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Charly has extensive experience advising clients on cybersecurity and privacy matters in complex cross-border contexts, where navigating multiple regulatory and enforcement frameworks—such as NIS, PSD2, and CTR—is critical. Charly provides strategic counsel to organizations facing heightened accountability requirements, including in the AI space, and helps them explore innovative compliance approaches, such as leveraging standards and certification mechanisms across the data lifecycle in both regulated and unregulated industries.
Charly also represents clients before national and EU supervisory authorities and courts, including the European Data Protection Board (EDPB). He holds a Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) certification and has served as an appointed legal expert at the EU Cybersecurity Agency (ENISA). He is a former co-chair of the Brussels KnowledgeNet Chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and served on the IAPP EU Advisory Board. He is also designated on the expert list for the EDPB.
Beyond his advisory and litigation work, Charly is actively engaged in shaping digital policy. He is a founding member of the research group Data, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Law and Society (DRAILS). He plays a key role in the Digital Economy Committee at AmCham EU, representing the interests of U.S. businesses in Europe. A frequent speaker and author on AI, cybersecurity and privacy law, he lectures at UCLouvain and at the Catholic University of Lille (Paris campus).
M.A., Solvay Business School, cum laude
J.D., Université Catholique de Louvain, Licencie en Droit, cum laude
B.A., Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Candidat en Droit
Brussels
Paris
American Chamber in Europe (AmCham), EU chapter
ENISA, the European Union Cybersecurity Agency
European Advisory Board Member, International Association of Privacy
Professionals (IAPP)
W@Privacy
Dutch
English
French
April 7, 2025
King & Spalding Welcomes Data, Privacy and Security Partner Charles-Albert (Charly) Helleputte in Brussels
Assisted a multinational organization primarily active in B2B to develop its AI governance framework and come up with an AI roadmap to foster the deployment of Responsible AI. *
Assisted a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment in assessing the exposure of the EU AI Act on its AI uses across a range of Products. *
Developed AI clauses in the context of the procurement of AI systems and the compliance with ethical AI principles and the EU AI Act. *
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April 7, 2025
King & Spalding Welcomes Data, Privacy and Security Partner Charles-Albert (Charly) Helleputte in Brussels
Assisted a multinational organization primarily active in B2B to develop its AI governance framework and come up with an AI roadmap to foster the deployment of Responsible AI. *
Assisted a leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment in assessing the exposure of the EU AI Act on its AI uses across a range of Products. *
Developed AI clauses in the context of the procurement of AI systems and the compliance with ethical AI principles and the EU AI Act. *
See more
April 7, 2025
King & Spalding Welcomes Data, Privacy and Security Partner Charles-Albert (Charly) Helleputte in Brussels
M.A., Solvay Business School, cum laude
J.D., Université Catholique de Louvain, Licencie en Droit, cum laude
B.A., Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Candidat en Droit
Brussels
Paris
American Chamber in Europe (AmCham), EU chapter
ENISA, the European Union Cybersecurity Agency
European Advisory Board Member, International Association of Privacy
Professionals (IAPP)
W@Privacy
Dutch
English
French