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Pierre-Olivier Leblanc
Position
Pierre-Olivier Leblanc is Head of Taylor Wessing’s Insurance, Industrial Risks and Transport practice at Taylor Wessing in Paris. He has considerable experience in contentious (re)insurance matters, often with an international element, and general commercial litigation.
He regularly acts on large, complex commercial claims. These include professional indemnity, products liability, industrial risks and re/insurance coverage, defence and subrogation claims in property/business insurance, casualty, energy/power and construction lines. In addition to his contentious work Pierre-Olivier advises on policy wording and on international insurance programmes.
Pierre-Olivier is a member of the CEFAREA-ARIAS and of the Association for the Management of Corporate Risks and Insurance (AMRAE). He is also a member of the International Insurance Law Association (AIDA) and is a member of the Federation of Defence and Corporate Counsel (FDCC). He also regularly participates in the work of the Legal Commission of the Association of Professionals of Reinsurance in France (APREF) and to the AMRAE Liability Commission.
Pierre-Olivier is recommended by Legal 500 and is recognized by Chambers and Partners Europe as one of the 25 “ranked lawyers” for Insurance in France. He is also identified for his (re)insurance work by “The Best Lawyers in France”.
Career
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2002, Pierre-Olivier holds an LLM in International Economic Law (University of Warwick), a Certificate in English Law (University of Warwick) and a Master’s degree in Maritime Law (University of Lille). His command of the legal concepts of civil and common law allows him to be particularly effective in handling cases where both are involved.
Languages
English, French
Lawyer Rankings
France > Insurance
(Leading individuals)Taylor Wessing strengthened its the non-contentious side of its insurance practice significantly in November 2023 with the addition of Yannis Samothrakis, who has wide-ranging experience in corporate transactions and regulatory matters in the insurance sector, from Clyde & Co LLP. The firm is well known for representing major insurers and reinsurers in large-scale disputes, particularly professional and product liability and industrial risk cases, where Pierre-Olivier Leblanc is the key contact. In addition, Marc Schuler lends his expertise to technology and cyber risk matters.
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