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 est responsable de notre groupe Assurances, Risques industriels et Transports.
Les clients de Pierre-Olivier apprécient son souci du détail et de la rigueur. Il est reconnu parmi les meilleurs avocats en droit des Assurances en France.
Pierre-Olivier intervient dans le cadre de sinistres et de contentieux commerciaux complexes et internationaux. Il s'agit notamment de contentieux de responsabilité professionnelle et de responsabilité du fait des produits, ainsi que de dossiers de risques industriels dans les domaines de l'énergie, de la chimie, de la construction et du transport maritime. Sa maîtrise du droit continental et de la common law le rend particulièrement efficace dans les dossiers internationaux.
1999
DESS Droit de la mer et des activités maritimes, Université de Lille II
1998
LLM, International Economic Law, Université de Warwick
1998
Certificate of English Law, Université de Warwick
Groupes & Associations
Membre de la Commission juridique de l'APREF et de la FDCC
Membre de l'Association Française de Droit Maritime
Membre de l'lBA
Membre de l'AMRAE
Membre de l'AIDA, Association internationale de Droit des Assurances
Membre de l'AJAR
Member of AJAR
Langues étrangères
Anglais
Prix et distinctions
Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025
Featured
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.’
“Pierre-Olivier Leblanc est ‘de très bon conseil’ et recommandé pour ‘la finesse de ses analyses, sa rigueur et la qualité de son travail’ "
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.
Draft legislation for Market Integration of Storage and Charging Points (MiSpeL) submitted by the Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) and its impact on electricity storage
