Elisabeth Dehareng advises clients across all areas of information technology and intellectual property law, with a special focus on privacy, cybersecurity, and AI. She provides strategic advice on European and worldwide data protection compliance projects, cross-border data transfer strategies, and cybersecurity and data breach management, covering advisory, public policy and enforcement aspects at local, regional and global level. She also advises clients on the data protection and cybersecurity aspects of corporate transactions and reorganizations.

Elisabeth has particular experience advising clients in all sectors on internal compliance issues, whistleblower protection legislation, investigations, and privacy/data litigation. In addition, she is regularly called to guide clients through regulatory developments and enforcement relating to the European Data & Digital Economy, including in connection with the DSA, Data Governance Act, Data Act, AI Act, NIS 2, Cybersecurity Act, Cyber-Resilience Act, and other legislation.

Prior to joining McDermott Will & Schulte, Elisabeth led the Data, Technology, Privacy and Cybersecurity practice at a leading international law firm in Brussels.

• Advised multinational companies on the impact of the EU AI Act and AI governance models*
• Advised multinational companies on requirements under the EU Digital Services Act, including provisions on transparency, content moderation and advertising on online platforms*
• Advised on the roll-out of internal reporting channels in line with the EU Whistleblower Directive and implementing national law*
• Advised multiple multinational companies on requirements under the EU GDPR, their interpretation by the Court of Justice of the EU and national data protection authorities, and their consequences for existing data protection compliance frameworks and strategies*
• Advised international groups on the scope and impact of the EU Data Act, in particular switching provisions and data portability obligations*
• Advised multiple multinational companies in their interactions with regulatory authorities in data protection, media and telecom sectors, including on new draft regulations at Belgian and EU levels*
• Advised on the data protection, privacy, and security aspects of corporate transactions and restructurings and their impacts on existing data protection compliance structures and transition services agreements*
• Advised a global medtech group on its data protection requirements in a highly regulated industry, including drafting and negotiating GDPR-compliant customer-facing and clinic-facing documents*
• Advised on the implementation of an online platform for patients, users, and healthcare professionals; the processing and sharing of health-related data on the cloud, as well as the transfer of health-related data worldwide*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott

• Chambers Europe, Belgium, TMT: Data Protection, 2025-2026
• Legal 500 EMEA, Belgium, EU Regulatory: Information Technology, Leading Partner, 2024-2026
• Legal 500 EMEA, Belgium, EU Regulatory: Privacy and Data Protection, Leading Partner, 2026
• The Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Cyber Lawyers, Privacy, Cybersecurity, AI, 2024 – 2026
• Lexology Index 2026, Artificial Intelligence: Transactional and Advisory, pub. 2025
• Legal 500 EMEA, Belgium, EU Regulatory: Privacy and Data Protection, Next Generation Partner, 2024-2025
• Legal 500 EMEA, Belgium, Fintech, 2023-2026
• Legal 500 EMEA, Belgium, Intellectual Property, 2023-2026

Education
University of Liège, LLM European Law, 2003
University of Liège, MA Law, 2002
Catholic University of Louvain, Complementary degree in philosophy, 2000

Admissions
Brussels

Languages
English
French
Italian