RCB

RCB France - Law firm

Founded in 2012, RCB, who's Partners are: Margareth Bykoff and Alain Couturier has managed rapidly to establish a recognized reputation in industrial risk and insurance in several areas, amongst which: industry, Agri-Food, pharmaceutics, automobile, art expertise and construction.

The members of RCB act not only in France but also internationally upon request from Insurance Companies, Industrials or other major economic actors that encounter a particular problematic linked, amongst others to the insurance of their liability, their products or assets.

RCB has a solid worldwide network of highly qualified juridical and technical correspondents that enables it to intervene rapidly and efficiently in any place or country as soon as it is solicited.

RCB's expertise of not only insurance law but also international law, business law and criminal business law gives it a large spectrum of intervention.

Another asset of RCB is the number of languages currently practiced: French, English, Swedish, German, Russian, Polish, Italian…

The firm also has recognized expertise in a number of complementary fields, including real estate, co-ownership, family law, employment law, personal injury, live entertainment and the art market.

Lastly, RCB's expertise on French procedural law, amongst which court appointed expertise, national and international arbitration, and foreign procedures such as those in Common Law countries, makes RCB a first class partner for its clients amongst which Insurance Companies and Industrials.

Work areas

Civil Liability in Industry, Civil Engineering, Construction
Industrial Risks
Product Liability
Insurance Law
Commercial Law
Arbitration / Mediation / Negotiation
Professional Liability
Labour Law

Partners

 +33 (0)1 47 27 03 03 (direct)

 mbykoff@rcbfrance.com

Margareth BYKOFF

Partner

1994
Paris Bar Association Oath
Post graduate degree in International Private Law, Sorbonne Paris International Business Transactions University of San Diego, USA
Languages
French, English, Swedish, German, Polish, Russian, notions in Spanish and Italian
Work Areas
  • Civil Liability in Industry, Civil Engineering, Construction
  • Industrial Risks
  • Product Liability
  • Insurance Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Arbitration / Mediation / Negotiation
Some examples of important cases:
Food Industry
Litigating Counsel for an international Food Group (over 160 facilities worldwide) within a serial risk affecting composite Panels as well as process accidents both in France and abroad
Pharmaceutical Industry
Litigating Counsel for several International and Multinational Groups following various process accidents in France, USA and Germany
Maritime Industry
Counsel for a motorization manufacturer (Queen Mary II) in Miami and Houston as well as representation of a sailing boat manufacturer (worldwide leader) in France, Scandinavia and Germany
Automobile Industry
Litigating Counsel for component manufacturers, amongst others to the automobile industry, faced with worldwide recall actions
Banking
Litigating Counsel for an Insurance Company following to a bank fraud in France and USA
Industry
Litigating Counsel for a heating facility that exploded in Paris in 1994 with management of over 2.000 third party recourse actions; defense of a co-generation turbine manufacturer’s liability in France and USA; defense of a train manufacturer’s liability in Germany
Divers
Ranked amongst the best Lawyers in France since 2011 (Leaders League - Décideurs) - Chambers and Legal 500 pending

 

 +33 (0)1 45 08 80 47 (direct)

 acouturier@rcbfrance.com

Alain COUTURIER

Partner

1992
Paris Bar Association Oath
Languages
English, Italian
Work Areas
  • Insurance Law
  • Industrial Risk
  • Civil liability law
  • Damages and recourse
  • Real estate and co-ownership law
  • Professional Liability
  • Commercial Law
Some examples of important cases:
Civil liability
Advice and representation of an insurer following a claim against the professional liability of an insured's appraisal firm
Property and casualty
  • Fine art: advice and representation of galleries or art collectors (fraud, theft)
  • Recourse or defense in the event of fire, water damage, etc.
  • Recourse or defense in the event of accidents involving bodily injury
Real estate and co-ownership
Advice and representation of property owners following the collapse of several houses on the Butte Chaumont (Paris)
Industry
Litigating Counsel of a worldwide leader of cables and cable systems
Labour
Litigating Counsel for a manufacturer of luxury goods
Family
Litigating Counsel for complex divorces with high financial stakes

Our offices

Cabinet RCB France
104 avenue des Champs-Elysées
75008 PARIS

 +33 (0)1 47 27 03 03

 mbykoff@rcbfrance.com
 acouturier@rcbfrance.com

 

Metro :
- Charles de Gaulle-Etoile, lines 1, 2 and 6
- George V line 1

Parking :
- Parking Champs Elysées

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