Pieter Goovaerts

Pieter Goovaerts is a Senior Legal Advisor at BDO Belgium, specializing in IP, IT, and Data Protection since September 2020, following a tenure as a Self-Employed Attorney in Intellectual Property from November 2019 to September 2020. Pieter's background includes serving as a Partner at Magrez Law, where practical and solution-oriented legal advice was provided, and as a Trademark Attorney at PRONOVEM. Previous positions include Attorney roles at JVM, Van Landuyt & vennoten, and Oevre Louis Conlombant, where responsibilities ranged from legal counsel to managing sector evaluations for disadvantaged children in France. Pieter also gained experience as a Research Intern at the Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic and contributed to digitalizing legal publications at Wolters Kluwer Belgium. Academic qualifications include an LLM in Law & Technology from the University of Ottawa and a Licentiate in Law from Vrije Universiteit Brussel.