Univ Prof Dr Nicolas Bouckaert > Kennedys > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

With a focus on insurance litigation, Kennedys has a strong reputation in the market for handling a wide variety of disputes such as product liability and cargo claims, often with a cross-border dimension. Aurélia Cadain handles the group’s carriers’ liability matters, acting on behalf of multinational insurance companies and their insureds in addition to carriers. Nicolas Bouckaert is particularly active in regard to aerospace product liability, though his broad practice also extends to commercial litigation and the defence sector.

Kennedys is highly regarded for its expertise in insurance litigation – particularly handling cross-border disputes on behalf of leading international insurers and reinsurers – and recently bolstered its regulatory and compliance offering with the hire of Safine Hadri from DS Avocats in October 2023. Core areas of strength range from property, product liability and professional liability claims to coverage disputes. Paris managing partner Alexis Valençon, Aurélia Cadain, a standout for product liability litigation, and Nicolas Bouckaert, who is active in political risk and trade credit disputes, are names to note.