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London

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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Gibraltar

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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Paris

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

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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Elise Rimbert

Paralegal

The quality of their service has always been exceptional. The team excels at developing and coordinating litigation strategies that are not only thorough but also realistic and perfectly aligned with clients’ expectations. 

– The Legal 500 EMEA 2026

The team is excellent, always ready to meet our needs and anticipate risks and expectations.

– The Legal 500 EMEA 2026
Very good advice, to the point and with attention to detail. 
– The Legal 500 EMEA 2026

Elise is a Paralegal/Translator at Signature’s Paris office. She assists the entire office, with some focus on the Commercial Litigation and Product Liability teams.

Elise joined the firm in March 2024, first as a trainee and then as a Translator and Paralegal. Her responsibilities as translator span a wide range of materials, including legal decisions, writs of summons, submissions, statements, meeting minutes, memos, articles and complex technical documents.

In addition to her translation work, Elise’s role as a Paralegal offers practical legal insight and clear understanding of procedural requirements and case-specific stakes. She is closely involved in cases where she not only translates but also drafts meeting minutes, tracks case developments, and monitors upcoming deadlines.

Prior to joining the firm, Elise completed a Master’s degree in Translation and spent a semester abroad in Suwon, South Korea.

Elise is a native French speaker, is fluent in English, and speaks intermediate Spanish and basic Korean.

  • Representing Renault in worldwide investigations and proceedings relating to NOx diesel emissions, including international coordination and assistance, specifically, in relation to Nox Diesel Emissions Group Litigation in London, a claim of unprecedented scale in the English court, in which more than 1.6 million claimants have issued claims against car manufacturers (and others).
  • Representing a Korean company specializing in manufacturing batteries for electric and hybrid vehicles, in a number of claims brought by car manufacturers concerning fires/explosions of vehicles and premises where the batteries were stored. We are also handling related investigations by the French Bureau of Investigations.
  • Representing leading manufacturers and large industrial groups in relation to more than 10,000 separate claims in more than 10 different courts in France filed by individuals on the grounds of their anxiety to develop an asbestos-related disease in the future (“fear of cancer” cases).
  • Representing a leading US chemical manufacturer in a personal injury claim commenced in the French courts by an individual against a number of chemical manufacturers in relation to the supply of Agent Orange, a herbicide and a defoliant, used by the US Army in the Vietnam War to destroy vegetation for the protection of US troops. The case concerns notably the application of a sovereign immunity principle to commercial entities when acting on State’s instructions. The case reached the Court of Cassation, the highest Court in France for civil matters.
  • Representing a major US company operating an online platform for short and long-term homestays in various regulatory and civil liability disputes before the French courts against individuals, companies and local authorities.