Business Litigation / Industrial Risks and Insurance

Partner Benoît Javaux deals with complex commercial and corporate disputes of all kinds, both as counsel and as a mediator. For the past 16+ years, Benoît has been advising and representing French and foreign clients before the French Courts, including in particular their international sections, and also in arbitration proceedings. Pugnacious in defending clients’ interests, Benoît’s strategic skills have been acknowledged by peers and clients alike, notably by Who’s Who Legal, according to which “Benoît Javaux earns plaudits as ‘a stellar practitioner’ in product liability, corporate and finance litigation”.
Prior to joining Squadra, Benoît practiced at August Debouzy and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.

Awards

• Chambers and Partners 2025 : Highly regarded in Litigation
• “Distinction” in Product Liability Litigation, Option Finance Droit & Affaires, May 2024
• “Excellent” in Dispute Resolution – Commercial Litigation up to €100m, Leaders League 2025
• “Excellent” in Dispute Resolution – Mediation, Leaders League 2025
• “Highly recommended” for Mediation, Leaders League 2023, 2022 and 2020
• “Highly recommended” for Commercial litigation, Leaders League 2023 and 2022
• “Highly recommended” for Financial and High Stake litigation, Leaders League 2025, 2023 and 2022
• “Band 4” in Dispute Resolution – Commercial Litigation, France, Legal 500 2025
• “Band 4” in Dispute Resolution – Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Paris, Legal 500 2025
• “Recommended” in Product Regulation & Liability – Product Liability Defence, Lexology 2025
• “Recommended” in France – Product Liability Defence, Lexology 2025
• “Future Leader” in Commercial Litigation, Lexology 2025
• “Expert lawyer” in Product Liability Litigation, Who’s Who Legal, 2018 to 2022
• “Key lawyer and rising star” for Commercial litigation, Legal 500 EMEA 2020

Other Skills

• Co-authored the LexisNexis 2022/23 guide on ADR
• Member of the Work Group in charge of drafting official guidelines for proceedings before the international sections of the Paris Commercial Court and the Paris Court of Appeals
• Lectures on “Amicable Dispute Resolution” at Sciences-Po Paris for the Master 2 Degree in Economic Law
• Lectures on “Intercompany mediation: pre-litigation strategies” at Paris Descartes University for the Master 2 Degree on Justice, Trial and Procedural Law
• Member of the French lawyers’ association Droit & Procédure

Skills

• Trained in intercompany mediation, Paris Center for Mediation and Arbitration (CMAP)
• Commercial, financial, corporate and IT litigation
• Arbitration
• ADR
• Defective products liability
• Court-mandated expert appraisals
• Class actions
• Lobbying

Education

• Master 2 Degree in Private Law, Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University
• Master 2 Degree in Business Law, Paris IX Dauphine University
• Graduated from the Institute of Political Sciences in Lyon

Languages

• French
• English

Solën Guezille graduated from the Paris Insurance Institute and holds an Executive MBA from HEC business school. As a Partner, she co-chairs Squadra’s Litigation / Industrial Risks and Insurance team.

For the past 15 years, Solën has advised commercial and industrial businesses and insurers in the management of their disputes and through all stages of pre-litigation and litigation.
Working hand in hand with her clients, she devises and implements the legal strategies that are best aligned with their needs, priorities and specific interest.

A significant portion of her activity relates to industrial risk and defective products litigation, and she also represents her clients’ interests in the context of court-mandated expert appraisals.

Awards

• Chambers and Partners 2025 : Highly regarded in Litigation
• “Distinction” in Product Liability Litigation, Option Finance Droit & Affaires, May 2024
• “Excellent” in Dispute Resolution – Commercial litigation up to €100m, Leaders League 2025
• “Highly recommended” for Industrial Risks & Liability Litigation – Product liability, Leaders League 2025
• “Highly recommended” for Industrial Risks & Liability Litigation – Claims and Insurance Litigation, Leaders League 2025
• “Global Elite Thought Leader” in Insurance and Reinsurance, Lexology 2025
• “Band 4” in Dispute Resolution: Commercial Litigation, France, Legal 500 2025
• “Band 4” in Insurance, France, Legal 500 2025
• “Band 4” in Insurance, Paris, Legal 500 2025
• “Band 4” in Dispute Resolution – Commercial and Corporate Litigation, Paris, Legal 500 2025

Other activities

• Founding member of the Insurance and Connected Objects Law (ADOC) think tank, that brings together insurers, industrials and lawyers.
• Member of the ethical and scientific committee of Predictice legaltech
• Member of the French Association for Risk and Insurance Management (AMRAE)
• Member of the International Association for Insurance Law (AIDA).

Skills

• Court-mandated expert appraisals
• Civil liability
• Industrial risks
• Insurance law
• Defective products liability
• Solën also acts as a real estate transaction agent.

Education

• Executive MBA, HEC business school
• University Diploma, Paris Insurance Institute
• Master Degree (DESS) in Insurance, Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne University

Languages

• French
• English