Geert Somers is a co-founder and partner at Timelex. He mainly advises on the legal and compliance challenges of technological developments and the connected society (such as big data, internet of things and artificial intelligence). His focus is on data protection and privacy, intellectual property rights (copyright, trademark law, database law, trade secrets, domain names and patents), information management, marketing and competition. He frequently speaks and publishes on these matters. His clients mainly include multinationals and governments.