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HFW

25-27 RUE D'ASTORG, 75008 PARIS, FRANCE

Tel:: Work +33 1 44 94 40 50
Fax:: Fax +33 1 42 65 46 25

Web:: www.hfw.com

Abu Dhabi, Beirut, Brussels, Dubai, Geneva, Hong Kong and 10 more

The firm: HFW is a global, sector-focused law firm providing expert advice to clients in aviation, commodities, construction, energy and resources, insurance and reinsurance, and shipping.

The firm prides itself on the deep industry expertise of its lawyers, and its entrepreneurial, creative and collaborative culture. HFW has over 500 lawyers operating in 18 offices across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Areas of practice: The Paris office is known for advising clients in insurance, reinsurance, industrial risks, energy, international trade, commodities, construction, aviation and shipping sectors. It has a strong reputation in the field of commercial litigation and arbitration, and also a strong transactional practice, that focuses on corporate and commercial law, corporate/energy, and banking and finance (asset finance, acquisition finance, export finance and debt restructurings).

The Paris office lawyers advise on national and cross border matters and have solid experience of working in Africa, in particular in North and West Africa.

Other offices
 
Brussels
 
Dubai
 
Geneva
 
Hong Kong
 
Houston
 
London
 
Melbourne
 
Perth
 
Piraeus
 
São Paulo
 
Shanghai
 
Singapore
 
Sydney

Associations
 
Abu Dhabi
 
Beirut
 
Jakarta
 
Kuwait
 
Riyadh
 
Singapore

Number of lawyers: 594
at this office: 38

Languages
English
German
Spanish
Arabic
Italian
Romanian

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Business interruption insurance is often a key component of a company’s business continuity plan. The insurance is designed to compensate an insured for the financial effect of the interruption or interference to that business as a result of physical damage to an insured property or other key external events, such as damage at a supplier’s or customer’s premises. The intention is to restore the business to the same financial position as if the loss had not occurred, subject always to the terms and conditions of the policy.  

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