Paris—Frédérique de La Chapelle has joined Dentons as a partner to strengthen and develop the Insurance department in Paris. She will work alongside Séverine Hotellier, Head of the Insurance group in Europe and France. 

A member of the Paris Bar since 1997, Frédérique de La Chapelle is renowned in regulatory and litigation services in the insurance and reinsurance sectors in France and abroad. She advises and assists insurers, reinsurers, CAC40 companies and brokers on all their insurance issues.

Before joining Dentons, Frédérique de La Chapelle was a partner in the Litigation and Arbitration department at Eversheds Sutherland, where she was in charge of insurance and reinsurance.

Frédérique is recommended as a leading lawyer in insurance in directories such as Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 EMEA. She is also a member of Apref, Pluri'elles assurances and AMRAE.

She has joined Dentons with her two associates, Alice Esculier and Loïc Teche. With the addition of the new team, the Insurance group in France will now be composed of two partners, five associates and one paralegal. They will work in close collaboration with the Europe and global Insurance groups to establish Dentons as a leading player in the sector, in France and abroad.

Séverine Hotellier, France Managing Partner and Head of the Europe Insurance practice, said: "I am delighted to welcome Frédérique and her team. This recruitment demonstrates our ambition to bring together a team of leading insurance lawyers on the French market to effectively respond to the various challenges facing our clients, particularly in regulatory and reinsurance matters.”

Frédérique de La Chapelle, said: “Joining Dentons, the world's largest law firm, is a wonderful opportunity to support my clients in their international expansion and cross-functional projects. I am also delighted to partner with Séverine to contribute to the development of insurance practice and to offer, together, to our clients a wide and complete range of insurance and reinsurance services.”

In 2018, Dentons celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Paris office. The office now employs 130 lawyers, including 45 partners.

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