The practice at White & Case LLP is routinely called upon by fast-growth companies and VC funds seeking assistance with the range of mandates, namely pre-investment due diligence, seed capital, sale and exit. Guillaume Vitrich steers the practice group and specialises in domestic and international VC transactions involving the technology sector. Hugues Racovski, who majors on venture capital, private equity, corporate and M&A transactions, was promoted to the partnership in January 2024. A recent mandate of note saw the group advise Eurazeo on a €304m fundraising for European electric vehicle fast-charging network Electra.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Guillaume Vitrich - always available, perfect mastery of our various issues and in-depth knowledge of our markets. Guillaume also helps us day-to-day in the group's development strategy thanks to his experience. Trusted advisor for us, undoubtedly the best in the Paris market for technology companies.'

  • ‘The team benefits from a central position in the transaction ecosystem that matters. It is exposed to the latest trends and key situations in the industry which allows for a continuous increment of the value they can deliver for their clients and persistent quality of the team members. The team is clearly one of the best in the industry, and invest where it matters, in people and industry exposure.’

  • ‘Guillaume Vitrich is an outstanding transactional lawyer with a breadth of experience allowing him to deliver strong quality advisory service with accurate and adequate delivery each transactional situation. He has a strong situational and emotional intelligence and very good cultural knowledge, allowing him to perform very well in cross border transactions.’

  • ‘Guillaume Vitrich and Clément Cenreaud - they are extremely responsive and have a very good knowledge of market practices on the investor and entrepreneur side.'

Key clients

  • Eurazeo
  • Bpifrance
  • Planity
  • Carthera
  • Pigment
  • Colonies
  • Technique Solaire
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management
  • Battery Ventures
  • Inato
  • Luko Cover
  • Stellaria
  • The Collection Group
  • Label Capital
  • Welcome to the Jungle
  • Beyond Aero
  • Zeliq (formely Getheroes)

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Guillaume Vitrich

Other key lawyers

Hugues Racovski, Clément Cenreaud