Racine’s wide-ranging practice encompasses drafting of author, artist and co-production contracts, financing, and legal engineering matters, as well as content reviews and clearances. The team is recognised for its litigation strength, including program infringement, contractual breaches and defamation disputes. The group is under the joint leadership of Charles Bouffier, Maud Bakouche and tax expert Xavier Rollet. Bouffier advises on a wide array of IP and digital innovation matters, including AI, while Bakouche showcases strong credentials in M&A, joint ventures and corporate structuring within the entertainment industry.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The Racine team was incredibly knowledgeable and helped us tremendously from start to finish. We are very satisfied with the services Racine provided.’
- ‘Maud Bakouche, Elsa Charifi and Charles Bouffier went above and beyond. We are so incredibly grateful for their thorough attention to detail and their attention to our goals.'
Work highlights
Assisting Netflix with criminal judicial investigations in France regarding public defamation claims.
Practice head
Charles Bouffier; Maud Bakouche; Xavier Rollet
Other key lawyers
Elsa Charifi