Racine, one of France's leading independent law firms, has been using Legora in its day-to-day legal work for the past months- not as a pilot, not as an experiment, but as a core part of how its lawyers operate.
In a French legal market where most firms are still exploring what AI might mean for their practice, Racine has already moved on to the harder question: how to get the most out of it.
Legora, the agentic AI platform for legal professionals trusted by more than 100,000 users at 1,200 leading law firms and in-house legal teams across over 50 markets, today announced its partnership with Racine. The platform is embedded in how Racine's lawyers work across practice areas and at every level of seniority, part of the daily rhythm of the firm, not a tool reserved for select teams or specific matters.
Founded as an independent firm and built around a reputation for clear thinking and strong client relationships, Racine has grown into one of the most respected names in the French legal market. The firm covers the full range of corporate, finance, litigation, and advisory work that defines a modern full-service practice, and has consistently approached the evolution of legal services with seriousness and intent. That seriousness is visible in how it approached AI. Where many of its peers remain in exploratory phases, assessing vendors, running limited trials, waiting to see how the market moves: Racine made a deliberate choice to go further, earlier.
This adoption process was led by the firm’s AI committee, comprising partners who oversee the operational roll-out of AI whilst ensuring it remains fully aligned with the firm’s overall strategic vision. This governance model has enabled Racine to approach AI not merely as a technological initiative, but as a genuine transformation of legal practice. Thanks to concrete use cases, comprehensive training and structured change management, AI is an integral part of the firm’s day-to-day activities. Today, Racine’s lawyers no longer need to be convinced of AI’s potential: they see its value in their daily work.
For Legora, the partnership represents something beyond another firm deployment. Racine is operating in one of Europe's most competitive and tradition-conscious legal markets, and the way it has approached adoption, with rigor, with intent, and over a sustained period, is the kind of engagement that demonstrates what it looks like when a firm takes AI seriously from the start.
Commenting on the partnership, Jean-Christophe Beaury, Partner at Racine, said: “The past six months have confirmed that AI, when deployed thoughtfully and embraced across the firm, can strengthen legal analysis, improve efficiency and deliver tangible value to both our lawyers and, ultimately, our clients. Our objective has never been to replace legal expertise, but to enhance it. By combining AI with the experience and judgement of our lawyers, we deliver faster, more insightful and higher-value advice, while enabling us to focus on what matters most: understanding our clients' objectives and helping them make strategic decisions. We see AI as a long-term capability that will continue to shape the future of legal practice.”
Guillaume Pera, Sales Director, South EMEA at Legora, also commented: “Racine is exactly the kind of firm that changes how a market thinks about what is possible. They did not wait for AI to become the obvious choice, they made it their own before most firms had finished asking whether they should."
