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Pieter Gunst Verified Account

CEO at Legal.io
  • San Francisco, California , USA
  • About Pieter


    I'm the CEO of Legal.io, the Marketplace for legal talent and technology. I studied law at uGent (Belgium) and at Stanford (USA). I worked as a tech lawyer at DLA Piper (Brussels) and as an in-house legal professional at SurveyMonkey (Palo Alto).

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    Professional Experience


    Legal.io

    Co-Founder March 2012 - Present


    Stanford Law School

    Teaching Assistant 2012 - 2012

    Supporting the development of the curriculum and the teaching activities for the first legal technology and informatics course taught at Stanford Law School.


    SurveyMonkey

    In-house Attorney 2011 - 2012

    Supported SurveyMonkey's legal team as its second in-house lawyer and assistant to the Associate General Counsel. Areas of support included:

    • Product counseling: provide support for all B2C and B2B business lines.
    • Counsel on global privacy, data protection and other areas related to internet regulation, such as multi-jurisdiction online terms & policies, IP management & enforcement and marketing & promotions.
    • Commercial: supported key enterprise sales, mission-critical procurement, and strategic partnership deals; provided legal and compliance support to sales team.
    • Internationalization: support subsidiary setup & management in 15 countries across 5 continents; international tax structures and restructuring.

    Stanford Center for Legal Informatics (CodeX)

    Fellow 2011 - Present


    Accenture

    Contract manager (secondment) January 2010 - June 2010


    DLA Piper

    Lawyer August 2008 - June 2010

    Education


    Ghent University

    Master, LawGraduated in 2008


    Stanford Law School

    LL.MGraduated in 2011


    Ghent University

    MasterGraduated in 2008


    Sint-Barbaracollege

    Graduated in 2003


    Stanford Law School

    LL.MGraduated in 2011


    Ghent University

    MasterGraduated in 2008


    Sint-Barbaracollege

    Graduated in 2003