Mrs Séverine Hotellier > Dentons > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Dentons
5 BOULEVARD MALESHERBES
75008 PARIS
France

Work Department

Insurance

Position

Séverine Hotellier is the Managing Partner of Dentons’ Paris office where she also heads the Insurance practice.

Séverine focuses on insurance litigation. She deals with complex, high-stake matters for insurance companies and industrial clients both in France and globally. For nearly 25 years, she has assisted clients with claims management, litigations and disputes and has advised on insurance-related technical, financial and legal issues.

Séverine also advises on insurance claims regulations and helps with the drafting, distribution and adaptation of insurance policies to cover evolving risks. She also consults on cyber risk in the insurance sector.

Séverine advises insurers and insured parties on pre-contentious or contentious issues. Her activity includes providing legal advice before judicial, commercial and administrative courts.

Career

France Managing Partner since 2019
Joined Dentons in 2017
Partner, LPA-CGR Avocats, 2010 – 2016
Partner, Hascoet & Associés, 1998 – 2010

Languages

English, French

Memberships

Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1998
Member of the AMRAE (Association pour le Management des Risques et des Assurances de l’Entreprise)

Lecturer, Master 2 in Insurance Law, University Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2015 – 2018

Education

CMAP (Centre de Médiation et Arbitrage de Paris), Diploma (2012)
University of Paris II – Panthéon Assas, DESS, Construction law (1996)
University of Paris II – Panthéon Assas, Maîtrise, Private Law (1995)

Lawyer Rankings

France > Insurance

(Leading individuals)

Séverine HotellierDentons

Dentons‘ insurance offering ranges from regulatory and transactional matters (including W&I insurance) to disputes relating to reinsurance, insurance coverage and industrial risks. The team frequently advises on the review and drafting of insurance policies and the distribution of products, and has been increasingly active in assisting with contractor all risks, property and business interruption coverage issues. Europe insurance sector head Frédérique de La Chapelle is well versed in contentious and non-contentious matters, including international disputes, while Séverine Hotellier is well regarded for high-stakes litigation.