Experience

• 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.