Hélène Carrier

Legal support for creative and innovative companies

• Drafting and negotiation of clauses and contracts (license, assignment, development, service provision, confidentiality agreements, etc.)

• Protection of creations (protection strategy, prior art searches, filings, etc.) and management of intellectual property asset portfolios

• IP audits

• GDPR compliance

• Website compliance (e-commerce regulations, GDPR, T&Cs, specific regulations, etc.)

• Litigation in counterfeiting and unfair or parasitic competition

• Training and awareness on the legal aspects of intellectual property and digital technologies

• Drafting, review, and negotiation of a wide range ofcontracts(IT contracts, consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, etc.) and related legal advice (tenders, terminations, pre-litigation, etc.);

• Management of risks and optimization of **contractual strategy**, through the development of contract templates and clauses (with a particular focus on regulatory and IP/IT aspects) and internal policies, the implementation of a risk/benefit approach, the creation of operational databases, etc.;

• Support for the group'sIT projects(transfer of data and systems to the cloud, restructuring of the economic interest grouping pooling the group's IT expenses, etc.);

• Legal advice onregulatory matters(in particular GDPR, Solvency II, DORA regulation on the digital operational resilience of the financial sector) - main legal contact for issues relating to the outsourcing of critical or important functions and activities and/or in the cloud;

• Development and implementation of a strategy forprotecting the intellectual property portfolio(trademarks, domain names, etc.), defense of the portfolio/litigation management in coordination with external counsel;

• **IP Audits**: support for investment operations on IP/IT aspects (due diligence, drafting of red flag reports, etc.);

•Trainingand awareness of group employees on personal data, outsourcing of critical or important functions and activities and/or in the cloud, use of trademarks, etc.

• Technologies:advice on new technologies (setting up websites/platforms/applications, cryptography, payment and electronic money services, etc.) and personal data; drafting and negotiation of IT contracts (license, maintenance, and other service agreements, etc.);

• Intellectual Property:advice and litigation in intellectual property (copyright, related rights, trademarks, domain names, etc.), including trademark filings and oppositions; drafting and negotiation of contracts (assignment, license, publishing, etc.); advice on open data (right of access to administrative documents and reuse of public information);

• Commercial:advice, drafting, and negotiation of contracts in commercial law and consumer law (General Terms and Conditions of Sale/Use, confidentiality agreements, business introduction agreements, commercial leases, etc.); advice and litigation in unfair competition and parasitism; audits;

• Media:advice, drafting, and negotiation of contracts in advertising law (sale/purchase of advertising space, contests, advertising campaigns, etc.); advice and assistance in exercising the right of reply and litigation regarding invasion of privacy and defamation/insult.