INDUSTRIAL RISKS & INSURANCE
We have extensive experience in industrial risk management and insurance, in both advisory and contentious matters.
Our team advises and assists players in the industrial, agri-food, energy and public works sectors, as well as in the medical and paramedical sectors and mass retailing.
Industrial risk management and crisis assistance
Industrial risk refers to accidents which most often occur on industrial sites, involving potentially dangerous products or processes, and leading to immediate and serious consequences for personnel, populations, the environment or property, whether in terms of:
- personal injury,
- material damage to company property and assets,
- or intangible damage such as business interruption or loss of data.
We help clients prevent these risks (in particular through compliance audits of facilities and product safety under sector-specific rules) and support them in crisis situations, mobilising the right teams to handle claims and bring urgent proceedings to preserve evidence or appoint experts.
Our services:
Our lawyers ensure that civil liability cases are handled efficiently and optimally at every stage:
- Out-of-court settlement of industrial disputes,
- Pre-litigation and court-appointed expert assessments
- Third-party claims (actions en garantie)
- Appeals
- Insurance claims-related issues.
We provide civil and criminal defense for companies and their executives facing legal action for product safety defects, accidents on industrial sites, or the operation and supply of defective products or technological equipment.
We also participate in the analysis and evaluation of claims for compensation for bodily injury, property damage and consequential loss.
Advice and litigation for insurance related issues
We act for all operators in the insurance sector, i.e. insurance or social protection groups (GPS), mutual insurance companies or unions of mutual insurance companies or provident institutions, but also distributors of insurance products (agents, brokers, commission agents), as well as numerous economic players encountering insurance issues, particularly in the context of claims or the implementation of insurance programs.
Our services:
Our work covers every business line and player in the insurance sector, in both advisory and contentious matters, including:
- Assisting and advising insurance professionals in ensuring that their activities comply with regulatory and ethical obligations, in particular on issues relating to the prudential regime for insurance companies and the Solvency II Directive, as well as in their dealings with the supervisory authorities;
- Assistance and advice to insurance or social protection groups in their restructuring and organization, as well as in disputes related to the withdrawal of GPS members;
- Assistance and advice to insurance intermediaries and operators in the distribution of insurance products, notably on the compliance of their practices with regulations applicable to consumers, especially in the event of investigations and controls by administrative authorities (DGCCRF, DREETS/DRIEETS);
- Assistance and representation of insurance groups before the courts and administrative tribunals in major disputes involving property and casualty cover or civil liability cover, as well as for agents or brokers in matters of civil liability for failure to provide information or advice, and more generally, in insurance disputes of all kinds.