Stephenson Harwood
The insurance practice at Stephenson Harwood draws on the wider firm's expertise in maritime law to act for international shipping companies, insurers, reinsurers and P&I clubs in claims relating to damages to vessels and port facilities, including cross-border disputes. The team also advises on professional and product liability cases outside the shipping sector. Paris managing partner Nicolas Demigneux leads the practice.
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Key clients
- Lion Air Airline, Ciel Voyage and Transportation Partners
- The Hartford (formerly Navigators), RSA, Talbot Underwriting
- Hiscox MGA LTD
- JDA – Joseph Dirand Architecture
- Louis Dreyfus Armateurs SAS And LD Ports & Logistics PTE LTD
- Maersk Line A/S
- Qatar Museums Authority
- RSA Insurance Group PLC, RSA France and RSA Luxembourg
- SK Geo Centric CO. LTD
- Suez Group/SAS Degrémont France
Work highlights
- Acting for Degrémont, the water subsidiary of Suez, in survey proceedings before the Paris Commercial Court against Sète Agglopole Méditerranée, the contracting authority for the construction and renovation of a water treatment plant in the south of France.
- Advising a group of companies on the insurance issues resulting from the European Union sanctions against Russia in response to the war in Ukraine.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nicolas Demigneux