Insurance (Individual ranking) - ‘Competence, responsiveness, availability, ability to facilitate solutions, great ease in managing complex and sometimes very divisive situations, in an international environment.’; ‘Detailed knowledge of the insurance world. Good coordination between the firm's departments.’; ‘Available, efficient, very good technical and regulatory knowledge.’
Pierre-Olivier is the Head of our Insurance, Industrial Risk, and Transport group in Paris.
Pierre-Olivier's clients value his attention to detail and rigor. He is recognized as one of the top ranked lawyers for insurance in France.
Pierre-Olivier acts on large, complex, and international commercial and insurance claims. These include professional and product liability cases and industrial risk matters in the energy, chemical, construction and shipping fields. His command of both civil and common law makes him especially effective in cases where both are involved.
Outside of contentious work, Pierre-Olivier can support you with putting in place international insurance programs and policy wording.
1999
Masters degree, Maritime Law, University of Lille
1998
LLM, International Economic Law
1998
Certificate of English Law, University of Warwick
Career
Since 2018
Partner, Taylor Wessing, Paris
2004 - 2018
Partner, HFW
Education
2002
Admitted to the Paris Bar
1999
Masters degree, Maritime Law, University of Lille
1998
LLM, International Economic Law
1998
Certificate of English Law, University of Warwick
Memberships & Associations
Legal Commission of the Association of Professionals of Reinsurance in France (APREF) CEFAREA-ARIAS Member of FDCC AFDM IBA AMRAE AIDA AJAR
Additional languages
English
Awards
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025
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Insurance (Individual ranking) - ‘Competence, responsiveness, availability, ability to facilitate solutions, great ease in managing complex and sometimes very divisive situations, in an international environment.’; ‘Detailed knowledge of the insurance world. Good coordination between the firm's departments.’; ‘Available, efficient, very good technical and regulatory knowledge.’
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025
Dispute resolution: commercial litigation
Chambers & Partners France 2025
Insurance (Individual ranking) - "Pierre-Olivier Leblanc is of a very good technical level and is very available. It is always easy to work with him." ; "He is technical and explains everything in a very precise and clear manner. He has a great approach, knows our clients and always finds solutions." ; "He has good experience in insurance law and a good international network. He wins a lot of cases and gets very good results." ; "Pierre-Olivier Leblanc is very kind, understands matters very quickly and answers with a lot of pragmatism."
Chambers & Partners Europe 2024
Since 2012, Leading individual - Insurance - France - band 2: Pierre-Olivier Leblanc moves up in the rankings in 2024. He frequently acts in product liability and industrial risk claims, as well as advising on coverage issues of insurance policies. He also represents insurers in business interruption claims due to COVID-19. ‘Pierre-Olivier Leblanc stands out for his technical skills, availability, the subtlety of his analyses, his ability to manage high-conflict situations, anticipation of our requests, very good knowledge of all the market players, and comfort in working in an international context.’ - ‘Pierre-Olivier Leblanc is one of the best insurance claims lawyers in the Paris market.’
Leading individual - France: Clients recommend ‘his sharp analysis, his rigor and the high quality of his work’, and praise ‘his perfect knowledge of his files, his multiple skills in the area of civil and industrial liability and his excellent knowledge of private international law’.”
Leading individual: (Re)insurance work.
Leading individual - Insurance - France: Pierre-Olivier is recognised as one of the 25 “ranked lawyers” for Insurance in France.
Leading individual - France: Pierre-Olivier Leblanc has experience in marine, energy, transportation and construction matters’. He is involved in litigation and arbitration on a national and international level. He is described as 'available and responsive' and his customers feel they can 'count on him in urgent situations.
Experience
ING on its cooperation with AXA
ING on all legal issues in the contractual design of its cooperation with AXA.
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