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Florence Van Damme
Senior Associate

Florence Van Damme

Languages
  • French
  • Dutch
  • English
  • Italian
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Florence specializes in intellectual property law, including trademark, copyright, trade secret, design and patent law. Florence has also expertise in market practices and consumer protection (advertising and marketing law) and in commercial law.

In these areas, she advises clients, assists them in the negotiation and drafting of contracts (including IP transfer and license agreements) and represents them in litigation. She also assists her colleagues of the corporate M&A department in due diligence processes. Florence has completed several secondments with the in-house legal departments of international clients, where she advised on marketing compliance and assisted in the negotiation of commercial agreements.

Her clients range from big international companies to local start-ups, across various sectors.

Before joining CMS in 2012, Florence started as an inhouse legal counsel in an international company and then worked as a paralegal within the IP litigation practice of a London law firm.

Florence holds a Law Degree from the UCLouvain and a Special Degree in Economic Law from the Brussels University (VUB) as well as an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law from King's College (University of London).

Florence is a member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI).

She is fluent in French, Dutch and English.

Awards & Recognitions
01
  • Quote
    "Florence Van Damme is ’very competent’."
    Legal 500, 2025

Relevant experience

  • In-house legal counsel in an international company.
  • IP paralegal in a top-tier law firm in London.

Publications

  • F. VAN DAMME, "Descriptive use as a defence in trade mark proceedings", report of the Belgian group of AIPPI, Ing.-Cons., 2020, p. 303.
  • F. VAN DAMME, "Consumer survey evidence", report of the Belgian group of AIPPI, Ing.-Cons., 2019, p 195.

 

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPPI)

Education

  • 2012 - Bar admission (Brussels, Belgium)
  • 2011 - King's College London - United Kingdom (LLM in Intellectual Property Law)
  • 2008 - University of Brussels, VUB - Belgium  (Special degree in Economic Law)
  • 2007 - University of Leuven, UCLouvain (Law Degree)

Insights by Florence

CMS at INTA 2026

02 May 2026

Belgian law update: Two January 2026 bills to amend the Code of Economic Law

26 Feb 2026 5 min read

No copyright infringement in “Knokke Off” v. “Verzwijg Mij Niet” dispute

04 Dec 2025 4 min read

CMS Belgium advised Royal Unibrew on partnership with PepsiCo in Belgium and Luxembourg

16 Oct 2024 1 min read
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