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Founded in 2012, Signature Litigation has grown into one of London’s pre-eminent specialist dispute resolution practices. From the outset, we set out to do things differently: a conflict-free, disputes-only platform designed to give clients the undivided focus and strategic agility that complex, high-stakes matters demand.

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Established in 2017, Signature Litigation's Gibraltar office was founded to address growing demand for specialist expertise in commercial litigation and private wealth disputes on the Rock.

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Signature Litigation AARPI houses one of France’s most enviable product liability practices, with the team also handling commercial and corporate litigation, insurance and reinsurance, toxic tort and ESG, civil fraud and asset tracing, international arbitration, administrative and public law.

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Frankfurt has emerged as one of Europe's foremost financial and commercial centres and, increasingly, as a bridge between European and Asian markets. With that growth comes an increasing demand for sophisticated dispute resolution. Signature Litigation established its Frankfurt office to meet this need, bringing our conflict-free, disputes-only platform to the German market.

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Justice climatique : une floraison de procès en perspective – Sylvie Gallage-Alwis and Gaëtan de Robillard

5 March 2020

The article examines the decisions handed down in 2019 and the recent news at the beginning of this year with regards climate justice and notes that all these suggest that 2020 will be the yeah of climate justice litigation, both in Europe and in the United States. France, whose failure to act has been acknowledged, is becoming the scene of strategic actions, both regarding the grounds referred to and the parties
involved.

Sylvie and Gaëtan will go on to discuss acknowledgement of the State's responsibility in this ever developing subject matter, citing the recent decision of the ECJ regarding the obligations States have under Directive 2008/50/EC of 21 May 2008 guaranteeing pure air for Europe.

Sylvie is a founding partners of the Paris office of Signature Litigation and heads its product liability practice. She is one of the youngest French practitioners recognised for her skills as a litigator by directories. She is specialised in all cutting-edge complex disputes linked to products, namely product liability, product safety, toxic tort, mass litigation/class action, regulatory compliance, and environment/climate justice.

Gaëtan is an Associate at Signature Litigations Paris office, specialising in commercial litigation, product liability and product safety. His experience covers assisting a wide range of multinational businesses from the consumer goods, life sciences, energy and automotive sectors. In this respect, he tries cases before French Courts on a regular basis, in particular in toxic tort, product liability and environment-related cases faced by the industry. He is particularly interested in climate change litigation.