Law firm time.lex strengthens ICT practice

Brussels, 1 September 2008 – On 1 September, Edwin Jacobs became the fourth partner in the niche law firm time.lex in Brussels. The firm celebrated its first anniversary two months earlier and can look back on a particularly successful first year. Edwin Jacobs joins Prof. Jos Dumortier, Geert Somers and Hans Graux, the three founding partners of time.lex. The firm already has a strong reputation on the market as a specialist in IT law. The arrival of Jacobs will strengthen its expertise in service level agreements, outsourcing and other ICT contracts, e-banking, electronic invoicing, software, databanks, e-business and the Internet, information security, digital archiving, privacy, copyrights and trademarks. More ICT knowledge from experience Edwin Jacobs was previously head of legal services at ISABEL, a leading service provider in e-banking, e-business (i.a., electronic invoicing) and e-government. He later used his thorough business ICT knowledge as a manager for the ICT practice group at Monard- D’Hulst in Brussels. Jacobs was the founder and chairman of the “IT/IP law practice group” at the Institute of Company Lawyers. He is also an affiliate researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and ICT (ICRI) at the K.U. Leuven and a recognized mediator in civil and commercial affairs. A keen eye on technology time.lex was founded in July 2007 by the three lawyers from the IT law department at Lawfort. The Brussels niche law firm specialises in telecommunication, IT/IP, media and e-business. In little over a year, time.lex established itself as a key player in IT law with a special emphasis on privacy protection, ICT contracts, maintaining intellectual property rights in an electronic context and liability management. Edwin Jacobs will in particular bring a great deal of know-how to the firm in the field of outsourcing, e-banking and electronic invoicing. Specialists on a European level The clear focus and its pool of specialists allow the team to understand and anticipate the real needs of the ICT market: wide expertise, concrete…