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.