Mr Richard Ghueldre > Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. Offices
15 rue de Laborde
Paris
75008
France
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Mr Richard Ghueldre
Work Department
Insurance Industrial Risk Transport, Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner Richard Ghueldre is in charge of Gide’s Insurance, Industrial Risk & Transport practice group. He specialises in French and European insurance and re-insurance law, as well as in tort law.
He has in-depth advisory and litigation experience of insurance contract law (life and non-life), regulatory issues concerning insurance companies and intermediaries (establishment, operational aspects and restructuring), as well as setting up insurance programmes and distribution schemes, both in France and abroad.
Richard has developed an expertise in solving (pre-litigation, disputes and arbitration) and managing claims, in particular as regards industrial risks. He can also draw on broad experience in class actions and dispute resolution, particularly before the French Prudential Supervision and Resolution Authority. In 2021, Richard has been recognized “Lawyer of the Year” in Insurance in Best Lawyers 2022.
Career
Richard acts as regular counsel for numerous traditional insurance actors as well as banking and financial operators, industrial groups and service providers, in addition to foreign law firms dealing with insurance issues.
His advice has been sought in portfolio transfer operations, the establishment, acquisition and restructuring of insurance, re-insurance and insurance broker companies, as well as in analysing and ensuring the compliance of insurance products and insurance distribution schemes.
Partner Gide Loyrette Nouel (2008)
Joined the firm (2002)
Languages
French, English and Spanish
Memberships
The Paris Insurance Institute (whose alumni association, ADIAP, he chairs).
He is a member of various associations including the Permanent Scientific Committee of AMRAE (Association for Corporate Risk and Insurance Management)
Member Intermedius institute
Board member of the International Association of Insurance Law (AIDA).
Education
Admitted to the Paris Bar (2002)
Law PhD, Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2002)
Insurance Institute of Paris (1996)
Postgraduate degree (DES) in insurance, Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne University (1997)
Postgraduate degree (DEA) in business law, Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne University (1996)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Insurance
(Hall of Fame)Gide Loyrette Nouel A.A.R.P.I. is widely recognised for the breadth of its insurance offering, with experience in contentious matters, M&A, regulatory issues and the distribution of insurance products, but is best known for its expertise in high-stakes litigation, including handling mass litigation regarding compensation for losses due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The team advises an impressive portfolio of leading French insurers on civil and professional liability, financial, industrial risk and life insurance matters. Richard Ghueldre, a key name for both disputes and regulatory and compliance advice, and Capucine Bernier, who is well versed in non-life and life insurance cases, lead the team.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Administrative and public law
- Banking and finance: Bank regulatory
- Banking and finance: transactional work
- Capital markets: debt capital markets
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: Stock market litigation
- Employment
- Environment
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: Energy
- Industry focus: Luxury goods
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
- Private equity: venture/growth capital
- Project finance
- Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Capital markets: equity capital markets
- Compliance
- Derivatives and structured finance
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Industry focus: Telecoms
- Media and entertainment: Television/radio
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Private equity: Fund formation
- Private equity: LBO
- Tax
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution: International arbitration
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Insolvency