Insurance Litigation

Tel: +33 1 44 94 98 98 cpopineau@pba.legal www.pba.legal

Liability; Claims; Arbitration

Catherine Popineau-Dehaullon provides assistance in handling major and complex litigation, arbitration and regulatory investigations in liability and insurance cases.

She heads PBA Legal’s Liability and Insurance Department since 2014 and defends companies and insurers. She specialises in complex disputes relating to industrial risks, product liability, agri-food liability, medical malpractice, environmental liability, contractors’ all risks and gross negligence employer’s liability.

She also has a high-level daily practice in insurance law (liability insurance, construction, personal insurance, professional arbitration, regulatory, financial guarantee, brokers) and insurance law litigation in defence of insurance companies.

She is involved in major liability and insurance litigation cases in France and in Europe (major construction catastrophe, pollution cases, food scandals, trans-European recall cases, railway catastrophes, etc.) and regularly appears before professional arbitration courts in relation to insurers disputes.

She advises insurance companies concerning crossborder insurance issues (international programs, articulation between master policy and local policies) and interacts with a large network of loss adjusters, experts and attorneys in Europe and in the United States.

She also gives insurance and litigation advice in relation to one of the major international sports events.

Catherine is fluent in English and German and is used to dealing with international clients.

One client says that she has a “clear and fast communication in English and experience with international clients” (Chambers Europe 2022) and the Legal 500 Paris guide says that she is “an expert in insurance coverage disputes” and that “she stands out for her leadership”.

Catherine interacts with the seven other partners of the firm who specialise in litigation relating to White-Collar Crime, Labour Law and Corporate Law. The firm’s size enables its members to interact swiftly and work together in complex interdisciplinary cases.