Meet Sophie Lens

Telephone:

+32 2 426 14 14

Email:

sophie.lens@altius.com

Sophie specialises in intellectual property law, with particular expertise in trade mark and patent litigation, anti-counterfeiting and parallel trade matters, as well as trade secrets.

Her practice also covers unfair market practices, advertising law, and the drafting of legal opinions and contracts in IP-related matters.

Sophie is an active member of several professional associations, including the Association Internationale pour la Protection de la Propriété Intellectuelle (AIPPI), the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA), the French Association des Praticiens du droit des Marques et des Modèles (APRAM), and the Belgian Association Belge pour le droit d’Auteur (ABA).

Sophie is the author and co-author of various publications, and regularly takes part in conferences and seminars as a speaker, moderator, and co-organiser.

Education

• Master of Laws (University of Louvain – UCLouvain)
• Master in Intellectual Property (University of Brussels – KU Brussel – KUB)
• Erasmus Exchange Programme (University of Valencia)

Languages

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

Selection of publications

• Trade Secrets 2022, Chambers Global Practice Guides (author of Belgian chapter)
• “Protection of trade secrets during civil proceedings”, AIPPI, 2022 (co-author)
• “Reasonable awareness in compensation for infringement of IP rights”, I.C.I.P., 2021 (co-author)
• Trade Secrets, Lexology GTDT, 2021 (author of Belgian chapter)
• Law of raw data, AIPPI Law Series, Kluwer Law International, 2021 (co-author of Belgian chapter)
• “Standing to litigate and effect on remedies”, I.C.I.P., 2020 (co-author)
• “The Trade Secrets Directive – Belgium”, Les Nouvelles – Journal of the Licensing Executives Society, 2019/3 (author)
• “IP damages for acts other than sales”, I.C.I.P., 2019 (co-author)
• “Copyright in artificially generated works”, I.C.I.P., 2019 (co-author)
• “Les droits intellectuels, entre autres droits: Intersections, interactions et interrogations, Conférence UB³”, 2019 (co-author)
• “Joint liability for IPR infringement”, I.C.I.P.,  2018 (co-author)
• “Quantification of monetary relief”, I.C.I.P., 2017 (co-author)
• “Trade secrets: overlap with restraint of trade, aspects of enforcement”, I.C.I.P., 2015 (co-author)
• “Copropriété (et partage) de droits intellectuels”, in Les droits intellectuels, D. Kaesmacher (coord.), Brussels, Larcier, 2013 (co-author)

What our clients say about Sophie

‘Sophie Lens is very reactive and efficient. She is an expert on her subject, is very hands-on and listens deeply to her clients.’ – Chambers Europe, 2025

‘She anticipates the demands of her clients.’ – Chambers Europe, 2025

Sophie is named a “Notable practitioner” by IP Stars 2023.

Making her debut in the WTR 1000 this year is Sophie Lens, an IP all-rounder who is as comfortable in patent proceedings as she is in trademark litigation and parallel trade matters. She also has expertise in trade secrets and advertising law. – WTR, 2023