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Yung Shin Van Der SypePh.D.

Counsel | Ph.D.

Overview

Widely respected for her pragmatic and creative approach to solving business disputes, Yung Shin Van Der Sype focuses on IT law, including privacy and data protection and IT contracts and cybersecurity, particularly related to HR matters. Yung Shin advises national and international clients from different sectors, ranging from social media to esports. She has more than 10 years’ experience providing services across the spectrum of IT law and has built an impressive reputation in this area.

Yung Shin defended her doctoral thesis, “Towards an Integrated Privacy Protection in the Company,” at Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven). She will partially continue her academic activities as a senior affiliate researcher at KU Leuven’s Centre for IT and IP Law. Yung Shin is a frequent public speaker and the author of several books and articles on privacy and data protection.

Yung Shin is a counsel in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels office and a member of the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity and IP groups. She is on the editorial board of the legal journal Privacy and Information and a board member of the Association for Social Law. Yung Shin is an editor of the Privacy and Technology Law Series of the International Encyclopaedia of Laws. She is the Belgian integrity commissioner for esports appointed by the Belgian Esports Federation and is an active member of various national and international associations.

Career & Education

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    • Catholic University of Leuven, J.D., cum laude, 2012
    • Catholic University of Leuven, Ph.D., 2017
    • Catholic University of Leuven, J.D., cum laude, 2012
    • Catholic University of Leuven, Ph.D., 2017
    • Belgium
    • Belgium
    • Dutch
    • English
    • French
    • Dutch
    • English
    • French

Yung Shin's Insights

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.01.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Brussels and Doha – April 1, 2024: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2024 edition has recognized 16 practice areas and 11 lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels and Doha offices. The 11 individual lawyers received 18 total rankings across the 16 different practice areas....

Recognition

Admitted to practice: Belgium

Yung Shin's Insights

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.01.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Brussels and Doha – April 1, 2024: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2024 edition has recognized 16 practice areas and 11 lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels and Doha offices. The 11 individual lawyers received 18 total rankings across the 16 different practice areas....

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Yung Shin's Insights

Firm News | 3 min read | 04.01.24

Crowell Earns Top Rankings in Legal 500 EMEA 2024

Brussels and Doha – April 1, 2024: The Legal 500 Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) 2024 edition has recognized 16 practice areas and 11 lawyers in Crowell & Moring’s Brussels and Doha offices. The 11 individual lawyers received 18 total rankings across the 16 different practice areas....