentious regulatory work (eg. assisting telecoms clients in their dealings with the regulatory authorities; representing clients in court proceedings regarding telecoms regulatory disputes; etc.)
- IP transactional work (eg. drafting and negotiating cross-border patent & know-how license agreements; drafting and negotiating complex R&D agreements; drafting and negotiating IP assignment agreements; drafting and negotiating IP reps & warranties; etc.)
Tom is ranked tier 1 in Legal 500’s latest shortlist of leading practitioners in EU data protection.
He frequently speaks at conferences and seminars on privacy-related and cyber-related topics. He is also frequently asked by the international press to share his views on recent trends and developments in this area. For example, Tom was recently quoted by Bloomberg in an article about a landmark decision of the Court of Justice of the EU regarding the use of cookies (see article here).
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