The EU Data Act webinar series

Join us to uncover the EU Data Act and the impacts it will have on companies. These session are tailored to help companies understand the critical changes ahead and prepare for the challenges and opportunities the EU Data Act brings.

The journey through today's complex and ever-changing regulatory landscape is not just important - it is essential for maintaining compliance, safeguarding your business, and staying competitive. The EU Data Act introduces notable rules on data sharing and access, creating both potential risks and new avenues for growth.

At Simmons & Simmons, we are committed to ensuring our clients stay informed, prepared, and equipped to adapt to new legislative changes across the EU and the UK. By joining this webinar, you'll gain insights into how the Data Act will affect your industry and actionable strategies to stay compliant and thrive in this new regulatory environment.

See below for upcoming and on demand webinars

Upcoming webinar

TBC

On demand webinars

National Implementation Status across the EU

The EU Data Act will be applicable on 12 September. This session will dive into the national implementation status of the EU Data Act, across the EU particularly Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. Our experts will cover in particular the following questions:

• What’s the status of the national implementing acts?
• Who will be the competent authority to enforce the EU Data Act?
• What fines can be expected for incompliance with the EU Data Act?

Date: 15 September 2025
Time: 3 - 3.45pm BST

Speaker:

• Christopher Götz
• Georgie Courtois
• Edoardo Tedeschi
• Jaap Tempelman
• Alejandro Guerrero
• Hannelore Daems

National Implementation Status across the EU

The EU Data Act will be applicable on 12 September. This session will dive into the national implementation status of the EU Data Act, across the EU particularly Germany, France, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium. Our experts will cover in particular the following questions:

• What’s the status of the national implementing acts?
• Who will be the competent authority to enforce the EU Data Act?
• What fines can be expected for incompliance with the EU Data Act?

Date: 15 September 2025
Time: 3 - 3.45pm BST

Speaker:

• Christopher Götz
• Georgie Courtois
• Edoardo Tedeschi
• Jaap Tempelman
• Alejandro Guerrero
• Hannelore Daems

What is the Data Act? - 3 February 2025

Topics:

• Connected products and data sharing
• B2B data access rights of authorities
• Switching between data processing services and data infrastructure
• Importance of proper data licenses

Speakers:

• Christopher Götz
• Jaap Tempelman
• Rich Folsom
• Tina Gausling

B2B - Data Sharing under the EU Data Act: Fair, reasonable, non-discriminatory license terms (FRAND) – what can we learn from Patent Law? - 27 March 2025

Join us for an insightful webinar exploring the practical application of fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing obligations under the EU Data Act relating to B2B – data sharing in the context of connected products and related services. As organizations prepare for this new data-sharing framework, we will examine how principles from patent law’s FRAND licensing regime can provide guidance. We will discuss key challenges, negotiation strategies, and lessons learned from patent disputes to help businesses ensure compliance while protecting commercial interests. Don’t miss this opportunity to gain practical insights into a critical aspect of the evolving data-sharing landscape.

Speakers:

• Thomas Gniadek
• Martin Gramsch
• Christopher Götz

Data Governance Act and its Relation to the Data Act - 23 April 2025

This webinar explores how the Data Governance Act (DGA) complements the Data Act by creating a framework that facilitates trusted and secure data sharing across sectors while ensuring compliance with key regulatory safeguards. We will discuss how the DGA's focus on trustworthy intermediaries and data altruism mechanisms interacts with the Data Act's emphasis on fair data access and usage rights.

Speakers:

• Camille Saettle
• Emilie Danglades-Perez

Data Sharing: Trade Secrets – To Share or Not to Share - 4 June 2025

Data sharing is critical for innovation, but it also comes with challenges when it involves sensitive information like trade secrets. This session focuses on the legal and operational complexities of balancing transparency with protection of proprietary data. We will address when the Data Act requires trade secrets to be shared, how contractual safeguards can be put in place to protect trade secrets in these cases, and how and when key exceptions to the sharing-requirement under EU law may apply.

Speakers:

• Jeremie Dornaert
• Julia Mroz
• Christopher Götz

Connected Devices and the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) - 16 June 2025

The Cyber Resilience Act, which came into force in December 2024, is the first EU Regulation to establish a minimum level of cybersecurity for all connected products available on the EU market. This webinar will dive into the details of the CRA, its impact on the IoT ecosystem (in its broadest sense) and data-driven services. We will further discuss how the CRA complements the Data Act, all in the context of ensuring compliance.

Speakers:

• Edoardo Tedeschi
• Matteo Susta
• Christopher Götz

9 July 2025

Part one - Data Act & EU Model Clauses Re Data Sharing and Switching

The EU is developing standard contractual clauses to facilitate compliance with data-sharing obligations under the Data Act, providing businesses with a practical tool to structure lawful and efficient data-sharing arrangements. In this webinar, we will explore how these model clauses address data sharing, IP rights and monetization as well as how they deal with switching between service providers - while safeguarding

Speakers:

• Christopher Götz
• Tina Gausling

Part two - Data Act & Associated Antitrust Issues: Recent EU Case Law

The Data Act introduces obligations that interact with competition law, raising questions about data access and monopolistic practices. This session will examine recent EU case law on data-related competition disputes, highlighting lessons for companies sharing or requesting data under the Data Act. We will explore how to avoid anti-competitive practices and design data-sharing mechanisms that comply with both the Data Act and EU competition law.

Speakers:

• Andrea Pomana
• Alejandro Guerrero