Headed by Hortense de Roux, Ashurst LLP’s litigation team regularly handles cases working alongside other departments, notably collaborating with colleagues on several high-profile debt restructuring cases, as well as antitrust follow-on damage claims. The team can deal with a broad range of cases, spanning commercial, financial and industrial litigation. It is increasingly involved alongside leading companies in construction and product liability disputes relating to the energy sector and in particular the nuclear field. IT is another sector strength.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
- ‘Team works perfectly in pairs in order to ensure the proper processing of files and advise and preserve the interests of the client in the best possible way, even if it involves advocating for an amicable solution’.
- ‘Hortense de Roux’s in-depth legal analysis helps understands various issues, particularly technical ones, in a pragmatic manner in order to best advise her clients.’
Key clients
- IBM France
- Areva
Work highlights
- Advising the French subsidiary of an IT world leader in a litigation relating to the validity of a set of agreements (mainly licenses) as part of a partnership with a client for the creation, maintenance and operation of an IT solution to counter healthcare fraud.
- Assisting a French nuclear leader before the Commercial court of Paris in a contractual dispute relating to multiple design defects affecting equipment supplied by a European consortium.