Une vie professionnelle à 360°
Ma triple formation (droit, physique, économie) témoigne de mon goût prononcé pour une approche 360° de ma profession.
A tout moment, je souhaite vous accompagner aborder les défis que vous rencontrer sous l'angle business, juridique, IP, et scientifique.
Parallèlement à mes activités strictement professionnelles, j'ai l'occasion d'approfondir les matière que je pratique en enseignant à l'université.
Enfin, je suis l'auteur d'un livre de référence sur l'IA et les juristes à qui je donne des formations.
Maintenant
Innovable
Attorney at Law, European Patent Attorney
Collaborate with clients across various sectors, providing strategic, commercial, IP, and legal guidance in protecting and valorizing innovation and technology. Oversee all aspects of implementing the protection and valorization strategy to ensure that actions align with the client's business strategy and R&D roadmap. Negotiates and drafts innovation and IP contracts. Provide staff training. Accompany the in-house IP department and employees in building an efficient and robust IP strategy, policy, and organization .
Key Accomplishment
- § Negotiated and closed R&D and commercial partnerships in various technologies (Hydrogen production, surface treatment...)
- § Built protection and valorization strategy (launch of an isotope production business).
Mai 2022
AGC Glass HQ | Worldwide
(working in Belgium and Japan)
Innovation Board Member
Drafted and proposed IP and Valorization Strategies to the Innovation Board (strategic projects) of AGC Building Glass and participated in the company’s Corporate Venture Capital activities. Implemented the board's decision by aligning in-house stakeholders and negotiating deals and partnerships outside the company. Took management positions when IP and innovation strategy prevailed for the business's success. Reported to
Key Accomplishments :
- Negotiated and closed multiple partnerships, deals, and investments of AGC Glass in Asia, the EU and US (Joint Development Agreement, Non-Disclosure Agreement, Licenses, Government grants, Start-up investment, and JV) in various technologies.
- Negotiated investment by AGC parent company in Kinestral Technology Inc., as leader of financial round C, launched Halio International and negotiated the shareholder agreement.
- CEO of Halio International (Offices in Belgium and Singapore) .
Chief IP Counsel
Coordinated the WW IP operations of AGC Glass. Reported to the CTO of AGC Glass .
Key Accomplishments :
- Set up IP and innovation Decision Making Rules (DMR), policies, and processes across AGC Building Glass.
- Enhanced collaboration between IP teams through open communication and trust.
- Negotiated the IP and innovation terms of investments and divestments.
Décembre 2017
AGC Glass Europe SA | Europe
Chief IP Counsel – Director of the IP Department
Managed a team of 15+ European Patent and Trademark Attorneys, Legal Counsel, and IP Information Specialists, in charge of all intellectual assets of AGC Glass Europe: patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets… Reported to the CTO .
Key Accomplishments:
Doubled the number of patents filed by restructuring the IP department, hiring IP professionals, building from scratch the IP strategy, and setting-up IP audit, portfolio review tools, and systematic Freedom To Operate (FTO).
Ensured that all actions in the department were aligned with the company’s business and innovation strategy and in line with the R&D stage-gate process.
Negotiated and closed 40+ JDA, consortium (Universities and companies), and tech procurement contracts.
Defined and implemented the IP Legal Strategy and provided legal support to the Technology and Innovation Division. Managed all IP litigations of AGC Glass Europe .
Expériences additionnelles
Administrator, Member of the Board, Wallonia Space Logistics (WSL) SA, Liège, Belgium (2011-2017)
Lawyer, Belgium (1997-2007 )
Deputy General Manager, N.S. INTER Inc., Inter. Project Management Consulting Company, Montreal, Canada (1994-1997 )
Consulting for the World Bank and the Government of Canada, plus training in intercultural communication and negotiation
Chef de cabinet du president de la Chambre , Chief of Staff of President’s Office, Belgian Federal Parliament (1992-1994)
Budget Advisor, Office of the President of the Brussels Regional Parliament, Belgium (1991-1992 )
University Lecturer, “IP Management” | UCLouvain | 2014 - Maintenant
Teaches “Management of IP rights” to make Master students understand how innovation and IP are managed and used in business life. The teachings address issues faced by companies in managing innovation internally and with third parties .
Main subjects: Open innovation vs. closed innovation; Valorization and protection of innovation in enterprises; Strategic management of patents and know-how; Joint Development Agreements, Non-Disclosure Agreements, Licenses; R&D between companies and universities; Innovation clusters; Start-ups; Calculation of patents’ portfolio value and royalties; Technology transfer and export control regulations; Patents and TRIPS agreement
Recent publications and seminars :
- “New IP strategy for businesses in Europe in the light of the Unitary Patent and Unified Patent Court”, in a collective book, March 2023
- Seminar on “R&D collaboration and contracts – University - Enterprises collaborations - European consortium”, Chairman (June 2022)
- Conference and training on innovation protection and valorization – Belgium’s royal military academy (October 2022)
🟢 Auteur du livre “L’IA pour les juristes” (avec Alain Strowel, Larcier, parution en février 2025)
🟢 Utilisateur quotidien de ChatGPT depuis 2022, intégrant l’IA dans sa pratique juridique
🟢 Organise régulièrement des formations sur l’IA appliquée au droit, en cabinet et en webinaire
Diplômes
European Patent Attorney , 2012
Attorney at Law, 1997
Etudes
Venture Capital Executive Program , University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business, CA
Dynamic Leadership Session, IMD Business School, Lausanne, Switzerland
Diploma in International Industrial Property Studies in "Patents for Inventions", Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI), Robert Schuman University, Strasbourg, France
Master in Law, UCLouvain
Master in Economics, UCLouvain
Master in Physics, UCLouvain
Highschool in Japan , Lycée Franco-Japonais de Tokyo
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