Sophie Goossens

Sophie Goossens is a digital media expert with over 10 years experience, sitting at the crossroads where the four elements of content, technology, commercial interest and public policy come together. Brussels born, French qualified as a lawyer and based in London, Sophie balances technical legal expertise – in contract law, IP and European law – true commercial insight and cutting edge knowledge of developments in the tech sector. At August & Debouzy, a leading French business law firm, Sophie specializes in advising businesses in the media, tech and creative industries sector operating at European and International level.

Sophie has a particular expertise in the advertising sector, the image sector (she was in-house counsel to an advertising agency and then seconded to Getty Images for 12 months) and in the music sector where she spent 5 years as head of Business Affairs. She has most recently been acting for the European Commission to moderate a 6-months cross-sector consultation on future EU Funding programs in music.

She is a regular moderator and expert speaker at conferences on IP, European law, music, technology and the future of the media industry. (IP Summit, SXSW, Midem, Reeperbahn, etc.)

August & Debouzy is a leading French business law firm with 130 lawyers including 30 partners offering a full range of legal advisory and litigation services to a variety of corporations and public entities, a third of which are located outside of France. August & Debouzy has offices in Paris, Brussels and Casablanca, and is a founding member of an international alliance of law firms.