Inès is an Associate at Signature’s Paris office, specialising in commercial litigation and cross-border enforcement matters.
Inès has experience in commercial litigation, advising both at pre-litigation and litigation stage in high-profile complex disputes. Additionally, Inès has strong expertise in pre-action proceedings on a wide range of interim applications.
Inès assists French and foreign companies before French civil and commercial courts, in national and cross border disputes. Inès’ experience primarily lies in enforcement matters, insurance, commercial disputes, the French Evidence Law (loi de blocage) and regulatory litigation, as well as data protection work.
Inès holds a bachelor’s degree in Life Sciences and a bachelor’s degree in Law which provide her with a unique expertise in comprehending the legal and technical implications of the cases she works on.
She also holds a Postgraduate Degree in European & International Business Law and a certificate on data protection of the Council of Europe. Prior to joining Signature Litigation, Inès trained at Simmons & Simmons and Dechert and at TotalEnergies in France and in Lebanon. She has also trained at the Paris Court of Appeal (International Commercial Chamber).
Inès is recognised as being “a superb addition” to the firm in the Legal 500 EMEA 2024 Guide.
Inès was called to the Paris Bar in 2023. She is a native French and English speaker.
- 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 CIS bank in a high-profile case against the bank’s former owner in a EUR 1bn judgment enforcement proceedings involving piercing the corporate veil and attachment of numerous high-value assets located on the French Riviera and in the French West Indies.
- Representing a multinational financial services group in relation to two separate complex and multi-disciplinary coverage claims against pools of leading insurers arising from class action claims filed in North America and Europe and involving the so-called IBOR and Gold Fixing investigations. The value of each claim is several hundreds of USD millions.
- Advising a car manufacturer in relation to the application of the French Evidence Law (loi de blocage) before foreign Courts
- Representing a leading French automotive manufacturer in French group civil proceedings and related investigations concerning allegations of oil issues and related alleged engine failures.
- Representing a French trade association for the watchmaking, jewellery and tableware industries in defending against a claim for wrongful termination of lease negotiations brought by a French company.
- Represented a BVI investment fund and former affiliated shareholders in obtaining several interim measures before the French enforcement judge and in their successful implementation in parallel with expedited ICC arbitration proceedings.
- Representing a BVI investment fund and former affiliated shareholders in French enforcement proceedings against a French investment entity as part of global debt recovery, which involved obtaining interim measures against the debtor’s assets leading to a successful settlement.
- Representing a French bank as the defendant in separate but related proceedings initiated by the bank’s clients involving allegations of breach of its duty of care in relation to alleged fraudulent schemes.
- Representing a French telecom operator and web hosting provider in liability proceedings arising from a cyberattack.