About me
Sylvie Gallage-Alwis is the head of the product litigation practice of the disputes specialist law firm Signature Litigation.
She specialises in product liability, product safety, toxic tort, mass litigation/class actions, regulatory compliance and climate change litigation.
Sylvie is both an Avocat à la Cour in France and a Solicitor in England and Wales. Her team is one of the largest and the most recognised in the French market for high-stakes, complex product-related issues.
She represents manufacturers, generally international corporations, of a large variety of industry sectors doing business in France in their litigation against regulators, consumers, NGOs, suppliers, distributors, helping them in the scope of criminal, civil, commercial and administrative proceedings.
Her expertise is recognised by all major directories such as Who';s Who Legal, the Legal 500, Best Lawyers.
She is further known in the French market as a leading toxic tort / mass / class litigation lawyer. As such, she has been involved in most pro-company case law rendered in recent years, notably in asbestos-related cases, with some cases mentioned in the French Civil and Social Security Codes because of the significant reversal in case law they represent.
