Meet Gerrit Vandendriessche

Telephone:

+32 2 426 14 14

Email:

gerrit.vandendriessche@altius.com

Gerrit Vandendriessche practices ICT and general commercial law.

He regularly advises on computer law, privacy and data protection, electronic communications, e-commerce, outsourcing, digital signatures and certification, software, cloud services, distant sales rules, commercial practices including (on-line) advertising, and general commercial law. Gerrit also conducts ICT-related litigation.

Gerrit is a regular speaker at conferences and has an extensive publication record in the fields of ICT and commercial law.

Furthermore, he is a member of ITechLaw and IAPP. Gerrit is also a guest lecturer at the KULeuven and the Free University of Brussels (VUB).

Education

• Special Master’s degree in information Technology and Communication law (University of Namur)
• Erasmus Exchange Programme (University of Granada)
• Lic. Juris (KU Leuven – KUL)
• Certificate Data Protection Officer (Data Protection Institute)

Languages

• Gerrit is fluent in Dutch, French, English and Spanish

Selection of publications

• Vandendriessche, G. en Schillebeeckx, A., “Het uitzonderingsregime voor de verwerking van persoonsgegevens voor onderzoek”, TPP, 2019, afl. 01, 14
• Vandendriessche, G., “Verwerking van persoonsgegevens” in De Buyst, D., Kortleven, P., Lysens, T. en Ronse, D., Bestendig Handboek Deskundigenonderzoek, Mechelen, Wolters Kluwer, 2018, III.10-1

What our clients say about us

“Everything starts with them excelling in the core service, which is advice and assistance on specific privacy-related issues. They then bring added value by proactively informing you with options.” – Legal 500 EMEA, 2024

“They are easy to reach, have a good sense of humour (which is always a plus), but most importantly, they have excellent knowledge and assist me and my company in a very good way.” – Legal 500 EMEA, 2024

“Client-centric, pragmatic and business-oriented. Thorough understanding of the market practices.” – Legal 500 EMEA, 2024

“Gerrit Vandendriessche truly understands clients.” – Legal 500 EMEA, 2023

“Gerrit Vandendriessche is an extremely knowledgeable lawyer in the data protection space with solid experience in the litigation space.”– Legal 500 EMEA, 2023

“Gerrit Vandendriessche is a perfect ‘compagnon de route’. I have learnt a lot from him, and he helps me and my company to stay on the right track.” – Chambers Europe, 2023

“Gerrit Vandendriessche is always willing to go the extra mile. He is very knowledgeable and pragmatic at the same time.” – Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

“Gerrit stand out as top-tier advisers and show an in-depth knowledge of Belgian technology and telecoms law.”    – Legal 500 EMEA, 2022

“Gerrit Vandendriessche is known for his “comprehensive advice.” – Legal 500 EMEA, 2021

“Gerrit Vandendriessche is not only generally known as a market-leading specialist in IT and privacy, he is also very practical and responsive in his dealings with clients and peers.”– Legal 500 EMEA, 2020

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