Signature Litigation AARPI

Signature Litigation was founded in 2012 in London by senior lawyers with many years’ experience in leading practices, specialising in high-value commercial litigation and arbitration. With offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt and Gibraltar, the firm was founded to meet the increased demand for highly experienced litigation and arbitration advice and support in complex cases, where the dedication of a niche specialist firm yields results.

The Paris office of Signature Litigation was established in 2019. It was created in line with the Signature philosophy, offering clients a dedicated dispute resolution team comprising lawyers who are recognised for their expertise and their training at major international law firms.

Signature Litigation Paris is distinct from anything else in the French market – it is the only European specialist law firm focused solely on high-end litigation, mediation and arbitration. No other firm in the market has this advantage, giving the firm a real edge in developing new work streams and supplying superior legal services.

The six Paris-based partners – Thomas Rouhette, Emmanuèle Lutfalla, Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Flore Poloni, Jérémie Fierville and Philip Dunham - are all leading experts within their areas of expertise, most notably cross-border and international ‘bet the company’ commercial litigation, ESG-related disputes, product liability, toxic tort and environmental litigation, insurance and reinsurance litigation, corporate, banking and finance litigation, shareholders’ disputes, securities litigation, public law, sanctions and export control disputes and international commercial and investment arbitration.

Signature’s Paris office also assists its clients in the scope of investigations conducted by regulatory authorities and in regulatory/product safety matters. The partners are supported by an experienced team of over 35 lawyers and professionals.

Signature’s work in Paris spans a broad range of sectors, such as banking and financial markets, energy and infrastructure, technology, life sciences, consumer goods, transportation, and professional services.

Types of work undertaken: Signature’s expert team in Paris focuses on complex and high-profile international litigation spanning several sectors. Main areas of practice in Paris include: commercial litigation; ESG-related disputes; banking and financial markets litigation; shareholders’ disputes; securities litigation; governance disputes; corporate frauds; class action litigation; post-M&A disputes; trusts and funds management litigation; professional negligence litigation; and public law, sanctions and export control litigation.

Signature’s product liability practice focuses on assisting major national companies and multinationals deal with every compliance issue that may arise with regulators, suppliers or consumers. The firm advises clients on all aspects of liability following their products from the day they are designed until they are placed on the market. In the context of the Paris legal market, Signature’s product liability team is one of the largest and is therefore able to handle highly complex and large disputes.

Signature’s international arbitration team comprises specialist practitioners across all its offices enabling it to cover all regions of the world. The team represents clients in all components of arbitration proceedings (pre-arbitration actions to secure the clients' interests and interim measures, together with the support of the litigation team, as well as challenges and enforcement of arbitral awards).

Disputes handled are both commercial arbitrations under all major institutional rules and investment treaty arbitrations for both investors and states.

The team handles a broad range of disputes concerning various economic sectors with a strong focus on defence, logistics, energy , pharmaceuticals, mining and consumer goods. It is notably well regarded for its lean and efficient management of proceedings and is therefore well placed to handle time-sensitive disputes.

Signature’s insurance and reinsurance litigation practice focuses on highly complex international claims for their clients. The team intervenes in various domains at national and international levels both for the insurer’s accounts and their insureds in order to advise them throughout their litigation’s lifespan. The team has been involved in some of the most cutting-edge issues that have arisen so far in France, such as COVID-related cases, pollution cases and nuclear issues.

Signature has deep experience in dealing with regulatory disputes in the financial sector and conducting corporate investigations.  Signature's corporate and financial litigation practice represents listed and non-listed companies as well as investors in high stakes and complex disputes.  It has obtained landmark results in defending its clients' interests with a strategic approach integrating all aspects of the conflict, including business and financial constraints as well as reputation sensitivity.