Artificial Intelligence
Artificial intelligence. The questions raised by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) are as intriguing to you as they are to us.
You/us. These questions challenge you/us as an economic player and as a human being. They challenge us as attorneys at your service and compel us to think about how we will be able to continue to assist you when algorithms will phagocyte entire areas of our practice.
AI Team. The individuals within this group are keen observers of AI developments within their respective fields of expertise. By uniting, they have committed to the shared goal of monitoring the progression of AI in a holistic manner. Our team offers comprehensive legal guidance to businesses of varying scales, catering to the needs of both startups and established enterprises. Our areas of expertise include:
- Finance & AI: Support in ensuring compliance with AI-related financial regulations.
- HealthCare and Life Sciences & AI: Strategic insights on utilizing AI to accelerate drug discovery and development; guidance on implementing AI-driven personalized medicine approaches; support in deploying AI-based remote patient monitoring systems.
- Data and cybersecurity & AI: Support in ensuring compliance with AI-related data privacy and security regulations.
- Standardization & AI: Consultancy on promoting interoperability among AI systems; support in advocating for responsible AI practices through standardization.
- Intellectual Property & AI: Consultancy on leveraging AI for IP risk management and IP protection strategies; support in negotiating and enforcing IP rights in the context of AI-based innovations.
- Energy & AI: Consultancy on AI’s role in optimizing energy distribution and consumption through intelligent power flow management.
- Contracts & AI: Analysis of AI-related contracts; guidance on contract negotiation and drafting for AI-powered projects; support in ensuring transparency, fairness, and accountability in AI-related contracts.
Passion. The AI Group is a team of lawyers who are passionate about innovation and specialized in new technologies, competition law, data protection, finance, intellectual property, and life sciences.
Genes. The establishment of the AI Group highlights CMS's innate commitment to innovation, solidifying its position as the pioneering law firm to introduce an artificial intelligence group in Belgium.
Local media. We are committed to raising our visibility within the local community and engaging with the media to provide expert legal insights and commentary. Our attorneys are frequently featured in local publications and media outlets, providing valuable legal guidance to the public.
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See all Regulatory NewsFSB: Sound practices for responsible adoption of AI
Further to the June 2026 consultation, FSB has now published responses from stakeholder. These may be downloaded individually via the following link.
EBA/EIOPA/ESMA: Toward a consistent and risk-based approach for ICT risks from frontier AI models
The ESAs have published a statement which calls for a cross-sectoral, risk-based and consistent supervisory approach to mitigate the ICT risks stemming from frontier AI models. It underlines that financial entities should have robust governance and risk management frameworks in place to support the effective management and mitigation of cyber risks associated with frontier AI models and provides updates on ongoing and planned DORA oversight activities for critical ICT third-party providers to address the risks.
FSB: Sound practices for responsible adoption of AI
FSB’s consultation report highlights the benefits and risks associated with AI use in the financial system and sets out a series of sound practices that financial institutions could apply in their organisation-wide AI governance and management of the relevant stages of AI development and deployment. It includes case studies taken from AI implementation practices by financial institutions. Responses are required by 22 July 2026.
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ECB: Speech by Frank Elderson: Strengthening operational resilience for the age of AI
Text of Frank Elderson’s speech of 3 June 2026 follows.
IOSCO: Supervisory toolkit for AI use in capital markets
IOSCO’s report is intended to provide regulators with a practical toolkit to support the supervision and oversight of AI based systems used by regulated entities.
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