Arthur van der Wees is managing director of Arthur’s Legal, Strategies & Systems headquartered in Amsterdam (ARTHUR), the independent, global strategic legal firm and knowledge partner. It covers the unique combination of technology, strategy, impact, ethics, policy and law focusing on strategy and policy aspects in this Digital Age.
ARTHUR is expert advisor to both public and private sector organisations within EU, EEA, UK, NATO allies and friends. Its daily domains are addressing societal challenges, co-creating digital ecosystems, data architectures, governance, IoT, AI, autonomous systems, space and other critical infrastructures, computing, spectrum, dynamic attributes, risk, safety, cybersecurity, privacy, trust, digital sovereignty, accountability and rule of law.
Arthur is expert member of the Expert Group of European Commission on Data Sharing & Computing Continuum (Article 41 Data Act), jointly led by DG JUST and DG CNECT. He has been a key contributor to both the Model Contractual Terms (MCTs) as well as the Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) thereunder.
Furthermore, ARTHUR is also vetted member and Co-Chair of the European Commission’s Alliance for Industrial Data, Cloud & Edge (and Lead of the Digital Sovereignty Taskforce, Cybersecurity Taskforce & Common Trust Principles).
Last but not least, as deal maker in global technology, partnership and knowledge licensing deals, ARTHUR is a LES Benelux member for over 20 years.