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Racine's competition team is composed of a dozen of lawyers with deep expertise in economic dynamics and public policy.


It provides comprehensive advice on all areas of French and European competition law. The team is active in merger control, particularly within the industrial sector, antitrust litigation, especially in the field of new technologies, State aid matters and Foreign Investment control.


Thanks to their expertise and flexibility, they deliver practical and pragmatic solutions tailored to the specific needs of Racine’s clients.


Our competition services include:


Antitrust (cartels and abuse of dominance)


  • Assistance with dawn raids
  • Litigation before antitrust authorities
  • Appeals before the courts
  • Negotiated procedures
  • Damages litigation
  • Advice and risk prevention



Merger control

  • Notification of mergers
  • International coordination
  • Negotiating and monitoring undertakings


State Aid


  • Strategic advice
  • Litigation services



Monitoring of foreign investments and subsidies


  • Notification of investments and subsidies
  • Negotiation and monitoring of undertakings

Chambers Review

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Competition/European Law - France

5
Band 5

What the Team is Known For

Racine's practice covers both contentious and non-contentious competition mandates for large French and multinational corporates. It offers expertise in merger clearance mandates, abuse of dominance investigations and dawn proceedings. The team is also praised for its ability to handle state aid mandates.

À propos de l’équipe

Le cabinet Racine intervient à la fois en conseil comme en contentieux pour de grandes entreprises françaises et multinationales. Le cabinet offre de l'expertise dans de mandats d’autorisation de concentrations, d’enquêtes sur l’abus de position dominante et de dawn-raids. L’équipe est également saluée pour sa capacité à gérer les mandats d’aide d’État.

Work Highlights

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  • Racine advised RATP Capital Innovation on obtaining clearance from the FCA for its acquisition of CityScoot.

  • Racine a conseillé RATP Capital Innovation dans l’obtention de l’autorisation de la FCA pour son acquisition de CityScoot.

Strengths

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The firm's deep knowledge is excellent; I really appreciate the expertise.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

Racine has great knowledge of our needs and the market. The team is very easy to work with.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

The team at Racine is efficient and knows by heart the work. The lawyers are proactive and business-oriented. It is a law firm with whom I work in confidence.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

Racine provides quick responses and meets deadlines.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

Racine was very patient and good at explaining things that we could do. The lawyers are very good at presenting different options and are also very responsive.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

Racine fournit des réponses rapides et respecte les délais.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

L’équipe de Racine est efficace et connaît le dossier par cœur. Les avocats sont proactifs et ont un sens commercial. C’est un cabinet d’avocats avec lequel je travaille en confiance.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

Racine a une grande connaissance de nos besoins et du marché. C'est très facile de travailler avec l’équipe.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

Les connaissances approfondies du cabinet sont excellentes ; J’apprécie vraiment leur expertise.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

Racine était très patient et doué pour expliquer les choses que nous pouvions faire. Les avocats sont très doués pour présenter différentes options et sont également très réactifs.

Competition/European Law respondent
France

Notable Practitioners

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Bastien Thomas
5
Bastien Thomas
5
Band 5

Bastien Thomas frequently acts on significant merger control mandates for large multinationals operating in sectors such as energy, transportation and agriculture. He additionally demonstrates expertise in dawn raid matters and has a strong reputation for state aid issues.

Bastien Thomas is a very good lawyer and very hard-working.

Bastien Thomas has great expertise.

Bastien Thomas demonstrates vision, pragmatism and excellence.

Bastien is a reliable and determined interlocutor who knows how to accompany and make himself understood by the uninitiated client.

Bastien Thomas intervient fréquemment dans de mandats importants de contrôle des concentrations pour de grandes multinationales opérant dans des secteurs tels que l’énergie, les transports et l’agriculture. Il fait également preuve d’une expertise en dawn-raids et a une solide réputation en matière d’aides d’État.

Bastien Thomas est un très bon avocat et il travaille très dur.

Bastien est un interlocuteur fiable et déterminé qui sait accompagner et se faire comprendre par le client.

Bastien Thomas dispose d’une grande expertise.

Bastien Thomas fait preuve de vision, de pragmatisme et d’excellence.

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Guillaume Fabre
U
Guillaume Fabre
U
Up and Coming

Guillaume Fabre enters the rankings this year thanks to his strong work and excellent market support. He is adept at handling merger control cases before the EC. He is also experienced in assisting with abuse of dominance cases, having advised an array of high-profile clients from the technology and transportation sectors.

Guillaume Fabre is a dedicated, hard-working and thoughtful lawyer, with an ability to dive deep into the technicalities of a case while keeping things intelligible for clients.

Guillaume Fabre has the ability to understand what you mean. He takes the time to build trust and he listens.

Guillaume Fabre is an excellent listener, shows understanding of expectations and is responsive.

I think Guillaume Fabre goes the extra mile, in terms of depth of analysis.

Guillaume Fabre entre dans le classement cette année grâce à son travail et à un excellent soutien du marché. Il assiste dans de contrôle des concentrations devant la CE. Il a également de l’expérience dans de dossiers d’abus de position dominante, ayant conseillé de nombreux clients de premier plan dans les secteurs de la technologie et des transports.

Guillaume Fabre a la capacité de comprendre ce que vous voulez dire. Il prend le temps d’établir une relation de confiance et il écoute les clients.

Guillaume est un avocat dévoué, il travaille dur et est doté d’une capacité à plonger profondément dans les détails techniques d’un dossier tout en gardant les choses intelligibles pour les clients.

Je pense que Guillaume Fabre va très loin, en termes de profondeur d’analyse.

Guillaume Fabre est à l’écoute, compréhensif et réactif.

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Bastien Thomas
5
Bastien Thomas
5
Band 5
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Guillaume Fabre
U
Guillaume Fabre
U
Up and Coming
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