Our attorneys are well versed in insurance and have in-depth knowledge of industry customs and practices. Ours is one of the few law firms in France with significant experience in reinsurance. We are often retained to represent clients before a dispute arises or in the early claim-handling phase.
Insurance and Reinsurance
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Predominant Areas of Involvement
ORPA Legal represents numerous French and foreign insurers in various types of matters, including those involving:
- General Liability Insurance, including Products Liability and Completed Operations - both Primary and Excess
- Products Liability
- Professional Liability, including Legal and Medical Malpractice
- Directors & Officers Liability
- Specialty Lines and Industrial Exposures
- Financial Lines
- Intermediation and Distribution of Insurance Products
- Property Insurance
- Construction
- Property Damage, Bodily Injury, Consequential Loss
- Drafting of Insurance Policies
- Regulatory Work, including Distribution of Insurance Policies
- Environmental Liability
- Political Risks and Credit Insurance
- Borrower’s Credit Insurance
Representative Examples of Services Recently Provided
- ORPA Legal is one of the leading law firms in France for insurance, including coverage litigation over a wide range of issues and subrogation proceedings
Practice Areas
Commercial and Banking Dispute Resolution
We represent clients in France and abroad, through all phases of the litigation process—in preliminary expert investigatory proceedings under French procedural rules, in connection with requests for summary or pre-judgment relief, and in full litigation on the merits. We also handle arbitration and mediation.
Insurance and Reinsurance
ORPA Legal provides legal advice to its clients in all areas of insurance; it represents and advises them through the investigation and claim-handling phases and any subsequent litigation or alternative dispute resolution process.
Financial Lines Insurance
We assist insurance companies in drafting policy language to cover financial institutions and banks and represent them through the claim handling, investigation and dispute resolution process.
Industrial Accidents
We get involved right from the crisis management phase in order to protect our clients’ interests and assist them in connection with the necessary expert investigations and any court proceedings.
Product Liability
We have specific experience in handling matters relating to pharmaceutical, electrical, and electronics products.
Regulatory Work
The law firm Ormen Passemard - ORPA Legal is highly regarded for its extensive experience in handling insurance and reinsurance regulatory matters.
Construction Litigation
We recently became involved in a great number of construction matters, representing builders, general contractors and property developers.
Pharmaceutical and Medical Litigation
We represent a number of pharmaceutical companies in products liability matters.
Cyber Exposures
ORPA Legal provides legal assistance in connection with cyber insurance coverage—both before and after the loss.
Environmental Litigation
The firm represents clients in connection with environmental losses involving application of the European directive on environmental liability.
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ORPA Legal
47 rue Dumont d'Urville
75116 - Paris
Near the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysées
47 rue Dumont d'Urville
75116 - Paris
Near the Arc de Triomphe and the Champs Elysées
Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m
Partners available 24 hours a day in the event of emergency
Subway Station :
Charles de Gaulle - Etoile (Subway Lines 1, 2, 6, RER A)
Kléber (Subway Line 6)