Anthony Bochon
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Work Position:
Associate lawyer
Anthony Bochon has been a lawyer at the French Order of Lawyers of the Brussels Bar since 2011, the year he obtained his LL.M. from the University of Cambridge, after studying law in Belgium.
A business lawyer, his practice focuses on economic law, European law, intellectual property, data protection, regulation of new technologies, as well as corporate and insolvency law.
A lawyer seconded to an international conglomerate for several years and regularly appointed as a legal representative, he approaches the legal needs of clients with a holistic and strategic vision, from advisory activities to legal or arbitration proceedings. Anthony Bochon has solid experience in pleading before Belgian courts and tribunals, European jurisdictions and arbitration bodies.
Since 2022, Anthony Bochon has been an administrator of the GLAWBUS network of lawyers and consultants.
Anthony Bochon has also pursued an academic career since 2011 at the Université libre de Bruxelles where he is a doctoral researcher and assistant in economic law and European law. Since 2018, he has been working part-time on a doctoral thesis on the theory and principles of technological innovation law.
Author of numerous publications including “Research and technological development code” (Larcier, 2023), frequently invited as a speaker or session chair at conferences, Anthony Bochon is currently an expert with the “civil society” group of the European Economic and Social Committee as part of the preparation of an opinion on the protection of workers in the face of developments in artificial intelligence.
Passionate about the arts and in particular cinema, Anthony Bochon is also a volunteer administrator of several associations with a social and cultural vocation.
2020 : Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/E) from the International Association of Privacy Professionals
2018-present : Doctoral student in law at the Free University of Brussels (Belgium) with the Center for Private Law (JurisLab)
2011 : Additional Master's degree (LL.M.) in European and Economic Law from the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
2010 : Master in Law from the Free University of Brussels (Belgium) – Great distinction (each year)
2010 : Baccalaureate in History from Saint-Louis university faculties (Belgium) – The highest distinction (each year)
2008 : Baccalaureate in law from Saint-Louis university faculties (Belgium) – Great distinction (each year)
Bochon (A.), Nanotechnology Law & Guidelines, Berlin, Springer, publication expected in 2024.
Bochon (A.), Research and technological development code, Brussels, Larcier, 2023, 1220 p.
Bochon (A.), Hubin (J.-B.), “The need to create a new regime? Towards the recognition of a new legal personality? Belgian report", in Gout (O.), coord., Civil liability and artificial intelligence - Collection of the work of the European Research Group on Civil Liability and Insurance (GERCA), Brussels, Bruylant, 2022, pp. 567-580
Bochon (A.), “Competition law in business life: reflexes, pitfalls and compliance”, in Bochon (A.), dir., Competition law news, Brussels, Bruylant, 2022, pp. 109-149.
Dony (M.), Benizri (I.), Bochon (A.), Davies (Z.), Navasartian (A.), Vallery (A.), “Examination of jurisprudence (2012 to 2018) – Economic law of 'European Union – Part Three: European Competition Law', RCJB, 2020, vol. 3, pp. 107-247.
Bochon (A.), “Case Deroo-Blanquart and the case of pre-installed computer software: incentive or obstacle to innovation, competition and consumer welfare?”, European Journal of Consumer Law – European Journal of Consumer Law, 2016, n°2, pp. 343-353
Bochon (A.), Van Waeyenberge (A.), “The Role of Codes of Conduct in the Assessment of Unfair Commercial Practices”, Journal of Business Law, 2016, vol. 6, pp. 451-465
Bochon (A.), Ferhat (S.), “Law and practice of the collective redress procedure in Belgium”, European Review of Consumer Law – European Journal of Consumer Law, 2014, n°3, pp. 511-527
Bochon (A.), “To be a communication or not to be: the influence of IT innovation on the material scope of EU advertising law”, European Review of Consumer Law – European Journal of Consumer Law, 2014, n°2 , pp. 289-308
Bochon (A.), Verdure (Ch.), “The law of online games of chance in the light of European law on commercial practices and payment services”, in X., dir., The law of games of chance chance online, Brussels, Bruylant, 2014.
Bochon (A.), Ninane (Y.), “News on consumer contracts”, in Puttemans (A.), dir., Consumer law in the new Code of Economic Law, coll. UB3, Brussels, Bruylant, 2014, pp. 115-160.
Bochon (A.), “The evolution of European food law in the face of nanotechnologies”, in Mahieu (S.), Merten-Lentz (K.), Food security: new issues and perspectives, Brussels, Bruylant, 2013, pp. 115-146.
Bochon (A.), “Joint offers of financial services in consumer law & competition law”, Revue luxembourgeoise de bancassurfinance, 2014, n°2, pp. 15-25
Bochon (A.), “Case Ebookers Deutschland GmbH: opt-in procedure and price transparency of optional supplements in the air sector”, European Consumer Law Review – European Journal of Consumer Law, 2013, no. 1, pp. 101-111.
Bochon (A.), “Evaluation of the EC Code of Conduct for responsible nanosciences and nanotechnological research”, Nanotechnology, Law & Business, vol. 8, n°2, 2011, pp. 117-143.
- 2024 – today: expert for Group III (civil society) in the framework of the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee SOC/803 – “Artificial intelligence at the service of workers”
- 2024 – today: founding partner lawyer of the firm BOCHON & FULMINI
- 2022 – present: administrator of the GLAWBUS network of lawyers and consultants
- 2020-2024: associate lawyer at the firm GIL ROBLES – SAN BARTOLOME & PARTNERS
- 2018 – present: registered as curator and liquidator with the French-speaking Business Court of Brussels
- 2018-2020: associate lawyer at the EVEREST firm
- 2015-2017: seconded part-time as “in house counsel” within the 3M Belgium group
- 2013-2018: senior associate at Squire Patton Boggs
- 2012-2013: collaborator at the Doutrelepont & Associés firm
- 2011-2012: associate at Jones Day