Patrick Van Eecke

Cooley’s global cyber/data/privacy practice consists of a large team of lawyers focusing on all aspects of privacy, cybersecurity and data governance. A six-time Law360 Privacy Practice Group of the Year and a two-time Recorder Privacy Litigation Department of the Year, its integrated practice is comprised of four pillars: compliance and strategy, transactional support, breach preparedness and response, and privacy and data security litigation and investigations.

Patrick has been named Belgium's leading lawyer and is ranked one of the world's top 20 IT lawyers in the latest edition of Legal Media Group's "Guide to the World's Leading Technology, Media & Telecommunications Lawyers". Patrick is also recommended by the Legal 500 and by the European Legal Experts as one of the top legal advisors in Brussels.

Patrick has been appointed as a professor at the University of Antwerp, teaching European Information- and Communications law; He is also teaching at Queen Mary University and King's College, both University of London.

Specialties: European e-commerce laws, data protection, privacy, electronic signatures, contracting, ...