Carole Sportes participates in the firm’s practice in the areas of international litigation, aviation and space law, product liability, and insurance and reinsurance. She acts for major French and international air carriers and insurance and pharmaceutical companies.
Carole has developed specific skills in the area of air and space transportation and is also recognized for her expertise in product liability, especially in the pharmaceutical sector where she is acting for major companies in multidistrict litigation.
Carole actively contributes to current debates on product liability and aviation law. She is the French correspondent for Getting the Deal Through for air transportation and regularly publishes updates on French insurance law for International Law Office.
Before participating in the creation of Cabinet BOPS, Carole was an associate at Norton Rose in Paris, where she practised international litigation.
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Décideurs Juridiques et Financiers states, in its 2008 issue on Innovation and its Protection: ‘Carole Sportes deploys her expertise with panache for the benefit of clients requiring advice on product liability and pharmaceutical law.’
For Legal 500 (2008/2009), Carole Sportes ‘ranks among the best experts in the market’ for air and space law.
Legal 500 2008 adds: ‘Bouckaert Ormen Passemard Sportes offers specialist advice in aviation-related insurance matters, cargo and passenger-related claims, and aircraft collisions. A key client is British Airways, and Carole Sportes is a leader in the aviation practice’.
Chambers Europe 2009: Carole Sportes ‘wins praise for her thriving aviation practice’.
ASSOCIATIONS
A.I.D.A – Association Internationale de Droit des Assurances
SFDAS – Société Française de Droit Aérien et Spatial
IAWA – International Aviation Womens Association
EDUCATION
DEA (post-graduate degree) in business law, Montpellier University (1994)
LANGUAGES
French and English
