Profile
Alexandre Cassart is a partner at Lexing-Belgium. He specializes in air transport law and information and communication technology law. He is also in charge of the marketing of Lexing – Belgium.
Skills
Alexandre Cassart provides legal advice to various actors of the aviation world (airlines, aircraft manufacturers). He is particularly involved in :
- Assistance and defense of airlines in the context of EU261 litigation
- Assistance and defense in the context of environmental proceedings (noise standards, pollution, etc.)
He also intervenes in the field of information technology and helps companies in :
- Drafting, compliance and negotiation of contracts
- Legal assistance for compliance with the GDPR;
- The responsibilities of the supplier, the IT consultant, the client.
- Electronic communications, networks, electronic payments, modern evidence techniques.
Professional experience
Arbitrator at the Euregio Arbitration Centre – ICT Law – Air Transport Law (2017 – )
Associate Université de Liège (ULG)
Co-founder, General Secretary and Treasurer of the Belgian Robotic Law Association (2015-)
Legal Expert (IP/IT & Private equity) within VentureLabs HEC-ULG (2015-) and Start Me Up (Heracles Center, 2017 -)
Editorial assistant of Managing Lawyer Journal (2015-)
Fellow Research Centre in Information, Law and Society (CRIDS – UNamur, 2018-2023)
Visiting Lecturer, Contract Law, UNamur (September 2018-September 2019)
Lecturer at Ichec Brussels’ Management School (contract law) (2014-)
Contributor for Belgium to Kluwer’s database in IP LAW (-2016)
Trainer (copyright) at ESAHR (2010-2011)
Coach (IT law, e-commerce law, advertising law) at TechnoFutur TIC Charleroi (2012-2013)
Expertises
- Artificial Intelligence
- Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
- Cybercrime/Digital Criminal Law
- Cybersecurity and security breaches
- Data protection and Privacy
- Digital Assets (NFTs, blockchain, cryptocurrencies, ICOs)
- Electronic communications
- ICT and media
- Intellectual and industrial property
- Metaverse
- NewSpace
Diplomas, certificates and other qualifications
- ICT Law & Aviation Law Specialist (Liège's bar recognition, December 12, 2017)
- CIPP/E - Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe
- American Contract Law I (Yale University)
- Certificate - Fundamentals of Project Management (University of Virginia - Darden School of Business - Coursera)
- Certificate - Contract drafting (Université de Genève - Coursera)
- Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python) - University of Michigan
- Professionnal certification as a lawyer (Liège's Bar)
- Advanced Master in ICT Law (uNamur - CRID) (cum laude)
- Law Degree (uNamur & UCL) (cum laude)
- Erasmus - Lancaster University (UK)
Activities within the Bar Association
- 2014 - 2016 : Lecturer (ICT) in the Center for Professional Training of Liège's Bar
- 2015 - to date : Expert in the CCBE's working groupe on "Surveillance of Lawyers"
- 2014 - 2016 : President of the Technology Board of Liege's Bar
- 2014 - 2016 : Member of the Technology Board of Avocats.be
- 2013 - 2015 : Member of the Communication Board of Liège's Bar
- 2013 - 2015 : Member of the Finance Board of Liège's Ba
- 2013 - 2015 : Finance Officer of Liège's Young Bar Association
