Firm Description

BOPS is a litigation and arbitration law firm specialised in various fields such as commercial contracts, insurance and reinsurance, product liability, construction, professional liability and business interruption. The firm is active in litigation before all French trial and appeal courts as well as arbitral tribunals, and has specific expertise in air and space, energy and mining, pharmaceutical, banking, environmental and mass-tort litigation.

BOPS’ lawyers have lengthy experience in litigation and arbitration. Representative matters include: acting for a pharmaceutical company in dozens of product liability cases; acting in litigation arising from major disasters such as the collapse of a terminal at CDG airport and the most recent fire in the Channel Tunnel; acting for retrocessionnaires in some of the World Trade Center liability disputes; acting in several construction matters in Morocco and Tunisia; and acting as counsel in a reinsurance dispute concerning an off-shore platform.

BOPS’ lawyers have received many recognitions and awards for their achievements not only in the field of insurance and reinsurance, but also for their work in product liability litigation and dispute resolution. They have been recognized has “best in the market” for insurance and reinsurance matters (Legal500 2010).