Biography
Claire is a Counsel representing French and international clients in complex disputes, including those in corporate, banking & finance and competition litigation.
Claire acts for and provides assistance in commercial, corporate and M&A disputes as well as banking and finance litigation. Her experience covers matters relating to enforcement and termination of contractual relationships as well as unfair competition.
Claire has acquired a sharp expertise in disputes and related compliance issues faced by companies in the field of private enforcement of competition law, as well as arising from corporate sustainability due diligence.
She also intervenes in commercial and product liability in the aviation field. In this respect, Claire has developed significant experience representing manufacturers and insurance/reinsurance groups in major aviation accidents.
Claire is recognised as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ in the Commercial Litigation category in The Legal 500 EMEA 2023 Guide. She is also ranked as a ‘Recommended Lawyer’ for her expertise in representing clients “in major aviation accidents.”
Claire co-authored, with partner Thomas Rouhette, the “Investigative Measures: Domestic and International Legal Aspects” 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.
Claire qualified in 2013. Prior to joining Signature Litigation, Claire worked at the Paris office of a major international law firm.
Experience
- Representing an aircraft company in connection with civil proceedings involving personal injury claims arising out of several major aircraft accidents.
- Representing several investment funds in a case of contractual enforcement of an SPA.
- Assisting a US conglomerate in connection with a dispute arising from the acquisition of a French business.
- Defending a major industrial group in follow-on post-cartel proceedings.
- Assisting a French bank in a multimillion-euro civil liability case in the scope of an alleged fraud consisting of forgery and misappropriation.
- Assisting an Austrian bank in the defence of proceedings before the French Courts in order to obtain the cancellation, based on alleged vitiated consent and fraud, of several subscriptions of subordinated participation capital bonds, which amount to a total of €200,000,000.
- Representing the French subsidiary of an American company in a case brought before the Paris Commercial Court following the alleged wrongful termination of a business relationship.
Publications
2022
Antitrust Litigation 2022 – Chambers Global Practice Guide – 2 November 2022
Signature Litigation Paris promeut deux avocates – Décideurs Magazine – 8 July 2022
Signature Litigation promeut deux counsels – La Lettre des Juristes d’Affaires – 4 July 2022
Signature Litigation Paris : deux nouvelles Counsels – Le Monde du Droit – 4 July 2022
2021
Antitrust Litigation 2021: France, Trends and Developments – Chambers Global Practice Guides – October 2021
La judiciarisation du devoir de vigilance est enclenchée – Compliances – 9 July 2021
Investigative Measures: Domestic and International Legal Aspects – Chapter in Private Enforcement of Competition Law in Europe – June 2021
Areas of Expertise
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28 September 2023