France

Our Paris office, opened in January 2019, is an important hub for international insurance work and strengthens the international presence and support we offer our clients, focused on both global and domestic Insurance and Industrial Risks sectors. We provide strategic representation and guidance to insurance and reinsurance companies as well as multinational and domestic corporations.

The team is led by partners Vladimir Rostan d’Ancezune and Christophe Wucher-North, both of whom have experience of this specialist market and of international work in the UK, Spain, Germany, LatAm, Australia, the USA and Singapore. Our lawyers have advised on a wide range of high-profile and politically sensitive cases in France and internationally.

We can advise you on:

• International Litigation and Arbitration
• Insurance and Reinsurance
• Industrial Risks and Product Liability
• Medical Malpractice and Pharmaceutical Liability
• Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance
• Criminal Business Law
• Construction Law
• Tourism and Travel Law
• Transport

Our insurance experts can advise and support you on drafting and analysing policies as well as insurance management in the context of prudential regulations, audits and relations with regulatory authorities. We are in a unique position to assist reinsurers, retrocessionnaires, captive insurance companies and European players entering the French market with advice across Product Liability, Professional Liability, Directors’ and Officers’ personal liability, Construction, Credit insurance and Political Risk insurance.

What we are known for:

• Acting for leading global insurers and reinsurers
• Providing cross-class capability with specialist insurance, corporate, commercial, regulatory and advisory teams
• Combining international expertise and local knowledge to provide a seamless international service

For general queries or speculative recruitment applications please email france@dacbeachcroft.com.