Biography
Alice specialises in commercial litigation, product liability, manufacturer/supplier chain and insurance disputes.
Alice is a litigator with significant experience in national and cross border disputes related to product liability for both manufacturers and insurers. In this scope, she has further developed specific expertise in managing expert proceedings in multi-party litigation.
She advises clients from a large range of industry sectors such as the nuclear, energy, pharmaceutical/life sciences, construction, food and cosmetic sectors. As such, she regularly appears in Court to defend claims against consumers, NGOs, competitors, business partners and market surveillance authorities.
She also advises clients on regulatory matters and assists companies launching new products.
Prior to joining Signature Litigation, Alice studied at the Sorbonne, at Dauphine University in Paris and at Leiden University in The Netherlands. She also trained at various law firms and at the Paris Court of Appeal, gaining practical insights on litigation.
She is a member of AMRAE (Management des Risques et des Assurances de l’Entreprise).
Experience
Product Liability
- Representing a manufacturer of distribution systems in its dispute with one of its clients operating in the pharmaceutical sector alleging a defect in the distribution systems provided.
- Representing a vaccine manufacturer in the scope of claims filed by patients and/or people who refuse to be vaccinated by said product.
- Representing a leading US mobile phone manufacturer in the scope of allegations of planned obsolescence.
- Assisting food raw ingredient manufacturer in the scope of the investigations carried out by the French market surveillance authorities.
- Assisting a supplier of metal tubes for the nuclear sector in its dispute with its metal supplier and with its own customers all over the world following the disclosure, by its supplier, of irregularities in the said metal.
- Assisting a company specialising in the treatment of nuclear waste in the scope of criminal proceedings brought against it as a result of a breach of the applicable regulations.
Insurance
- Acting for a Canadian manufacturer of hydraulic turbines and its insurer in its dispute with its sub-contractors following the discovery of defects in the said turbine parts of a hydroelectric power plant in Canada.
- Representing a company specialising in thermal and air conditioning equipment and its insurer against which liability is sought as a result of a fire in a residential building.
- Advising a refrigeration units manufacturer and its insurer following a loss affecting a municipal ice rink.
- Advising a French insurer on its scope of coverage due to its insured following a loss affecting solar panels installed in Israel
Commercial Litigation
- Assisting Japanese air conditioning manufacturer in the scope of the termination of the agreement with one of its distributors.
- Representing a leading American cosmetics manufacturer in a dispute against its French distributor with respect to the termination of established business relations.
- Representing an aeronautical company in the dispute with its contractual partner as a result of a breach of its obligation to transfer the company.
Publications
France Chapter – ICLG’s Drug & Medical Device Litigation 2023 – 14 April 2023
Areas of Expertise
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