Thibaut Gribelin

Counsel for the purchaser of a fiber optic infrastructure network to recover a series of losses arising from misrepresentations from the sellers before closing of an M&A deal, under W&I insurance policies.

Insurance counsel for a fluorinated surfactant supplier who is being sued in the United States and France as a result of personal and property damage allegedly caused by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Litigation counsel to a leading EU Notified Body in proceedings brought by approximately 50,000 individuals with breast implants following the fraud committed by Poly Implant Prothèse.

Successfully represented a multinational manufacturer of domestic boilers running on natural gas to secure coverage for remediation costs incurred to safeguard around 250,000 products in the United Kingdom, for a total value of £11 million.

Advice to a French multinational luxury product designer and retailer for coverage of financial sanctions imposed by French and foreign authorities in charge of personal data protection enforcement.

Co-counsel for a commodities trading company against the marine risk insurers of copper and aluminum shipments in China valued US$300 million, which were misappropriated or seized while in port warehouse. The majority of the claims arising from the misappropriated metals were successfully settled.

Counsel for Asian branch of a European bank after the discovery of forged documents issued by several Hong Kong and Singapore shipping and trading companies, having generated a loss of US$90 million.

Successfully represented a leading travel-retail and dining operator in airports across the US in negotiations with its cyber-risk insurers to obtain coverage for the settlement amount, in excess of US$10 million, agreed with the plaintiff class whose personal data had been compromised in a cyberattack.

Successfully secured coverage for a food commodities trader further to a substantial loss as a result of theft and misappropriation of large quantities of wheat located in Kazakhstan in SMA silos, up to US$10 million.

Successfully represented a casino company group against its insurers for coverage of business interruption losses suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic up to €10 million.

Successfully argued pro bono case for a victim of medical negligence before the French Supreme Court, which resulted in enforcement of EU precedents on bankers’ duty to advise consumers within domestic banking law.