Monthly Archives: June 2021

Kate Gee examines cryptocurrency fraud and the potential impacts on corporates

Senior Associate Kate Gee examines the rise in cryptocurrency fraud and highlights why corporates should beware of using cryptocurrencies, in Blockchain Tribune.

Jun 28, 2021

Signature Litigation authors French chapter of the Chambers Product Liability & Safety Guide 2021

Signature Litigation partners Sylvie Gallage-Alwis and Thomas Rouhette have authored the France jurisdiction chapter in the newly published Chambers Product Liability & Safety 2021 Guide.

Jun 28, 2021

Signature Litigation’s Paris office recognised in Best Lawyers 2022

Signature Litigation are pleased to announce that Paris partners Thomas Rouhette, Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Emmanuèle Lutfalla, and Flore Poloni have been recognised in the 12th edition of The Best Lawyers in France 2022.

Jun 25, 2021

Partner Paul Brehony comments on the recent Grant Thornton Supreme Court ruling

Partner Paul Brehony comments on the recent Supreme Court ruling stating Grant Thornton will have to pay its client Manchester Building Society £13.4m in damages.

Jun 24, 2021

Partner Thomas Rouhette appears on French language programme Smart Lex to discuss the duty of vigilance

Thomas Rouhette, associé, intervient dans l’émission Smart Lex sur la loi du 27 mars 2017 qui a instauré un “devoir de vigilance” pour les grandes multinationales françaises. Il s’inquiète d’une judiciarisation de la responsabilité sociétale des entreprises à l’initiative des ONG au détriment d’une approche constructive.

Jun 22, 2021

Partner Flore Poloni & Associate Thibaud Roujou de Boubée contribute to the ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin

Flore Poloni & Thibaud Roujou de Boubeé examine breach of international public policy and embargo forms in the 2021 ICC Dispute Resolution Bulletin.

Jun 22, 2021

Partner Becca Hogan examines the under-utilised collective redress tool

Partner Becca Hogan examines collective redress and the under-utilised tool that could help UK claimants, especially with Brexit and COVID-19 litigation, in Law360.

Jun 21, 2021

Signature Litigation is excited to be one of the sponsors for this year’s International Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices E&E Congress

Signature Litigation is excited to be one of the sponsors for this year’s International Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices E&E Congress.

Jun 15, 2021

L’affaire SORELEC : l’absence d’allégations de corruption doit susciter la méfiance des arbitres – Flore Poloni et Nicolas Brooke

Flore Poloni et Nicolas Brooke, associés, examinent comment ces dernières années, la cour d’appel de Paris n’a eu de cesse de renforcer son contrôle des sentences arbitrales en cas de risque de corruption, dans La Revue Lamy Droit civil et La Revue Lamy Droit des Affaires.

Jun 08, 2021

Quatre raisons de privilégier l’arbitrage dans les litiges sur de nouvelles technologies – Flore Poloni et Thibaud Roujou de Boubée

Flore Poloni, associée et Thibaud Roujou de Boubée, avocat, expliquent en quoi l’arbitrage est particulièrement adapté aux différends en matière de nouvelles technologies, dans L’Usine Nouvelle.

Jun 07, 2021

Neil Newing to speak at Global TransPerfect GLNXT EU user conference 2021

Counsel Neil Newing will be speaking at the Global TransPerfect GLNXT EU user conference as part of a panel discussing ‘managing multi-language litigation’.

Jun 07, 2021

Partner Thomas Rouhette interviewed in Predictice

Dans son entretien avec Predictice, Thomas Rouhette est revenu sur sa motivation à fonder le bureau parisien de Signature Litigation ainsi que sur les défis qu’il a été amené à surmonter.

Jun 03, 2021

Thomas Rouhette and Claire Massiera contribute to leading book Private Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe

Partner Thomas Rouhette and senior associate Claire Massiera recently co-authored a chapter in Private Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe, the leading book examining procedural and substantive issues in respect of private enforcement of competition law in Europe.

Jun 03, 2021

Partner Sylvie Gallage-Alwis comments in Les Echos Capital Finance in relation to new types of environmental litigation

Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, associée, commente sur les nouveaux types de contentieux environnementaux, dans Les Echos Capital Finance.

Jun 02, 2021

Signature Litigation announces two new partners

Specialist commercial disputes law firm Signature Litigation today announces the promotion to partnership of Becca Hogan and Rory Spillman.

Jun 02, 2021