Thibaut Gribelin

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.

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 90 million USD.

Counsel for the commodities department of a leading bank after the misappropriation of gold bullion valued 455 million USD, which had to be held on consignment by a Middle East jewelry company group.

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

Counsel for banks and commodities traders having suffered losses arising out of misappropriation or theft of large quantities of wheat located in either Kazakhstan or Egypt while stored in port or SMA silos.

Insurance claims for leading water providers and chemical product producers in connection with claims made in the US and putative class actions arising out of completed operations.

Counsel for a leading supplier of commercial aviation windshields, which successfully obtained coverage of product recall costs.

Insurance claims on behalf of property owners, hotels, high fashion industries, design and construction businesses, tour operators, casinos, car parts retailers and event planners against insurers covering physical damage and business interruptions.

Counsel for banks and IT companies having suffered credit cards counterfeiting and cyber-attacks, which successfully obtained coverage for their financial losses, business interruption, mitigation costs and crisis management expenses.

Counsel for crypto-assets holders against ETH related blockchain insurers covering losses arising out of stable coin depeg.

Co-counsel for a leading payment services provider within multijurisdictional disputes in France, Switzerland and Italy, and criminal proceedings in connection with suspicious third-party wire transfers in and outside Europe.