Insurance
France
15 years ranked
LAWYER PROFILE
Rémi Passemard
France 2026
Ranked in 1 practice area
About
Provided by Ormen Passemard – ORPA Legal
Practice Areas
Rémi Passemard has developed his strong expertise in financial lines (D&O, EPL, IPO, financial institutions, IPO and crime – fraud), liability cases, life insurance & reinsurance, regulatory issues and policy wording. Rémi regularly handles coverage issues arising from international insurance programmes involving French and foreign insurance policies with different triggering events. Rémi acts for major financial institutions as well as French and international insurance and reinsurance companies.
Career
Rémi Passemard graduated from the Sorbonne University in Paris in private and international trade law in 1990 and in EU law in 1991.
He began his career with Jeantet & associés in 1991, practicing international litigation and arbitration for 3 years. He then joined the major French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel in 1994, specializing in commercial litigation, banking litigation and domestic / cross border insolvency proceedings. Before participating in the creation of BOPS firm, Rémi was a Partner at Norton Rose in Paris. He then became a co-founding partner with Pascal Ormen of Ormen Passemard - ORPA Legal, a highly regarded law firm in the areas of commercial litigation and insurance.
Professional Memberships
AIDA France – Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances/International Association for Insurance Law
AJAR – Association française des Juristes de l’Assurance et de la Réassurance / French association of insurance and reinsurance lawyers
Insulaw international - a group of law firms across the world (representing 33 Firms, 50 offices, 1450 lawyers) specialised in insurance law, seeking effective solutions for their clients in an increasingly globalised international context. Their goal is to contribute to the growth of the insurance business and to the success of their clients, while respecting fair play and the highest ethical standards.
Clients
Major insurance companies, financial institutions and other large corporations.
Education
University of Paris I Sorbonne
Master's degree in international private law and international trade law (1990) and in European law (1991)
1987 - 1991
Key sectors
InsuranceFinancial InvestorsFinancial ServicesIndustrials, Engineering and Manufacturing
Chambers Review
Provided by Chambers
Chambers France
Insurance - France
Band 1
Individual Editorial
Rémi Passemard has experience handling insurance disputes, including fraud and industrial risk cases. He boasts particular skill in advising on D&O insurance policies.
Editorial individuel
Rémi Passemard a de l’expérience dans le traitement des litiges en matière d’assurance, y compris les cas de fraude et de risque industriel. Il possède des compétences particulières en matière de conseils sur les polices d’assurance D&O.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
Rémi is reactive, very proactive and addresses all our concerns.
InsuranceChambers FranceRémi demonstrates calm and robust expertise, anticipating the risks specific to each case approached in their exhaustive complexity.
InsuranceChambers FranceRémi is very calm. He is very helpful, is really straight to the point and he always listens to us.
InsuranceChambers FranceRémi est très calme. Il est très serviable, direct et toujours à l'écoute. InsuranceChambers FranceRémi fait preuve d'une expertise à la fois calme et solide, anticipant les risques spécifiques à chaque dossier abordé dans toute sa complexité.
InsuranceChambers FranceRémi est réactif, très proactif et prend en compte toutes nos préoccupations.
InsuranceChambers France
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