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Anne-Laure Villedieu

Partner
Member of the Management Board

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Anne-Laure Villedieu

Partner
Member of the Management Board

Contact
CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats
2 rue Ancelle
92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine
Cedex
France
Languages English, French

Anne-Laure Villedieu heads the Technology and IP Team of CMS France. She joined the firm in 1998, became a Partner in 2012 and is a member of the Advisory Board of the firm. She specializes in Technology and Data Privacy and regulary assists French businesses and international clients in contentious and non-contentious matters in the field of technology and privacy. Her non-contentious work includes drafting and negotiation of contracts as well as transactional.

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Best Lawyer - Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law

Best Lawyers 2022

CMS "has a specialised team dedicated to digital issues" and clients find 'invaluable' its 'experience in dealing with data protection regulatory issues'. Practice head Anne-Laure Villedieu "gives timely, technical and commercial advice".

The Legal 500 – industry Focus, IT, Telecom and the Internet, 2019 (Tier 2)

Best Lawyer - Information Technology Law, Intellectual Property Law, Technology Law

Best Lawyers 2022

CMS "has a specialised team dedicated to digital issues" and clients find 'invaluable' its 'experience in dealing with data protection regulatory issues'. Practice head Anne-Laure Villedieu "gives timely, technical and commercial advice".

The Legal 500 – industry Focus, IT, Telecom and the Internet, 2019 (Tier 2)

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of Board ItechLaw
  • Member of AFCDP (French Association of Data Protection Officers)
  • Member of IAPP (International Association of Privacy Professionals)
  • Member of ACE (French Association of Corporate Legal Advisors)
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Education

  • CAPA (post-graduate legal qualification required to practise as a solicitor or barrister in France) (1997)
  • Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Communications Law, Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (1997)
  • Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Business Law and Economics, Paris I - Panthéon-Sorbonne (1996)
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Expertise

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12/10/2021
On­line gambling law and reg­u­la­tion in France
Expert Guide TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
16/08/2021
Data pro­tec­tion and se­cur­ity
Ex­pert leg­al ad­visers
Brochures
12/08/2021
Ransom­ware at­tack: Can we ne­go­ti­ate with cy­ber­crim­in­als?
An en­dem­ic phe­nomen­on with ex­po­nen­tial growth
Publication
08/06/2021
Trade secrets in France
Gen­er­al 1. Has the Dir­ect­ive (EU) 2016/943 of the European Par­lia­ment and of the Coun­cil of 8 June 2016 on the pro­tec­tion of un­dis­closed know-how and busi­ness in­form­a­tion (trade secrets) against their...
Expert Guide Intellectual Property
Comparable
31/05/2021
CMS Net­work Shar­ing 4.5
On the brink of a new gen­er­a­tion
Publication
31/03/2021
Elec­tron­ic sig­na­ture law in com­mer­cial con­tracts in France
1. Defin­i­tion and form­al re­quire­ments of writ­ten leg­al state­ments or leg­al state­ments leg­ally bind­ing if the law re­quires writ­ten form The writ­ten form con­sists of a se­quence of let­ters, char­ac­ters...
Expert Guide Commercial Law
05/03/2021
Data pro­tec­tion and cy­ber­se­cur­ity laws in France
Data pro­tec­tion 1. Loc­al data pro­tec­tion laws and scope Data Pro­tec­tion and Pri­vacy Act No. 78/17 dated 6 Janu­ary 1978 as amended: by the Par­lia­ment by the Law n°2018-493 of 20 June 2018 im­ple­ment­ing...
Expert Guide TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Comparable
16/02/2021
5G reg­u­la­tion and law in France
1. What is the state of 5G de­ploy­ment in your coun­try? The com­mer­cial roll-out launched on 18 Novem­ber 2020, fol­low­ing the award on 12 Novem­ber 2020 of the 3.4-3.8 GHz spec­trum to four op­er­at­ors: Bouygues...
Expert Guide TMC - Technology, Media & Communications
Comparable
04/02/2021
Law and reg­u­la­tion of force ma­jeure in France
1. Is there le­gis­la­tion on force ma­jeure in your law sys­tem? Yes, art­icle 1218 of the French Civil Code. 2. If so, what is the text of the force ma­jeure clause in your civil code? Art­icle 1218 of the...
Expert Guide Commercial Law
14/12/2020
Di­git­al health apps and telemedi­cine in France
Di­git­al Health Apps/Soft­ware 1. How is the soft­ware with­in di­git­al health apps clas­si­fied in your jur­is­dic­tion, and what reg­u­la­tion(s) ap­ply? 1.1 Is it con­sidered a “med­ic­al device” or a “product”...
Expert Guide Life Sciences & Healthcare
Comparable
28/07/2020
Leg­al 500 Par­is 2020: our law firm’s rank­ings
The 2020 edi­tion of the Leg­al 500 Par­is guide is avail­able. We thank our cli­ents for their trust and sup­port!This year, our firm is ranked in 20 ex­pert­ise, in­clud­ing: 4 in Tier 1: Tax; Em­ploy­ment; Se­cur­it­isa­tion...
News
22/06/2020
Leg­al term for pay­ments in France
1.  Are there any spe­cif­ic leg­al re­quire­ments in re­spect of pay­ment terms? French le­gis­la­tion on pay­ment terms is es­sen­tially based on EU Dir­ect­ive 2011/7/EU on com­bat­ing late pay­ment in com­mer­cial...
Expert Guide Commercial Law
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