Hortense de Roux

Hortense specialises in civil, commercial and corporate litigation, she assists clients with post-M&A disputes, shareholder conflicts, business torts product liability, anti-corruption and white-collar crime in various sectors such as retail, chemical, IT, energy, and finance. Hortense advises French and international clients for prelitigation case management and represents them before French courts. She has extensive experience of the various fields of French procedural law both in civil and commercial matters and of monitoring international complex litigations.

Hortense de Roux has been recognised for many years by international Directories such as Best Lawyers, Legal 500 and Chambers, which have individually ranked her and as well as her team. The excellence of her career has also been acknowledged by the HEC community, which awarded her the HEC Legal Award (Prix du Juriste HEC) in 2018.

Hortense is described by Legal 500 as "tenacious", with "strong command of the matters she handles", "highly experienced in international litigation", and capable of "handling any situation".
Nominated by the Acritas Stars Survey four times in a row, Hortense has been described as demonstrating "great rigour and consistent hard work" and as having "good command of the matters she handles, attentive to her client's needs, and availability".

Hortense is strongly committed to promoting diversity. She represented HEC Alumni within Grandes Ecoles au Féminin from 2014 to 2024 - a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing women in the professional sphere - and served as its President for six years. She held three terms on the HEC Alumni Board, and was elected its President on June 17, 2024. She also serves on the Board of Directors of HEC Paris and the HEC Foundation.