Partner at RWK Goodman, London
Maud Lepez is a dual qualified lawyer (Solicitor of England and Wales and Avocate at the Paris Bar). She specialises in travel law and cross-border personal injury claims and practices in both jurisdictions.
She assists British victims of accidents abroad, as well as foreign victims of accidents in England & Wales, following road traffic accidents, ski accidents, injuries sustained on holiday in a public place, injuries resulting from a criminal act, accidents on board planes or boats.
She focusses on serious and catastrophic injury cases, including brain injuries, amputations, spinal injuries, complex orthopaedic injuries, as well as fatal accident claims.
She joined RWK Goodman in February 2024 with the aim of developing a travel and international injury department within a well-established reputable firm and is currently assisted by a Senior Associate and a paralegal.
She led and won some of the key cases involving issues of private international law (jurisdiction and conflicts of laws), including Tate v Allianz IARD [2020] EWHC 3227 (QB); Owen v Galgey [2020] EWHC 3546 (QB); Klifa v Slater & Anor [2022] EWHC 427 (QB).
She is frequently instructed as a French law expert by Solicitors of England & Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland, and as an English law expert in France.
A member of APIL, accredited as ‘Senior Litigator’ and ‘Accidents and Illnesses Abroad specialist’, she is also actively involved with PEOPIL, the European Expertise and Experts Institute (EEEI) and the Franco-British Lawyers Society. She is ranked in Band 3 in Chambers & Partners UK: Travel: International Personal Injury (Claimant) and as a Leading Partner in Legal 500, Transport – Travel.