Jan Ravelingien (1962, Kortrijk, Belgium) obtained his law degree (1985 - cum laude) at the Catholic University of Leuven, where he also studied political sciences. He was assistant professor comparative and international commercial law and researched on international commercial. Jan also lectured marketing law.

Jan is a partner at MVVP, a mid-sized commercial law firm in Brussels (www.mvvp.be) where he is in charge of the commercial law and litigation department. Much of his work relates to market practices, brand activation, intellectual property law and fair dealings generally in the market between companies and between companies and consumers.

Particular Experience and Practice Area Focus

The practice of Jan concentrates on four fields of activity:

• Regulatory & Compliance with as principal recurring work: Data protection, Electronic commerce, labelling and product norms.
• Representative examples of work in Data Protection:
• Advising on complex marketing oriented data processings (Viral marketing, E-advertising, etc.)
• Analysing transborder dataflow issues
• Setting up and implementation of whistleblowing schemes
• Clearing of medical data processings
• Reviewing and porting Privacy Policies
• Registration of complex data processings with the local DPA

Trade Practices with as principal sectors: trade promotions, advertising and branding; fashion retail chains and supermarkets

Representative examples of work in Trade Practices:

• Promotional games and contests
• Price comparison litigation between supermarkets, telephone operators, energy companies, automotive and tire manufacturers

Commercial Intermediaries with as principal fields of activity:

• Distribution and commercial agency
• Franchising
• Licensing

General commercial law advice and litigation

Jan works in commercial and trade practices law and complex litigation for 25 years, primarily in a trans-boundary context. This work is divided in equal parts between litigation and counselling. His litigation practice always involves cross-border questions and often times complex conflict-of-laws and procedural issues. He gained, over the years, an extensive experience in international questions of public order, particularly in competition law.

Examples of recurring fields within the commercial litigation, transactions and counselling where Jan Ravelingien gained experience are commercial agreements such as distribution, agency, licensing, franchising and joint-ventures and contractual liability and copyrights and trademarks.

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