Thomas Livenais is a partner at INLO Avocats where he specialises in intellectual property and new technology law. He mainly assists clients in innovative sectors with their compliance with GDPR and AI regulations and with their IT contracts.
Thomas began his career as an in-house legal practitioner with the eFront unicorn before becoming an attorney with the prestigious Parisian law firm CMS Francis Lefebvre Avocats. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Kaw and a Master’s degree in Intellectual Property Law from Toulouse 1 Capitole University and is also a member of Hub France IA’s regulatory watch committee.
His passion? Mountains in every shape and form: mountaineering, climbing, skiing and hiking.
LANGUAGES :
- French
- English
Professional experience
- Since 2018: Partner at INLO Avocats
- 2015-2018: CMS Bureau Francis Lefebvre (associate)
- 2013-2014: eFront (in-house legal practitioner)
Education
- Master’s degree in Business Law (Toulouse Capitole University)
- Master’s degree in Intellectual Property Law (Toulouse Capitole University)
- Bar exam (CAPA) (Bar School- EFB)
- DPO Competency Certification (CDPO) (IAPP)
Associations & Networks
- Member of Hub France IA’s regulatory watch committee
Publications
- “How does European regulation favour AI startups?”
- Thomas Livenais, attorney: “the notices adopted on the basis of the AI Regulation will strongly condition the degree of transparency of training data for generative AI”
- “Does copyright provide sufficient protection for authors in the face of AI?”
- “AI Act, Key facts”, Revue Expertises des systèmes d’information, February 2024, p15
- “What protection for creators in the face of AI?” Journal du Net
- “Personal data transfers to the USA: are they all illegal?” Oct 2021
- “First conviction of a processor by the French Data Protection Authority (CNIL), what about the relationship between data controller and processor?” – Dalloz review IP/IT 2021 p 345
- “The General Data Protection Regulation, a tool for empowering consumers in the face of connected objects” – revue de l’Union européenne, Dalloz, 2020, p48
- “Augmented reality: a virtual world, but not without rules” (co-authored with Maître Anne-Laure Villedieu, Dalloz IP/IT, December 2017;
- “Snapshot of the territorial scope of the personal data regulation: are new operators concerned?” (co-authored with Me Prudence Cadio), Dalloz IP/IT, July-August 2016.
