OUR PEOPLE / MARIE-NOELLE RAYNAUD

Marie-Noëlle RaynaudSenior Associate, Paris
marienoelle.raynaud@incelaw.com
+33 (0) 1 53 76 91 00

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Marie-Noëlle joined Ince & Co in 2000, after spending 17 years as an in-house lawyer at a major French shipping company and at CESAM as hull insurance claim manager.

She is involved in commercial disputes, with particular expertise in shipping, transport and insurance litigation. She lectures on insurance law at the University Paris XIII and she contributes to Le Droit Maritime Français (French Shipping Law Review), commenting on French decisions on maritime and insurance issues.

Marie-Noëlle is a member of the French Association for Maritime Law (AFDM) and Women's International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA).

Marie Noëlle advises on all aspects of Ince & Co's shipping practice. She acts for shipowners, P&I Clubs and underwriters, advising on contracts of carriage, general average and cargo claims and the arrest of vessels, bunkers and other assets. Marie Noëlle's Admiralty experience includes handling pollution and collision cases.

Recent cases include:

  • advice on contract of tonnage for shippers 
  • advice on a heavy units transportation contract for forwarding agent
  • involvement in cases related to contamination/pollution products such as chemicals, for cargo underwriter; mineral water, for a major French shipper; champagne for a carrier, including attendance of court survey
  • advice on applicable law in respect of river carriage
  • advice on general average issues.

Marie-Noëlle is experienced in handling claims cases, in defence or in demand, including assisting the client in court survey proceedings.

Recent cases include:

  • litigation with a car repairer in relation to the repairs of 4500 new cars stored on a terminal and damaged by hail
  • litigation with a yard for a marine supplier in relation with the refurbishment of a vessel
  • acting for an underwriter in relation to inherent vice of wagons.

Marie-Noëlle has wide experience in analysis of war risks policy, reinsurance policy and handling litigation on insurance issues under French law.

Recent cases include:

  • analysing oil major company reinsurance programme for determination of the exposure of the reinsurers
  • handling a dispute between underwriters in respect of cumulative insurance.