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24/06/2025

Duty of vigilance

On 17 June 2025, the Paris Court of Appeal handed down a particularly groundbreaking ruling upholding the decision of the Paris Court of First Instance, which had ordered La Poste to revise its due diligence plan in a number of key areas, in light of the obligations arising from Article L.225-102-4 of the French Commercial Code (which became L.225-102-1 in 2025).

Our Employment Department provides its analysis on this subject.

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26/06/2025

Public Procurement Global Practice Guide 2025 (France)

Public Law partners Sylvain Bergès and Marion Delaigue have co-authored the “France” chapter of the Chambers and Partners Public Procurement Global Practice Guide 2025.

This guide presents the latest trends in public procurement law, which are currently being simplified: facilitating access to public procurement for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), digitalisation, greening, innovation, AI, alternative dispute resolution, internationalisation, etc.

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30/06/2025

Extreme heat: new obligations for employers from 1 July 2025

Summer is fast approaching, bringing with it its moments of conviviality, relaxation and sunshine, but also, as has unfortunately become increasingly frequent in recent years, episodes of extreme heat likely to have an impact on workers’ health and their working conditions.

Our associate Anne-Laure Mary-Cantin and Alice Favrel from Racine Nantes shed some light on the issue.

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01/07/2025

Compensation for economic loss resulting from the use of an AI system

Among the crucial issues raised by the use of Artificial Intelligence Systems (hereinafter referred to as ‘AIS’), the compensation of economic damages resulting from these AIS raises many questions and involves both the interpretation of special rules arising from Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on Artificial Intelligence (hereinafter referred to as ‘AI Act’) and other legislation, adapting the rules of civil liability under ordinary law to delimit the liability of each player in the artificial intelligence (AI) value chain. Difficulties are also emerging on the evidential front, due to the plurality of these players and the often opaque nature of AIS, which are technologically complex and sometimes trained using millions of data sets.

Our partner Charles Bouffier and Naomi Hamza decipher the phenomenon.

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04/07/2025

Green finance and sustainable performance: asset management and the climate challenge

Rima Maitrehenry, Partner in Fund Formation, spoke at the ‘Objective Decarbonation Summit – 10 years of the Paris Agreement’, organised by the Forum de l’Engagement at the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance.

She co-hosted a round table devoted to the challenges of green finance, to decipher the latest developments in the SFDR and Taxonomy frameworks and the effect of these regulations on sustainable investment strategies.

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Founded in 1981, Racine is one of the main independent French law firms. With more than 200 lawyers, including 72 partners, we provide our clients with service and expertise in all the major fields of law across our 7 offices in France and in Belgium.

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Agribusiness

With expert knowledge of the entire product chain, our teams act for farmers and their economic partners, and also for sector organisations. We also assist public bodies and institutions active in the sector with the drafting or amendment of French and European legislation and regulations.
Banking and financial services

Capable of rapidly integrating developments, rules and regulations of the banking and financial services sector, our lawyers act for financial institutions, investment funds, family offices and borrowers on structured finance issues, debt restructurings and banking and financial disputes.
Commerce and distribution

With their operational knowledge of the usage and practices of the business lines in this sector, our lawyers are well-versed in the functioning of the various French and European administrations and administrative and regulatory authorities. We can respond to the needs of our clients in the retail, mass retail, luxury and e-commerce sectors.
Energy and environment

Active alongside intermediate-sized enterprises, small- and medium-sized companies and start-ups, our lawyers provide the entire range of legal services to a sector that is rapidly evolving from both a technological and regulatory perspective. We assist our clients in all phases of their growth, from R&D to marketing both in France and internationally.
Hospitality and leisure

Racine acts for hospitality and tourism stakeholders (investors, owners, lenders and operators) in the context of project development and implementation, real estate asset management, associated labour and financial issues and dispute resolution.
Industry

Racine possesses in-depth knowledge of diverse industries (automobile, manufacturing, logistics and transportation, engineering). We act on behalf of French and international clients on regulatory matters, external growth transactions, litigation and arbitration.
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Our lawyers have developed expertise in insurance and civil liability (medical, D&O, construction, financial institutions, industrial risks, etc.), and act both on behalf of insurers and the insured on all types of matters, whether in an advisory capacity, during pre-litigation, or as litigators in the context judicial and arbitration proceedings.
Investment funds

Our lawyers advise French and international investment funds with respect to structuring and completing their transactions. They notably act at every stage of the investment process: acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, private investments in public equity, going private transactions, financing and refinancing of transactions and related litigation.
Luxury

Racine’s teams have extensive expertise in the fashion, luxury, jewellery and clothing sectors, notably in the areas of distribution, e-commerce, contracts, consumer law and real estate matters and issues related to the organisation of their corporate structures both in France and internationally.
Media and communications

Our lawyers possess particular expertise in media and communications, and assist news groups and publishers in the framework of their external growth transactions, licensing issues, production agreements, acquisition and distribution of content, regulatory issues and related complex litigation.
Real estate and construction

Our lawyers have superior experience in the real estate market and accompany real estate participants in all stages of their transactions: structuring, land use, financing, acquisitions, construction, leases, management and disposals. They act at the sides of all players in this sector: developers, investors, lenders, users, managers and construction firms.
Transport and logistics

As one of the firm’s historical sectors, transport and logistics law occupies a particularly important place among our activities. Our lawyers meet the needs of import/export operators operating in all sectors and act for leading transport professionals. Moreover, the firm benefits from a strong reputation in customs law.

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16/07/25

Racine assists Weinberg Capital Partners in its investment in Summa

Paris, 16 July 2025 – Racine advised Weinberg Capital Partners on its investment in Summa, a new player in the public accounting, auditing and consulting market. This is the fourth investment of the WCP#4 LBO fund, which focuses on acquiring B2B service companies with strong growth potential. The...

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16/07/25

Racine accompagne Weinberg Capital Partners dans le cadre de son investissement au sein de Summa

Paris, le 16 juillet 2025 – Racine a accompagné Weinberg Capital Partners dans le cadre de son investissement au sein de Summa, nouvel acteur du marché de l’expertise comptable, de l’audit et du conseil. Cette opération constitue le quatrième investissement du fonds LBO WCP#4, qui...

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11/07/25

Code of Practice for providers of general-purpose AI models – compliance with Art. 53 and Art.55, AI Act

On 10 July 2025, the final version of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice was officially published. Developed under the coordination of the AI Office (AIO), this Code provides practical guidance for providers of general-purpose AI (GPAI) models to support compliance with the EU AI Act,...

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Extreme heat: new obligations for employers from 1 July 2025

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Racine assists Weinberg Capital Partners in its investment in Summa

Racine accompagne Weinberg Capital Partners dans le cadre de son investissement au sein de Summa

Code of Practice for providers of general-purpose AI models – compliance with Art. 53 and Art.55, AI Act