Philippe & Partners: Legal 500 (2026 EDITION) Endorsed in Key Sectors: Insurance, Arbitration practice, and Dispute Resolution

Philippe & Partners has once again been recognised by The Legal 500 (EMEA 2026) and Leaders League (2026) for its strength in Insurance, Dispute Resolution and Arbitration.

The firm’s Insurance practice is considered top tier by Legal 500 and leading by Leaders League.

“Combining ‘technical expertise with commercial insight’, Luxembourg and Belgium-based insurance boutique Philippe & Partners is well placed to provide ’tailored and business friendly solutions’ to a myriad stakeholders in the industry seeking advice related to their insurance products and distribution services, as well as on their day-to-day regulatory business needs.” 

“Marc Gouden is prepared to handle distribution, life insurance, digitisation, cross-border activity, reinsurance, and transfer of business for insurance clients.”

“Pierre Moreau assists clients with the development of life and non-life policies, group insurance, compliance advice, distribution of insurance products, and insurance taxation.” (Legal 500)

The firm is also recognised as excellent (Leaders League) and recommended (Legal 500) for its Dispute Resolution and Arbitration practice.

“Philippe & Partners represents major regulated sector clients in complex disputes. Alongside his longstanding track-record in the energy sector, practice co-lead Denis Philippe is of note for his experience in arbitration proceedings. Fellow co-head Marc Gouden assists in litigation and arbitration within the energy and insurance sectors. Bringing further insurance sector expertise, Pierre Moreau acts on liability and regulatory disputes.”

Across these directories, client and market feedback consistently emphasise the deep sector knowledge, pragmatic and no-nonsense approach, and the ability to align legal advice closely with clients’ business objectives.

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Byrne Wallace Shields: LEAP Forward in Clarity for Ireland’s Data Centre Sector and Large Energy Users

In a short period of just over 4 weeks the Irish Government and the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) have sought to navigate the delicate balance between facilitating the development of the digital economy in Ireland, achieving energy infrastructure resilience and promoting positive climate change by publishing 2 key policy documents. The Large Energy User Action Plan (LEAP) and the Large Energy Users (LEUs) Connection Policy have come as a much-needed strategic relaxation of the 4 year moratorium on the development of data centres, particularly in the Greater Dublin Region.

Key takeaways from the LEAP and updated LEU Connection Policies

  • Renewable Power: Large Data Centre seeking connection must commit to placing themselves on a glide path to achieve 80% of utilised power from a renewable source within 6 years;
  • Private Wire: The Government is to legislate for private actors to install private electricity infrastructure;
  • Green Energy Parks/Plan-led Model: System Operators and the CRU will facilitate plan-led demand locations, pre-determining where LEUs can locate through the establishment of green energy parks with the co-location of energy generation and/or storage onsite with the LEUs and
  • Electricity Infrastructure Investment and Delivery: EirGrid, ESB Networks, the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment (DCEE), and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities (CRU) are tasked with progressing investment in electricity infrastructure in line with Ireland’s 80% renewable energy target.

Access the full article – LEAP Forward in Clarity for Ireland’s Data Centre Sector and Large Energy Users

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JP Karsenty & Associés IP Newsletter, March 2026

The JP Karsenty & Associés Intellectual Property Newsletter, March 2026 written by Pierre Trusson, with assistance from Pauline Leyval, reviews the following news.

LCEN Law: The blocking of a website ordered to internet service providers by resorting to “dynamic” injunctions

In a recent order, the President of the Tribunal judiciaire de Paris, seized by the Arcom, ordered Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block the WatchPeopleDie.tv site, which is exclusively dedicated to the dissemination of violent content and attacks on dignity.

On that occasion, it detailed the criteria for contacting ISPs directly instead of the hosts and publishers of the disputed site and specified the terms and conditions for blocking the said site.

It also used a dynamic injunction to prevent the content of the disputed site from being “replicated” as soon as it was blocked on another website (“mirror sites”).

Our Focus goes into detail on this order and identifies the criteria that must be met by a company to obtain such an injunction.

Read the full newsletter:

English: Newsletter, March 2026, Intellectual Property

Français: Newsletter, Mars 2026, Propriete Intellectuelle

 

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