Kristof Panis


education

Berkeley School of Law, University of California (Berkeley, California, USA)

  • Certificate Commercial Contracts – 2022-2023
  • Certificate Leadership in the Legal Profession – 2021
  • Certificate Corporate Finance Fundamentals – 2021
  • Certificate U.S. Law – 2014

Data Protection Institute (Antwerp, Belgium) (2018):

  • Qualified Data Protection Officer in Belgium (Qualified DPO)

Washington College of Law at American University (Washington DC, USA) (2015):

  • Certificate in International Communications Regulation and Policy
  • Certificate in Law and Government

Queen Mary University of London Law School, Center for Commercial Law Studies (London, UK) (2009-2010)

  • LL.M. in Computer and Communications Law: Telecommunications Law, IP Transactions, E-Commerce Law / Thesis:
  • “The Relationship between Standards, Intellectual Property Exploitation and Intellectual Property Management in the ICT Industry” (Mark: Distinction)

Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology Flanders (iwt.be) (Hasselt, Belgium) (2008-2009)

  • Certificate IP Valuation and IP Management
  • Evening courses covering intellectual property valuation and intellectual property management.

Catholic University of Leuven School of Law (Brussels, Belgium) (2006-2008):

  • LL.M.  in Intellectual Property Law
  • Education in French and Dutch
  • Mark: Distinction
  • Thesis: The additional (IP) legal protection grounds for plants and breeding materials)

George Washington University School of Law (Munich, Germany) (2008):

  • Summer University
  • Cyber Security and Software Licensing courses, organized by the Max Planck Institute Munich and the George Washington University School of Law.

Free University of Brussels (Brussels, Belgium) (2006)

  • Licentiate in Law (Master in Law)
  • Erasmus for one semester 2005: University of Copenhagen School of Law

Catholic University of Leuven (2002)

  • Candidate in Law (Bachelor in Law)

Sint-Jozefcollege Turnhout, Belgium (Jezuits):

  • High School/Boarding School: Latin-Sciences

Linguistic Skills

  • Dutch: mother tongue
  • English: excellent speaking and writing skills (work experience and LL.M.)
  • French: excellent speaking and good writing skills (work experience, and bilingual Master in IP)
  • German: good speaking skills and advanced writing skills (intensive German language course at Goethe Institüt London while studying LL.M. (advanced level C1))

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