Emilie Deturck

Senior Associate

Practice Areas

Intellectual Property, Information Technology & Media, Commercial Law

Languages

Dutch, French, English

Contact

Emilie.Deturck@mvvp.be

+32 2 285 01 00

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Philippe Laurent
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Emilie focuses mainly on intellectual property rights law, entertainment- and media law and commercial law. She represents and advises clients and drafts contracts, in the fields of television, motion picture, the music industry, advertising, book publishing, photography, design and sports.

Emilie obtained her law degree at the KU Leuven in 2015 (cum laude), which included a year of study at Queen Mary, University of London (Erasmus Programme). In addition, she earned an LLM degree in Entertainment Law at the University of Westminster in London (2016).