Tech & Digital
At the forefront of tech developments
Our multi-disciplinary Tech & Digital group focuses on global tech firms, significant digital platforms and other major players in data-heavy industries. The experts in our group cover digital platforms, fintech, industrial tech and venture capital. They work together to offer clients a well-rounded proposition covering various topics. These include strategic boardroom advice; data privacy & cybersecurity; mass claims; consumer protection; artificial intelligence; cryptocurrency, competition & regulation; intellectual property; media law; internal investigations; enforcement actions; foreign direct investment; M&A; and funding.
We understand the opportunities and the risks associated with the platform economy and help our digital clients to navigate this dynamic and fast-paced landscape.
Track record
- Just Eat Takeaway in all M&A and competition aspects relating to its acquisition of Delivery Hero in Germany, its merger with Just Eat and its acquisition of Grubhub in the US
- Salesforce as lead counsel in the first mass damages claim under new regulatory regimes for class actions under EU privacy law and Dutch civil law
- AirBnB in its defence against civil class actions in the Netherlands in relation to the alleged unlawful double charging of service costs
- Booking.com in proceedings against German hotels in relation to price-parity clauses
- A leading sales platform in a global trademark dispute
Contact
Helen Gornall
Partner
Tobias Cohen Jehoram
Partner
Axel Arnbak
Partner
Jaap Barneveld
Partner
Johan Valk
Partner
Andreas Häuselmann
Senior Adviser - Law & AI
Related expertise
Artificial IntelligenceCompetition & RegulationData, Privacy & Platform EnforcementFinancial Institutions & FintechIntellectual PropertyRecent Matters
De Brauw advises Bain Capital on its investment in HSO
KKR acquires minority stake in Etraveli Group
De Brauw advises H.I.G. Capital on the acquisition of the Kantar Media division from the Kantar Group
EXPERTS IN INDUSTRIAL TECH
As part of our group, we have a multidisciplinary team, with vast experience working for tech-heavy industrial clients. This dedicated Industrial Tech team focuses on arbitration in tech-focused disputes; pan-European and cross-border patent litigation in pharma, life sciences, telecoms and consumer goods markets; UPC litigation; and IP contracting and licensing, joint ventures and IP-heavy M&A.
Track record
- Advising a client in the construction sector in major FRAND proceedings
- Representing a FMCG client in high stake litigation including questions of competition and patent law, resulting in a successful complaint before the French Competition Authority
- Advising a technology client on the disentanglement of one of its major business units as well as on the sale of that division
“Very experienced with tech-related class actions in the Netherlands. Very professional and able to advise on the strategic questions concerning legal disputes in this area.”