Emmanuèle Lutfalla > Signature Litigation AARPI > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Signature Litigation AARPI Offices
49/51 avenue George V
75008
France
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Emmanuèle Lutfalla
Work Department
Insurance and Reinsurance Litigation
Position
After more than 30 years practicing in both major international law firms and top tier French law firms, Emmanuèle is one of the founding partners of the Paris office of Signature Litigation. She heads its French Insurance/Reinsurance practice.
Emmanuèle’s practice focuses on insurance and reinsurance litigation and claims management. She advises her clients both regarding policy wording and coverage issues. She is also regularly involved in reinsurance litigation. She has been involved in some of the most important product liability cases on behalf of insurers and reinsurers, for instance in the life sciences (medical devices) industry. In this respect, she has developed a specific experience in complex expert-appraisal proceedings and industrial risks investigations. More recently, Emmanuèle has been advising a leading French engineering company, sub-contractor in charge of the geotechnical studies for the French main contractor following land subsistence in China in a shopping centre with escalators. She has also been advising a company based in New Caledonia in the implementation of a “Terrorism” and “Vandalism” policy, following the occurrence of destructive popular riots. Emmanuèle has been assisting a French Insurer in US court proceedings relating to the coverage of clean-up of soil and water at a site in New Jersey.
Emmanuèle also acts in the sensitive construction and real estate litigation. In particular, she advises national and international construction companies on post-contract advice for operational legal risk management, claims and disputes.
She assists her clients with pre-litigation and litigation procedures, court ordered expert proceedings and enforcement actions. She is also involved in ADR.
Career
Associate, Quinchon Lefebvre et Associes, 1992; Associate, Cabinet Honig Buffat Mettetal, 1995; Associate, Clyde & Co LLP, 2000; Associate, Norton Rose, 2002; Associate, Scp Soulié & Coste-Floret, 2003; Partner, Scp Soulié & Coste-Floret, 2006; Partner, Signature Litigation, 2019.
Languages
English and French.
Memberships
Member, Insuralex; Member, International Association of Defense Counsel (IADC); Member, Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances (AIDA) France; Member, APREF; Member, Association des Juristes d’Assurance et de Réassurance (AJAR); Member, Insurance & Reinsurance Legacy Association (IRLA); Member, Association pour le Management des Risques et des Assurances de l’Entreprise (AMRAE).
Education
University of Kent; Capa; Université de Paris II Assas.
Lawyer Rankings
France > Insurance
Boutique firm Signature Litigation AARPI represents both major insurers and large insured companies in a wide range of insurance disputes, with an emphasis on handling international cases. Among its standout areas of expertise are property (where it has been particularly active in business interruption cases stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic), D&O and environmental liability claims. At the head of the practice, Thomas Rouhette
is a go-to practitioner in insurance cases in the aviation industry and Emmanuèle Lutfalla is highly experienced in product liability disputes.