Legal Freaks

Frustrated by contracts that slow down your sales process?

Many tech companies, including large enterprises, struggle with outdated contract templates. These documents are often too complex, unclear for clients, and not tailored to the specific needs of the business. As a result, sales teams face numerous questions they aren’t equipped to answer. The outcome? Delays, frustration, and even lost deals.

At Legal Freaks, we understand this challenge. We help tech companies optimize their sales operations by eliminating this legal bottleneck. Our team of business-minded experts redesigns your contracts to be clear, concise, and perfectly aligned with your sales strategy. No more legal barriers—just contracts that support, rather than hinder, your sales efforts.

Imagine...
Your sales contracts are easy for both your team and your clients to understand.
Your sales team can confidently answer contract-related questions without relying on legal experts.
Your sales process is streamlined, with no delays caused by unnecessary legal frictions.

At Legal Freaks, we empower your sales team to focus on selling, not on dealing with legal hurdles. Discover how we can help remove these frictions. Schedule a virtual coffee via legalfreaks.be/contact or email us at hello@legalfreaks.be.

Owner

Felagi Consulting bv

As a Legal Interim Manager I have been working in different settings: as a member of a legal team as well as solo-legal counsel for SME's and multinationals in different sectors such as (consumer) healthcare, marketing & webdesign,... My main fields of interest are company law in general with a focus on intellectual property, privacy, IT and distribution.

Independent Legal Professional

DPO-pro

DPO Pro is the Professional Association of Belgian Data Protection Officers

Member

Advocatenkantoor Freekje De Vidts

Lawyer in Commercial aw

Sirius Legal Law Firm

Lawyer at Sirius Legal law firm, a boutique law firm specializing in all legal aspects of internet and communication.

Lawyer in IP, IT and privacy

BNI Boomerang

Lid 

UNIZO

Beleidsonderzoek -en voorbereiding
Adviesverlening
Lobbying

Juridisch Adviseur Studiedienst

Wij ontzorgen CEO’s en CFO’s met strategisch legal management en dagelijkse legal operations | General Counsel as a Service voor groeibedrijven | B2B companies

As a 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭, I specialize in removing friction from contracts and processes, making them smoother, faster, and more effective.

At Legal Freaks, my team and I work with 𝐈𝐓, 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐞𝐬 to optimize their contracts and contract management systems. We turn complex legal hurdles into simplified, efficient solutions that empower businesses to focus on growth.

🗣️ Clients often describe me as 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥, 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞. I’m not a fan of long-winded, jargon-heavy contracts, endless meetings, or snail-paced decision-making.  Instead, I focus on creating actionable results and empowering businesses with tools they can actually use.

🚀 My Mission
We transform contract challenges into opportunities for faster deal-making, reduced risk, and smoother operations.

💡 How We Work
Our approach is both tailored and transparent:
1️⃣ 360° Diagnostics: A deep dive into your current contracts and contract management processes.
2️⃣ Solutions Design: Creation of clear, user-friendly legal documents, a customized contract playbook, efficient contract workflows, a CLM-Blueprint,...
3️⃣ Implementation & Training: Empowering your  team to handle contracts confidently.
4️⃣ Support & Maintenance: Ongoing assistance to ensure your contracts and contract processes remain efficient and up-to-date over time.

We offer modular services through flexible packages, featuring transparent pricing tailored to deliver long-term value.

🤝 Facing Contract Challenges?
You’re not alone. Let’s explore how we can help you overcome bottlenecks and simplify your contract processes. Schedule a virtual coffee via legal-freaks.com – I’d love to connect! 🙌🏼

Freekje De Vidts

Claeys & Engels

Claeys & Engels law firm serves its clients by providing fast, efficient and pragmatic legal advice in an HR-related matters.

Attorney At Law

Stagiair juridisch assistent

time.lex

Juridisch assistent

Niche attorney at the Bar of Antwerp with a strong preference for data and technology law. 

I provide strategic advice to entrepreneurs and, if necessary, litigation support. Extensive experience in data protection law, copyright law and IT contracts. Active in a variety of sectors from finance to media, but with a strong preference for start-ups in the tech and creative sectors. I also provide DPO services and support to companies looking to optimise their data protection compliance.

The constant in all my work is my attention to detail, clear communication and tenacity. I aim to provide pragmatic and understandable advice that an entrepreneur can actually use. 

If you need advice, send me a message. Coffee's on me!

Matthias Vandamme

✨Nieuwe publicatie over wat wél mag van de GDPR in marketing en sales ✨

De deelnemers van PrivCon (Dasprive event) kregen in oktober al een sneak peek van de inhoud.  

In onze sessie hebben we aan de hand van enkele stellingen op een positieve en pragmatische manier gekeken naar (i) wat er mogelijk is onder de GDPR en (ii) wat er juridisch verdedigbaar is. 

De deelnemers naam actief deel door voor elke stelling een rode ('oneens') of groene ('eens') kaart in de lucht te steken. Erg interessant dat er zelden unanimiteit was onder de privacy professionals.

🛡Elisabeth De  Maesschalck, CIPT was zo vriendelijk om het voorwoord te schrijven waarin ze onze doelstelling perfect verwoord "Geen zware juridische lectuur, maar praktische antwoorden die zowel beginners als ervaren professionals verder helpen." (✅)

LeA Uitgevers, maar in het bijzonder Tom Scheirs is bedankt voor het vertrouwen, de ondersteuning en vooral zijn engelengeduld. 😇

Zonder de man met de snor was het niet gelukt. De kritische geest van Enzo Marquet was de perfecte aanvulling om dit project tot een goed einde te brengen. Wordt ongetwijfeld vervolgd!

📸Ook veel dank aan topfotograaf Jelle Jansegers voor deze scherpe beelden tijdens het event en 🎨 aan Danny Juchtmans voor het prachtige coverontwerp.

Data Protection & AI Law PhD Researcher | Academic Assistant | Attorney

⚖️ The Belgian Data Protection Authority has taken its first 200 decisions of 2025, and almost half of the admissible cases were dismissed.

So far, the Autorité de protection des données - Gegevensbeschermingsautoriteit dismissed at least 96 cases. The actual number could be higher, as not all decisions are published.

In 22 of the published decisions, the DPA explicitly referred to the existence of a broader underlying dispute (for example a civil or administrative procedure) that falls outside its competence. 

Other recurring reasons:
🔸Lack of evidence
🔸The issue was already resolved by the time the DPA assessed the complaint
 
It still seems like many dismissed complaints are about relatively minor GDPR issues, appearing to come from broader frustrations rather than genuine data-protection concerns. 

✅ At the same time, several controllers seem to take mitigating steps after the complaint.

This post is an update from my post on the first 100 cases (https://lnkd.in/e7csfGRE). 

⚠️ Important rectification: the analysis only covers admissible complaints, not all complaints the DPA receives. 

To put it into context, the inadmissibility rate of received complaints received:
🔹2024: 832 / 326 (~ 39%) 
🔹2023: 694 / 254 (~ 37%)
🔹2022: 567 / 248 (~ 44%)
🔹2021: 1928 / 257 (~ 13%) (1120 complaints stemmed from a Facebook data breach, after the DPA encouraged individuals to file a complaint)
🔹2020: 668 / 128 (~19%)

⏳Since it can take several years to treat a complaint, I was unable to determine how many (admissible) complaints are ultimately dismissed. 
 
 #GDPR #BelgianDPA #Enforcement #PrivacyLand

*Treated cases are decisions on the merits, warnings and orders.

Most AI use in court is done by self-representing litigants
 
A report released by UNSW's Centre for the Future of the Legal Profession revealed that in 351 out of 520 cases across 10 jurisdictions, GenAI was used by litigants representing themselves used GenAI. In Australia alone, these parties accounted for 78% of the dataset. (https://lnkd.in/e2sQr3r6) 
 
💸 Why is this happening? The report points to the cost of legal services as a major driver. Self-representation is most common in family, migration, and employment cases.

The report highlights the danger of hallucinations, for example fake and incorrect case citations. Beyond this, I believe there is a risk that litigants may vastly overestimate their chances of success because of the confident sounding answers. 

🗣️ Cases involving legal practitioners misusing AI attract the most media attention, but the data shows that unrepresented parties account for the majority of cases. Sadly, no data on this is currently available in Belgium.

Has anyone here already encountered a self-representing counterparty using AI? 

#LegalTech #AI #GenAI #AccessToJustice #Law

Number of GenAI cases
by user type (All jurisdictions)

Should you be allowed to use AI for your own legal defence?

In a recent (unpublished) decision by the Court of Gembloux (Belgium), two defendants without an attorney contested the payment of their architect’s invoice.

🤖 The court noted that "their conclusions were clearly drafted with the active assistance of artificial intelligence" (see the original French extract below). 

It is unclear why the court found it necessary to mention this explicitly, as the use of AI seems irrelevant to this decision. Perhaps it did play a role in how the court assessed the arguments.

🚧 This case makes me question whether AI tools should be obligated to include stronger guardrails against unsupervised use for legal advice. The sycophantic nature of AI is one reason stronger guardrails might be needed, and it also highlights where attorneys can add value. ChatGPT's usage policy already prohibits unsupervised use for providing tailored legal advice that requires a licence, but this is likely not enough. 

However, it seems that prohibiting AI assistance for self-representation altogether might not be beneficial. In The Netherlands a labour migrant won an eviction case with the help of AI and, important distictintion, legal assistance (see the summary by Ljubiša Metikoš: https://lnkd.in/egUTjE_d) 

This leads me to my question, should you be allowed to use AI for your own legal defence?

#LegalAI #ChatGPT #ArtificialIntelligence #Justice

⚖️Is het een goed idee om ChatGPT om juridisch advies te vragen? En wat met gespecialiseerde tools zoals Harvey?

Op 4 december 2025 bespreek ik dit op de bijzonder goed gevulde studiedag over de impact van sociale media en AI op welzijn en digitale autonomie.

👉 Meer info en inschrijven via: https://lnkd.in/ep2aWqG4 (gratis deelname)

KVAB - Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts

View company: KVAB - Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts

Goed nieuws! Wegens groot succes hebben we een grotere zaal kunnen voorzien en staan de registraties terug open voor de studiedag: Impact van sociale media en AI op welzijn en digitale autonomie, die plaats vindt op 4 december 2025 in Brussel.

Deze studiedag brengt een uitzonderlijke reeks topexperten samen om de impact van sociale media en AI te belichten — van welzijn tot onderwijs, van digitale verslaving tot Vlaamse digitale autonomie.

Met volgende sprekers:
- LUC STEELS (AI onderzoeker, prof. em. Vrije Universiteit Brussel en lid KVAB): Inleiding

- Theo Compernolle MD., PhD. (Neuropsychiater en hoogleraar aan de VU Amsterdam)
Lezing: Verborgen verleiders tegen sturende vaardigheden

- Marijn Martens (Postdoctoraal onderzoeker bij imec-mict-UGent)
Lezing: Alle kinderen en jongeren zijn niet gelijk: van stressvrije surfers tot digitale doelwitten

- Jeroen de Greef (Directeur OLV-scholen – smartphonevrije scholen)
Lezing: De Smartphone-vrije school​

- Lies Craeynest (Directeur en initiatiefneemster van KidsUnplugged)
Lezing: Ouders verliezen hun opvoedkundige autonomie

- Sofie Crommen (Kinder- en jeugdpsychiater. Voorzitster van de Vlaamse Vereniging voor Kinder- en Jeugdpsychiatrie)
Lezing: De tweede en derde lijn trekken aan de alarmbel

- Hendrik Peuskens (Psychiater en diensthoofd Team Verslavingszorg Alexianen Zorggroep Tienen)
Lezing: Verslaving aan digitale media is een echte verslaving

- Werner Govaerts (Coördinerend directeur Secundair Onderwijs Steiner scholen)
Lezing: Moeten we AI omarmen?

- Wim Vanrie (Filosoof en doctor-assistent, Universiteit Gent) en Pieter T.L. Beck (Filosoof en postdoctoraal onderzoeker kennisleer, Universiteit Gent)
Lezing: Weigeren moet kunnen

- Ward Poelmans (VSC | Vlaams Supercomputer Centrum)
Lezing: Het Vlaamse Supercomputing Center en de Europese AI Giga Factory antennas

- Simon Van Hoeymissen (Crimonoloog en politoloog. Onderzoeker Koninklijk Hoger Instituut voor Defensie)
Lezing: Pleidooi voor eigen sociale media

- Jennick Scheerlinck (Software ingenieur en oprichter  Hoplr)
Lezing: Buurtnetwerken in Vlaanderen

- Veronique Hoste (Prof. computerlinguistiek UGent)
Lezing: Stand van zaken voor Vlaamse taalmodellen

- Walter Daelemans (Prof. computerlinguistiek Universiteit Antwerpen)
Lezing: Waarom zijn Vlaamse taalmodellen cruciaal?

- Luk Overmeire (Hoofd AI Onderzoek VRT)
Lezing: Huidige toepassingen van AI in de media

- Matthias Vandamme (Advocaat bij Matthias Claeys & Engels, assistent UGent)
Lezing: Valkuilen van AI voor Juridische toepassingen

Deelnemers panelgesprek:
- Luc Steels en Theo Compernolle (moderatoren)  
- Sabine Demey (imec – Directeur Vlaams AI Onderzoeksprogramma)
Lezing:
- Nick Socquet (Kabinet C. Van Achter, Media)

👉 Meer info en inschrijven via: https://lnkd.in/ep2aWqG4

taplio

The Battle

Freekje De Vidts

Matthias Vandamme

Followers

Posts

Engagements

Likes

Performance ScoreMatthias Vandamme's LinkedIn Performance

Ready to grow your LinkedIn presence?

taplio

The Battle

Freekje De Vidts

Matthias Vandamme

Followers

Posts

Engagements

Likes

Performance Score.css-goub6s{font-size:var(--chakra-fontSizes-md);font-weight:500;color:var(--chakra-colors-gray-600);display:block;margin-top:var(--chakra-space-1);}Matthias Vandamme's LinkedIn Performance

Ready to grow your LinkedIn presence?

Performance ScoreMatthias Vandamme's LinkedIn Performance