Rémi Passemard

Practice Areas

Rémi Passemard has developed his strong expertise in financial lines (D&O, EPL, IPO, financial institutions, IPO and crime – fraud), liability cases, life insurance & reinsurance, regulatory issues and policy wording. Rémi regularly handles coverage issues arising from international insurance programmes involving French and foreign insurance policies with different triggering events. Rémi acts for major financial institutions as well as French and international insurance and reinsurance companies.

Career

Rémi Passemard graduated from the Sorbonne University in Paris in private and international trade law in 1990 and in EU law in 1991.

He began his career with Jeantet & associés in 1991, practicing international litigation and arbitration for 3 years. He then joined the major French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel in 1994, specializing in commercial litigation, banking litigation and domestic / cross border insolvency proceedings. Before participating in the creation of BOPS firm, Rémi was a partner at Norton Rose in Paris. He then became a co-founding partner with Pascal Ormen of Ormen Passemard - ORPA Legal, a highly regarded law firm in the areas of commercial litigation and insurance.

Professional Memberships

AIDA – Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances

AJAR – Association des Juristes de l’Assurance et de la Réassurance

Languages Spoken

French (mother tongue)

English (fluent)

Industry Sector Expertise

Expertise in a broad range of insurance disputes involving general liability, professional indemnity, E&O, product liability and industrial risks.

On the insurance side, Rémi has developed his expertise in financial lines (D&O, EPL, IPO, financial institutions, IPO and crime fraud) including policy wording, liability cases (PI, E&O, general liability etc) and life insurance and reinsurance issues. Rémi has also been involved in coverage issues arising from international insurance programmes made of French and foreign insurance policies. He gained extensive experience in assisting EU insurers willing to market insurance products tailored to the French market.

On the commercial and banking side, Rémi regularly acts as defense counsel before French courts in banking litigation cases concerning debt recovery, implementation of securities, investments on stock markets, unit-linked life insurance contracts, and disputes arising from investment structuring transactions (wealth management).

Experience

over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, representing domestic and international clients over a wide range of contentious and non-contentieus issues.

Education

Clients

Major insurance companies, financial institutions and other large corporations.