Raphael APELBAUM > LexCase > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

LexCase
17 RUE DE LA PAIX
75002, PARIS
France

Work Department

Public Business Law and Regulatory Affairs

Position

Partner at LexCase since 2014, Raphaël APELBAUM co-manages the Public Business Law department with Alain de BELENET and Maxime BÜSCH.

A public lawyer by training, he followed his career in the United States for several years before returning to France in 2006. He is admitted in New York and Paris.

He is a specialist of the French Administration. Raphael assists his clients in numerous matters related to French public business law and public procurement law, construction law, and regulatory law (customs and immigration).

He also advises and provides complex expert opinions on numerous public and/or private works and construction projects in France (pre-litigation negotiations, mediation, discussions before expert committees, complex expert opinions).

Thanks to his international experience, he also advises major industrial groups facing problems with the French Administration, whether in connection with contractual performance or regulatory issues.

Career

2014: LexCase/Public Business Law – Partner
2012: LexCase/Public Business Law – Of Counsel
2009 – 2012: Earth Avocats/Major Public Services – Of Counsel
2007 – 2012: August & Debouzy/Regulatory-Public Law – Associate
2003 – 2006: UNOPS (United Nations Office for Project Services) – UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), United Nations, New York – Legal Counsel

Languages

English

Education

New York State Bar, Admitted in 2004
Paris Bar, admitted in 2001
LL.M, International Law, Georgetown Law School, Washington DC, USA
Master degree (LLM equiv.) in Public Business Law, Université Paris II (Assas)
Master degree (LLM equiv.) in Public Litigation, Université Paris I (Sorbonne)
French Comparative Law Institute, Université Paris II – Assas

Lawyer Rankings

France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences

Primarily based in Paris, the team of ‘true specialists’ at LexCase handles a broad range of contentious and regulatory matters concerning product liability and health authority decisions. Praised by clients for her ‘unparalleled and in-depth’ healthcare experience, practice co-head Diane Bandon-Tourret is known for her longstanding experience in advising medical device manufacturers and pharma companies on both contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters; while co-head Raphaël Apelbaum advises clients on a range of public health issues, including government audits and public health agency inspections. Working out of the Marseille office, Alain de Belenet is particularly skilled at handling hospital public procurement, and M.A and CE marking-related work, and Maxime Büsch has vast knowledge of litigation concerning public procurement contracts. Victoire Storksen acts for numerous healthcare product manufacturers and distributors in compliance related mandates.