Distinctions

2020

• 2020

  Restructuring

2021

• 2021

  Public

  Racine is one of the best law firms in France in the category “Public law” of the 2021 edition of Le Point rankings.

• 2021

  Real estate - Construction

  Racine is one of the best law firms in France in the category “ Real estate Law” of the 2021 edition of Le Point rankings.

• 2021

  Tax

  Racine is one of the best law firms in France in the category “ Tax Law” of the 2021 edition of Le Point rankings.

• 2021

  Mergers & Acquisitions - Corporate Law

  Racine is one of the best law firms in France in the categories “Corporate law”, Mergers & Acquisitions” and “Private equity and venture capital” of the 2021 edition of Le Point rankings.

• 2021

  Social

  Racine is one of the best law firms in France in the categories “Social security and social protection law” and “Labour law (employers)” of the 2021 edition of Le Point rankings.

• 2021

  IP/IT & Data protection

  Racine is one of the best law firms in France in the categories “New technologies, informations technology and communication” and “Industrial property Law” of the 2021 edition of Le Point rankings.

• 2021

  Corporate litigation and arbitration

  Racine is one of the best law firms in France in the categories “Arbitration law” and “Business Criminal Law” of the 2021 edition of Le Point rankings.

• 2021

  Competition - Distribution - Contracts

  Racine is one of the best law firms in France in the categories ” Competition commercial business law” and “Consumer law” of the 2021 edition of Le Point rankings.

• 2021

  Banking Finance Insurance

  Racine is one of the best law firms in France in the categories “Compliance”, “Insurance law” and “Banking and stock exchange law” of the 2021 edition of Le Point rankings.

2021

• 2021

  Classements individuels

  • Paris, FR

  Eric Barbry : Information Technology Law
  Jean-Christophe Beaury : Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  Sylvain Bergès : Energy Law and Public Law
  Bruno Cavalié : Litigation
  Mélanie Coiraton : Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  Antoine Diesbecq : Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Sandra Graslin-Latour : Litigation
  Laurent Jourdan : Insolvency and Reorganization Law
  Bernard Laurent-Bellue : Capital Markets Law
  Valérie Ledoux-Tömek : Competition / Antitrust Law
  Jean-Philippe Lorizon : Construction Law
  Xavier Rollet : Tax Law
  Fabrice Rymarz : Tax Law
  Carol Santoni : Real Estate Law
  Bastien Thomas : Competition / Antitrust Law
  Henri De Lagarde : Energy Law

  • Bordeaux, FR

  Annie Berland : Insurance Law

  • Lyon, FR

  Frédéric Lafay : Mergers and Acquisitions Law

  • Nantes, FR

  Loullig Bretel : Information Technology Law
  Emilie Buttier : Insurance Law
  Eve Nicolas : Real Estate Law

  • Ones to watch

  Polina Bogoyavlenskaya: Banking and Finance Law
  Camille Mazeaud: Real Estate Law
  Sonia Oudjhani : Banking and Finance Law

2021

• 2021

  Private Equity: fund formation

  Rima Maitrehenry is recommanded by Chambers.

• 2021

  Litigation

  Represents a broad client base of multinationals, financial institutions and private individuals. Demonstrates notable experience in complex contractual disputes and shareholder conflicts. Further expertise in handling insolvency-linked cases.

• 2021

  Employment

  Assists clients with the negotiation of collective agreements and the implementation of redundancy plans, including in the context of insolvency proceedings. Additionally handles individual litigations. Particularly proficient advising on social security mandates as well as health and safety issues.

• 2021

  Restructuring

  Well reputed for advising both debtors and lenders on debt restructurings, distressed M&A and liquidation proceedings. Additional expertise in ad hoc mandates and conciliation procedures, as well as insolvency disputes. Assists clients from a broad range of sectors.

• 2021

  Real Estate

  Advises clients on all aspects of real estate matters from project development to rental management. Strong expertise in both acquisitions and leasing matters. Also advises on construction of real estate property. Client list includes real estate investors, media conglomerates and financial institutions.

2021

• 2021

  Real Estate & Construction

  Construction litigation (including insurance): Key player

  Construction (contracts, works, contracts and advice): Excellent

  Real estate development (VEFA, BEFA, CPI, setting up operations): Excellent

  Commercial lease law: Excellent

  Real Estate sales Litigation: Excellent

  Real estate taxation: Excellent

  Real estate operations – investment: Strong reputation

  Real estate operations – financing: Strong reputation

• 2021

  Risk Management & Insurance

  Construction litigation: Key Player

  Insurance Claims and Litigation: strong reputation

  Product Liability: strong reputation

  Claims and Ground Transportation (Road and Rail): strong reputation

• 2021

  Fusions & Acquisitions

  Distressed M&A: Excellent

  Operations between M€ 75  and M€ 500: Excellent

  Social management of M&A and social audits: Strong reputation

  Merger control: Strong reputation

  Transactional taxation: Strong reputation

• 2021

  Technologies, Internet & Telecoms

  IT, software & digital projects: Excellent

  Internet: Highly recommanded

  Personal Data Law: Highly recommanded

• 2021

  Construction, Promotion, Infrastructures

  Construction litigation : Key player
  Construction (contracts, works, contracts and consulting) : Excellent
  Real estate development (VEFA, BEFA, CPI, transactions) : Excellent
  Urban planning and development : Excellent

• 2021

  Distressed companies / Restructuring

  Clients: court-appointed receivers : Key player
  Clients: Distressed buyouts : Key player
  Collective proceedings: advice for large-cap companies and their shareholders : Excellent
  Clients: banks and debt securities holders : Strong reputation

• 2021

  Litigation and arbitration

  Commercial litigation : Key player
  Financial and equity transaction : Excellent
  International arbitration : Recongnized practice
  Criminal law : Recongnized practice
  Distribution law : Key player
  States aids : Excellent
  Antitrust & anti-competitive practices : Recongnized practice
  Merger control : Recongnized practice
  Criminal health law : Recongnized practice
  High-risk litigation and social criminal law : Excellent

2020

• 2020

  Innovation: technology & patents

  Data Protection : Highy recommanded

  IT & Software : Highly recommanded

  Internet law : Highly recommanded

• 2020

  Wealth Management

  Personal and patrimonial taxation : Excellent
  Assistance in pre-litigation, litigation – personal and patrimonial taxation : Strong reputation
  Mobility and expatriation : Reputable practice
  Real estate taxation : Excellent

2021

• 2021

  IFLR 1000

  Restructuring: Tier 4

  Banking: Tier 5

  Financial services regulatory: Other Notable

  M&A: Other Notable

  Individual rankings: Sylvain Bergès (Notable practitionner), Antoine Diesbecq (Highly regarded), Laurent Jourdan (Highly regarded)

2021

• 2021

  Tax

  Racine‘s team has strong property tax expertise through Fabrice Rymarz who is regularly retained to advise on large transactions. The practice recenty assisted key clients with the sale of major office and logistic buildings and portfolios. Rymarz also advises on the structuring of M&A transactions, often in collaboration with the firm’s corporate colleagues. Xavier Rollet, who co-heads the practice with Rymarz, specialises in advising private clients, including executive officers and shareholders. He also represents companies in dealing with the tax aspects of international employee transfers, management tax incentives and employee shareholding.

• 2021

  IP/IT

  Racine focuses on three areas, with recognised expertise in digitalisation, data protection and litigation. Contentious work centres around the protection of concepts, algorithms, trade marks and patents. Eric Barbry is the key name and retained by a mix of international and domestic clients, notably for assistance with their digital transformation.

• 2021

  Public law

  Racine demonstrates high-level urban-planning law expertise. The firm assists major companies and leading developers undertaking major land and property development projects, with recent examples including several projects around Paris’ main airports and an ambitious industrial farming project in the North of France. In addition, the practice also offers strong general public law and public contract expertise, acting for both public and private sector entities. Finally, the firm also advises on energy regulatory matters.

• 2021

  Employment

  Racine’s team is increasingly acting in challenging cases. The practice is very active in restructuring and workforce downsizing matters and offers strong experience in assisting debtors with insolvency proceedings, including dealing with mass redundancies and connected litigation.

• 2021

  Real Estate

  Racine scores with its comprehensive range of expertise. Recently, the firm received instructions from key clients, including major asset managers, developers and renters companies, to assist with significant rent and construction issues linked to the Covid-19 outbreak. In parallel, the practice advised key clients on investment transactions pertaining to major office, data and logistic assets.  The group also regularly advises on leasing, construction and related litigation, and is well known for advising prestigious luxury brands on landmark leasing and construction work.

• 2021

  Competition-Distribution

  The varied practice at Racine frequently acts on complex state aid matters for well-known domestic clients, as well as on cross-border merger control cases. The team is particularly well known for its expertise in distribution matters, including disputes in the agribusiness and mobility sectors.

• 2021

  Restructuring

  Racine maintained a high level of activity throughout 2020. The team has been dealing with all sizes of restructuring and insolvency files, most often advising debtors. It has handled matters concerning various industry sectors, such as press, retail, food and aviation, and played a pivotal role advising press distributor Pressalis on its high-profile insolvency proceedings. The practice is also managing several related litigation cases.

• 2021

  Legal 500 EMEA

  • Litigation : Band 2
  • Employment : Band 2
  • Restructuring : Band 3
  • Real Estate : Band 3
  • Administrative and public law : Band 3
  • EU Competition and distribution : Band 3
  • IT and Internet : Band 3
  • Tax : Band 4
  • Mergers and Acquisitions : Band 5
  • The Regions : Band 1

2021

• 2021

  M&A

  Band 2: M&A with a majority of operations is less than 200 millions euros

• 2021

  Litigation

  Band 3: Acquisition litigation

• 2021

  Restructuring

  Band 4: Collective procedures (safeguards, judicial restatements and liquidations)

  Band 4: Preventing difficulties and renegotiating debt

  Band 4: Redundancy plans and related collective litigation

2019

• 2019

  M&A

  Band 2: M&A with a majority of operations is less than 300 millions euros

2020

• 2020

  M&A

  Band 2: M&A with a majority of operations is less than 200 millions euros