Insurance
Europe Guide 2024 : France
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Provided by Gide Loyrette Nouel
Gide boasts a team of prominent experts in insurance, industrial risks, transportation, maritime and aviation law, who are skilled in handling the wide range of insurance and transport issues facing companies and other organisations.
Gide's lawyers advise on contentious and non-contentious matters (whether civil or criminal), and provide clients with an integrated service encompassing insurance and reinsurance contract law, insurance contract distribution, insurance and reinsurance company regulation, litigation and arbitration, taxation and all aspects of shipping, aviation and transportation law.
Gide’s wide range of clients includes insurers, reinsurers, service providers, manufacturing and commercial companies, shipowners, airlines, shipbuilders, aircraft companies, commodity traders, and public bodies.
Supported by its international network, Gide manages cases requiring the assistance of lawyers from various jurisdictions, as well as complex cross-border cases involving foreign laws and international insurance schemes.
Chambers Review
Gide Loyrette Nouel is a first-class firm regularly acting in disputes between insurers and on behalf of the insured. The law firm advises on regulatory issues and handles M&A transactions in the insurance sector. The team represents French and international insurance companies in class actions as well as civil and criminal litigation. The lawyers are additionally able to assist with industrial risk matters and reviews of insurance policies.
Work Highlights
- Gide Loyerette Nouel assisted AXA France IARD with mass litigation against policyholders relating to operating losses incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team at Gide Loyrette Nouel dealt with international aspects perfectly; the lawyers are completely bilingual. They are extremely reactive and very technically competent, especially in reinsurance matters."
"Gide Loyrette Nouel has an excellent team working in a coordinated and efficient manner. The lawyers have exceptional dedication, responsiveness and punctuality."
"The team is mobilised to provide the best possible result to customers while being extremely available."
"The team at Gide Loyrette Nouel dealt with international aspects perfectly; the lawyers are completely bilingual. They are extremely reactive and very technically competent, especially in reinsurance matters."
"Gide Loyrette Nouel has an excellent team working in a coordinated and efficient manner. The lawyers have exceptional dedication, responsiveness and punctuality."
"The team is mobilised to provide the best possible result to customers while being extremely available."
Notable Practitioners
Richard Ghueldre is renowned for his insurance law and industrial risk expertise, frequently acting for insurance companies and corporate clients. He advises on insurance programmes, damages claims and insurance litigation. His practice also extends to regulatory and transactional advice.
"Richard Ghueldre has an immense capacity for work, rare intelligence and ability to innovate, and is extremely available."
"He is a leading lawyer in his field."
Capucine Bernier assists with regulatory issues, damages claims and insurance policy disputes. She is particularly active in the construction sector and has significant experience with life insurance policies.
"She is an excellent lawyer - responsive, available and dynamic."
"Capucine Bernier has cross-functional expertise in the field of industrial risk and, above all, an excellent mastery of insurance issues."
"She is an exceptional, courageous and creative lawyer."
Ranked Lawyers at
Gide Loyrette Nouel
France
Members
Provided by Gide Loyrette Nouel
Head of Department
Charles-Eric Delamare-Deboutteville
Julie Brulé
Head of Department
Sophie Creusvaux