Protect your business: compliance, data and innovation
Anticipating risk rather than suffering it.
A business protects itself before the risk materialises. We set up your anti-money laundering systems (Act of 18 September 2017), your GDPR compliance, with an outsourced DPO function where needed, and your financial compliance (MiFID II, market abuse). We also protect what makes your value: know-how, trade secrets and inventions, with our partner patent attorneys for patent filings. Belgian law, EU law and, with our correspondent firms and partner notaries, Luxembourg, French and foreign law: we handle your project wherever it plays out.
What you need to know
What are the anti-money laundering (AML/CFT) obligations?
The Act of 18 September 2017 imposes due diligence and reporting obligations on obliged entities. Identification and verification of customers and beneficial owners, risk assessment, record keeping and reporting of suspicious transactions to the CTIF-CFI (Belgian financial intelligence unit). We build internal procedures and defend obliged entities in the event of an inspection.
Does my company need to appoint a DPO?
Appointing a data protection officer is mandatory in certain cases provided for by the GDPR. In particular, in the case of regular and systematic monitoring on a large scale, or large-scale processing of sensitive data. Even where it is not mandatory, a DPO strengthens compliance. We provide an outsourced DPO function and compliance support (records of processing, impact assessments, breach management).
What should you do in the event of a personal data breach?
A data breach must, in principle, be notified to the Data Protection Authority within 72 hours. Depending on the risk, the data subjects must also be informed, and rigorous documentation of the incident is essential. We manage the incident response and the relationship with the Authority to limit penalties.
What does MiFID and Market Abuse Regulation compliance involve?
Regulated firms must comply with a strict governance and transparency framework. MiFID II governs the provision of investment services (client information, suitability, product governance); the Market Abuse Regulation prohibits insider dealing and market manipulation. We support compliance and defence before the regulator.
How can I protect my know-how and trade secrets?
Through concrete measures: non-disclosure agreements, restricted access, clauses in employment and partnership contracts. Since the Act of 30 July 2018, information is protected as a trade secret only if its holder has taken reasonable steps to keep it secret. In the event of misappropriation, injunction and damages actions are available.
How do you protect an invention?
First by keeping it confidential: disclosure before filing can destroy novelty and prevent a patent. Filing is handled by our partner patent attorneys. We secure the rest: ownership of the invention (inventor, partners, employees), non-disclosure agreements, licences and assignments.
What we handle
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