alexis

Alexis André

Counsel
About

Alexis advises French and Foreign clients on insurance and reinsurance matters. His practice includes representing insurance companies in coverage disputes, acting as Monitoring Counsel on behalf of professional liability insurers and assisting clients on regulatory matters.

Alexis also intervenes on major domestic or international litigation and arbitration cases, with a particular focus on product liability and industrial risk cases. Alexis has extensive experience in handling complex product liability cases in a wide array of sectors including the pharmaceutical, medical, aviation, space, automotive, telecommunications, consumer products, electrical, cosmetics, food and chemical industries.

Alexis regularly assists companies in connection with product recalls, as well as compliance inspections and regulatory investigations initiated by supervisory authorities.

Professional QualificationsAvocat admitted to the Paris Bar
Languages
  • French
  • English
  • German
Education
  • Master's degree in Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, Paris II - Assas University, 2012
  • Master's degree in Business Law, Sciences Po Paris, 2011

Publications

  • La résiliation des contrats d'assurance de groupe (Termination of group insurance contrats), L'argus de l'assurance, 21 November 2014
  • Getting the Deal Through, Air Transport, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021
  • Jurisprudence : invalidation d'une clause d'exclusion par la Cour de cassation (Analyse), L'Argus de l'assurance, 20 January 2021
  • Where could AI risks hit liability insurers? A European perspective, 6 November 2024
  • Navigating AI Liability Risks, 20 September 2024
  • Responsabilité des produits défectueux : une nouvelle directive européenne pour s’adapter aux évolutions technologies et favorable aux victimes, 26 November 2024

Prior Experience

Before joining DLA Piper France LLP, Alexis has worked as a lawyer in a French boutique law firm advising on insurance and reinsurance matters, product liability laws and commercial dispute resolution.