Thomas specialises in IT, privacy, outsourcing and intellectual property. His daily work involves advising a wide range of national and international clients on IT, privacy and intellectual property matters, technology-related transactions, outsourcing transactions, and technology contracts. He has experience as an in-house counsel for technology and internet companies. He regularly advises on General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) related matters. Thomas is a board member of the Netherlands Association for Information Technology and Law and a member of the Dutch Privacy Law Association, INTA and the Licensing Executives Society (LES).
Thomas de Weerd
Attorney-at-law | Partner
- Advised Angelo Gordon on the acquisition of shares and membership rights in 26 entities, resulting in the acquisition of a real estate portfolio consisting of 86 buildings with 2,946 residential units and commercial spaces by a group of investors led by TPG Angelo Gordon for an amount of approximately EUR 700 million.
- Represented classified advertisement platform Marktplaats, seeking the transfer of the domain names 'marktplaatsnederland.nl' and 'marktplaatsbelgië'. The disputed domain names were used to operate a scam by redirecting Internet users to third-party websites and fake advertisements.
- Advised 3i on the sale of the Weener Plastics group, producer of high-quality plastic packaging products, to US manufacturing company Silgan Holdings.
- Specialisation Course Information Law (Grotius Academy)
- Business Law (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Business Economics (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Admitted to the Bar in the Netherlands in 1999
- Co-author of the book Overeenkomsten inzake Informatietechnologie (Agreements regarding Information Technology)
- Editor of the chapters on Intellectual Property and Privacy in Kluwer’s ‘Modellen voor de Rechtspraktijk’ (‘Templates for Legal Practice’).
Dutch, English
