Etienne Drouard, K&L Gates partner in the Paris office, focuses on intellectual property, information technology, online services and data protection. Mr. Drouard also assists companies and public bodies in litigation and regulatory matters at French, European and international levels on counterfeiting, Internet liability, e-discovery, export control, defamation and online reputation, internal and external fraud, antitrust and unfair competition. He also has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions; commercial transactions and regulatory proceedings involving IP/IT issues; online services, advertising and marketing; consumer protection; technology and outsourcing agreements; digital signature; whistleblowing, cyberwatch and cybercrime.