Sophie GOOSSENS

Sophie is a partner in the Entertainment and Media Industry Group, and focuses on copyright, technology law and artificial intelligence. She is also a member of On-Chain: Reed Smith’s Crypto & Digital Assets Group.

Sophie is dual-qualified and fluent in both common law systems and civil law systems with strong academic credentials in IP law. She focuses on all issues shaping the future of the online world from a technological, commercial, legal but also from a policy making standpoint.

Sophie works with some of the largest and most innovative tech companies on AI, delivering cutting-edge advice about copyright, data ownership, the creation and use of training sets, the ethics of AI and the yet-to-be-adopted EU AI Act. In 2023 Sophie took a leading role in creating the Reed Smith Entertainment and Media Guide to AI.

Sophie has significant experience in music (especially in multi-territorial licensing), videogames, social media, audio content and in advising companies operating in cutting-edge areas, including the next breed of entertainment and media services relying on artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain (including NFTs) or the latest content recognition technology. A former in-house lawyer, Sophie is highly commercial, practical, solution-focused and always attentive to industry dynamics. She is known as the go-to lawyer for innovation and first-of-its-kind content-based product launches.