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75008 PARIS
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Aurélia Cadain
Position
Aurélia Cadain is a founding Partner of Kennedys’ Paris office, and an insurance specialist with extensive expertise in complex litigation matters of transport law, industrial risk, insurance and product liability, and healthcare products.
Aurélia acts for global insurers and assists well-known airline companies both in their day-to-day operations and important litigations. She also regularly acts for pharmaceutical companies.
Aurélia’s practice includes coverage disputes, defence work, subrogation claims. which spans several key industry sectors (aerospace, transport, tourism, manufacturing, health industry and medical malpractice) with a particular focus on product liability. She has developed particular experience in complex expert-appraisal proceedings including in aviation and marine matters, and industrial risk.
Aurélia also regularly advises on litigating complex transport claims (in aviation, marine, road and rail) involving individuals and carried goods.
Aurélia is the current contributor to the French chapter for GTDT: Aviation Liability and co-contributor to the French chapter for GTDT: Insurance and to the Aviation Law Review.
Languages
French, English, Spanish
Memberships
Aurélia is a member of AIDA (Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances), IAWA (International Aviation Womens Association), SFDAS and ISC France.
Education
Aurélia holds a master’s degree in business law from the University of Paris X – Nanterre as well as a master of international law and management from HEC Business School, Paris. She also holds an LLM in European law from the University of Canterbury.
Lawyer Rankings
France > Insurance
(Leading partners)Insurance law is the central pillar of Kennedys‘ global offering, and the Paris team frequently joins forces with the firm’s other international offices to handle complex, cross-border mandates. The team is particularly well known for its excellent record in insurance disputes, with strong recent activity in the fields of reinsurance, political risks and trade credit insurance, but also advises on regulatory and compliance issues, where Safine Hadri is the key contact. The other leading figures in the team are Paris managing partner Alexis Valençon, who is a go-to name for high-stakes litigation and arbitration; Aurélia Cadain, an expert in aviation and product liability cases in particular; and Nicolas Bouckaert, who frequently handles political risks and trade credit claims.
France > Aviation
Renowned insurance expert, Kennedys regularly assists insurers and their insured clients (notably airline companies) in dealing with passenger and cargo claims, as well as damage liability linked to the occurrence of minor collisions and maintenance incidents happening on airport fields. Aurélia Cadain is the key name in the practice, and Nicolas Bouckaert also contributes.
Paris > Assurances
(Les grands avocats du marché)Le droit des assurances est le cœur de spécialité de Kennedys, dont l’équipe parisienne opère en étroite coordination avec les autres bureaux internationaux du cabinet dans la gestion des dossiers internationaux. L’équipe parisienne est particulièrement reconnue pour son savoir-faire dans la gestion des litiges d’assurance. Elle a ainsi été dernièrement particulièrement sollicitée pour gérer des dossiers en matière de réassurance, de risques politiques et d’assurance-crédit. Les sujets réglementaires et de conformité sont également traités et sont particulièrement du ressort de Safine Hadri. L’équipe comprend aussi : l’associé-gérant du bureau de Paris et spécialiste des grands dossiers de contentieux et d’arbitrage Alexis Valençon; Aurélia Cadain, qui est une experte des dossiers d’assurance du transport aérien et de la responsabilité des produits; et Nicolas Bouckaert, qui gère des dossiers en matière de risques politiques et d’assurance de créances commerciales.
Paris > Aviation
Cabinet de référence dans le secteur des assurances, Kennedys assiste régulièrement des assureurs et leurs clients assurés (notamment des compagnies aériennes) dans le traitement de réclamations passagers et fret, ainsi que dans des procédures en responsabilité civile liées à la survenance de collisions mineures et d’incidents de maintenance sur des aéroports. Au sein du cabinet, Aurélia Cadain est l’intervenante principale. Nicolas Bouckaert contribue également.