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Bouffier
  • Paris

Languages : French, English, Spanish

Paris Bar (2010)
Partner at Racine since 2022

Contact :

Tel : +33 (0)1 44 82 43 00

Career

August Debouzy, lawyer (2010-2022)

Education

University Diploma GDPR / DPO, University of Paris Descartes

Master’s degree in intellectual property law, University of Paris XII

Graduated from la Fémis (the French state film school) in distribution / exploitation

Others

Speaker Numeum (ex Syntec Numérique & Tech In France) : « Actualité du droit du logiciel : Aspects de propriété intellectuelle » November 2021
« Les bons réflexes à avoir en cas de contrôle ou de saisie dans l’entreprise » April 2016

Speaker Dixit / Le Film Français : « Entreprises du secteur Cinéma & TV : comment anticiper et prévenir les difficultés financières ? » June 2021

Member of AFDIT (Association Française de Droit de l’Informatique et de la Télécommunication) since 2020

Member of The Copyright Commission of the French Group of AIPPI (Association internationale pour la protection de la propriété intellectuelle) since 2020 ; contribution to the December 2020 study on data protection

Publications

« Saisie-contrefaçon de logiciel : retour sur les singularités de la demande de mainlevée », Expertises, September 2021

« Nature de la responsabilité en cas de non-respect d’une licence de logiciel : la cour d’appel de Paris se positionne », Option Droit & Affaires, April 2021

« Gérer les interactions avec des logiciels libres », Fiche pratique Lexis 360, April 2021

« Protection par le droit sui generis des sous bases de données », Expertises, March 2021

« Le financement du cinéma et de l’audiovisuel à l’épreuve du droit des entreprises en difficulté », Option Droit & Affaires, February 2021

« La divulgation d’une action en contrefaçon à l’épreuve du dénigrement », Propriétés Intellectuelles, n°76, July 2020

Team's
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Rankings

  • Legal 500 - 2026: Intellectual Property – Trade marks and designs – Individual ranking
  • Legal 500 - 2026: Intellectual Property – Copyright – Individual ranking
  • Legal 500 - 2026: IT & Internet – Individual ranking
  • Legal 500 - 2026: Media and entertainment – Cinema
  • Legal 500 - 2026: Intellectual Property – Trade marks and designs
  • Legal 500 - 2026: Data privacy et data protection
  • Legal 500 - 2026: Intellectual Property – Copyright
  • Legal 500 - 2026: IT and internet
  • Chambers - 2026: Individual Ranking
  • Best Law Firms - 2026: Best Law Firms (2026 Edition) – France Region
  • Best Law Firms - 2026: Best Law Firms (2026 Edition) – France
  • Best Lawyers - 2026: Media law
  • Best Lawyers - 2026: Information Technology Law
  • IP STARS - 2025: Intellectual Property
  • IP STARS - 2025: Trade mark star
  • IP STARS - 2025: Copyright star
  • Legal 500 - 2025: Data privacy & data protection
  • Décideurs - 2025: Innovation, technology & telecoms Digital Platforms Law and Applications
  • Décideurs - 2025: Innovation, technology & telecoms Data Protection Law and Cybersecurity
  • Legal 500 - 2025: Intellectual Property – Trade marks and designs – Individual ranking
  • Legal 500 - 2025: Intellectual Property – Copyright – Individual ranking
  • Legal 500 - 2025: It & Internet – Individual ranking
  • Legal 500 - 2025: Media and entertainment – Cinema
  • Legal 500 - 2025: Intellectual Property – Trade marks and designs
  • Legal 500 - 2025: Intellectual Property – Copyright
  • Legal 500 - 2025: IT & Internet
  • Best Lawyers - 2025: Media Law
  • Décideurs - 2024: Marketing, e-commerce & Distribution – Contentieux judiciaire en marques, dessin & modèles
  • Décideurs - 2024: Marketing, e-commerce & Distribution – Intellectual property Management of trademark, design and model portfolios
  • Décideurs - 2024: Intellectual property – Management of trademark, design and model portfolios
  • Décideurs - 2024: Intellectual property – Trademark litigation
  • Legal 500 - 2024: Next Generation Partner
  • Legal 500 - 2024: Media & entertainment : Cinema
  • Legal 500 - 2024: IP : Copyright
  • Legal 500 - 2024: IT & Internet

Awards

  • 2019: Trophées du droit et du contentieux

    IT, Internet & Personal Data: Rising Team

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News and latest publications

Press releases

26/03/26

Racine is advising Agora Makers, the French market leader in street furniture and lighting, which is owned by the Hivest Capital Partners fund, on its acquisition of Kuzzle.

Paris, 26 March 2026 – Racine advised Agora Makers, the French leader in street furniture and lighting, backed by Hivest Capital Partners, on its acquisition of Kuzzle. Kuzzle is a French provider of hypervision, Internet of Things (IoT), data and artificial intelligence (AI) solutions. Agora...
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Press releases

8/01/26

Racine advises NanoXplore on a raising €20 million fundrising from MBDA and Bpifrance

Paris, 8 January 2025 – Racine advised NanoXplore, a company specialising in electronics for the space industry, on raising €20 million from MBDA and the Defence Innovation Fund, which is managed by Bpifrance. This strategic investment will enable NanoXplore to accelerate its diversification...
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Press releases

2/12/25

Racine advises Datasharp on the acquisition of Woosmap

Paris, 1 December 2025 – Racine advised the European data intelligence group Datasharp on its acquisition of Woosmap. This strategic transaction forms part of Datasharp’s rapid growth strategy, which is supported by Strada Partners and aims to build the most reliable enterprise-grade data...
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