Isabelle VEILLARD
Isabelle Veillard was a legal professional and has been a lawyer at the firm since 2012. She has looked after the development of the firm’s second office, in Lyon, since 2018.
She specialises in industrial risks, insurance law, environmental law, construction law and product liability law. She also manages fire claims on behalf of claimants and defendants.
She assists various insurance, industrial and construction players before all the competent jurisdictions in the Rhone-Alpes region. She assists insolvency organisations with their ICPE (facilities classified for environmental protection) matters.
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Professional background
Before joining Moureu Associés (now Alchimie Avocats), Isabelle Veillard was a scientific contributor in charge of French law and the law of French-speaking African countries at the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law in Lausanne, an independent institution attached to the Federal Department of Justice and Police.
She has also worked as a lecturer and researcher at several Paris universities. Isabelle taught environmental law at Master 2 level since 2011, within several higher education institutions (Sciences Po, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, University of Sorbonne Paris Nord).
Academic background
Member of the Paris Bar (since 2013) and the Lyon Bar (since 2018), Isabelle Veillard holds a doctorate in law from the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne. She was awarded the Dissertation Prize by the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law in 2012 for her work on the prevention of new risks to the environment and public health in French, European and US law.
She holds a postgraduate Master of Advanced Studies in English and North American Business Law and a Master in International Business Law from the University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne.
She is a member of the environment, health, compliance, and property committees of the Lyon Bar Association.