Tech & Digital

At the forefront of tech developments

Our Digital group consists of a multi-disciplinary team that focuses on global tech firms, significant digital platforms and other major players in data-heavy industries. Our different expertise groups spanning Digital Platforms, Fintech, Industrial Tech and Venture Capital, work together to offer clients a well-rounded proposition covering various topics, such as:

Strategic boardroom advice; Data Privacy & Cybersecurity; Mass Claims; Consumer Protection; Artificial Intelligence; 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.

Our recent track record, advising:

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 damage claim based on the new regulatory regimes for class actions under both EU privacy law and Dutch civil law. The claim vehicle was declared inadmissible by the District Court of Amsterdam.
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

Geert Potjewijd

Partner

Jaap Barneveld

Partner

Related expertise

Venture Capital Financial Institutions & Fintech

Recent Matters

24 February 2025

Just Eat Takeaway.com and Prosus agree on recommended EUR 4.1 billion all-cash offer for shares in Just Eat Takeaway.com

Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V., one of the world’s leading on-demand delivery companies, and Prosus, the global technology company, have reached conditional agreement on an envisaged recommended public offer by Prosus for all issued and outstanding shares in the capital of Just Eat Takeaway.com of EUR 20.30 (cum dividend) in cash per share. The offer values a 100% of the shares at approximately EUR 4.1 bn and is unanimously recommended by Just Eat Takeaway.com’s management board and supervisory board.

6 December 2024

DataSnipper acquires AI-native document management platform UpLink

DataSnipper, the intelligent automation platform transforming audit and finance, successfully completed the acquisition of UpLink. UpLink is an AI-native document management platform designed for audit and accounting teams. Established in 2022, UpLink integrates advanced machine learning into the document workflow to automate and streamline the review of documents, dramatically speeding up processes that traditionally take hours or even days. This acquisition follows DataSnipper's recent USD 100 million Series B funding, led by Index Ventures, which valued DataSnipper at USD 1 billion.

6 December 2024

De Brauw advises Parcom on its acquisition of Robin Radar

De Brauw advises Parcom on its acquisition of Robin Radar, a leading developer of radar systems specialised in detecting and tracking small flying objects.

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Industrial Tech

Our Industrial Tech Group is a subset of our Digital group and consists of a multidisciplinary group that aims to consolidate our vast experience working for tech-heavy industrial clients with a focus on:

Arbitration in tech-focused disputes
Pan-European and cross border patent litigation in pharma, life sciences, telecoms and consumer goods markets
UPC litigation with a focused cross expertise and international team
IP contacting and licensing, joint ventures and IP heavy M&A

Our recent track record includes:

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 advising on the sale of that division

Insights

28 February 2025

CJEU issues important decision on cross-border patent injunctions

On 25 February 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) answered preliminary questions in a long-awaited ruling in a case between BSH Hausgeräte GmbH (BSH) and Electrolux AB (Electrolux). The ruling clarifies certain aspects regarding cross-border patent injunctions against defendants domiciled in an EU member state and seems to broaden the possibilities of cross-border injunctions.

28 February 2025

Uber case: "external entrepreneurship" is fully relevant when defining a working relationship

On 21 February 2025, in a long-awaited ruling in preliminary proceedings, the Dutch Supreme Court delivered answers to the ongoing issue of how to assess the employment status of workers (in this case, Uber drivers). In its ruling, the Supreme Court confirmed once more that no hierarchy exists among the factors relevant in determining if a legal relationship qualifies as an employment agreement existing under article 7:610 Dutch Civil Code. These factors are set out in the Deliveroo ruling.

21 January 2025

The UPC in 2024: five key decisions

2024 was a very productive year for the UPC. While many important and interesting decisions were handed down, we have selected five that we believe stand out the most.

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