Sylvie Gallage-Alwis

Commercial Litigation, Product Liability Litigation, Class Actions

After 10 years practicing in a major international law firm, Sylvie became one of the founding partners of the Paris office of Signature Litigation and has headed its product liability practice since 2019. She specialises in all cutting-edge complex disputes linked to products, namely product liability, product safety, toxic tort, mass litigation/class action, regulatory compliance, and environment.

Sylvie has more than 15 years of experience in all ranges of product-related litigation: commercial litigation, product liability product safety, product life-cycle investigations, ESG & climate change litigation.

She is involved in some of the largest industrial accident cases that happened in France and regularly assists clients in the scope of investigations launched by the French or EU regulators.

She is further known in the French market as a leading toxic tort / mass litigation lawyer.

She represents a variety of globally recognised manufacturers from industries such as automotive, electronic products, life sciences, cosmetics, new technologies/marketplaces, steel, energy, food, toys, etc.

Sylvie is both an Avocat à la Cour in France and a Solicitor in England & Wales.

Université Panthéon-Assas Paris 2; Trinity College Dublin; The London School of Economics and Political Science; ESSEC Business School Paris.