Racha
Wylde
Lawyer - Senior Counsel
Racha mainly intervenes in cross-border project finance and corporate/M&A. She advises commercial companies, corporate groups, banks, investment funds and governments on syndication and structured finance, as well as corporate restructuring and M&A transactions. She has occupied several roles in the past including the role of an in-house legal counsel in a major French bank. She has also seconded for a year with a major player on the French renewable energy market. She worked in Paris for several years and has since 2021 moved to Abu Dhabi, in the UAE, where she manages the daily operations of De Gaulle Fleurance Emea Ltd (subsidiary of De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés) involving Africa, the Gulf region and Europe in coordination with various experts in our law firm and in the region, with respect to cross-border investments. She has also worked on Islamic finance transactions.
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Practices
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Focus
Languages
- French
- English
- Arabic
Qualifications
- Member of the Paris (2017) and Beirut (2011) Bars
- 2017 Certificate of Achievement MS/LLM in International Law and Management (HEC Paris)
- 2013 Master in International Business (Grenoble Ecole de Management)
- 2011 DESS in Litigation, Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution (Filière Francophone de Droit de Beyrouth – Université Panthéon Assas Paris 2)
- 2010 Master 2 in International and European Law (Université Pierre Mendès France Grenoble 2 )
- 2009 Masters in French and Lebanese Law (Lebanese University – Beirut Francophone Law School – 2009)
Bars
- Paris
- Beirut
Teachings given
- Racha Wylde gave a course on the legal structuring of Islamic finance at the Université Paris-Dauphine – Executive Master Principes et Pratiques de la Finance Islamique
Publications
- Racha Wylde, Jean-Baptiste Santelli “Corporate migration to Abu Dhabi Global Market: legal and practical considerations” – 2023; Racha Wylde, Jean-Baptiste Santelli “The pursuit of Islamic finance in Djibouti: between accomplishments and considerations” – 2024; Racha Wylde, Jean-Baptiste Santelli “Islamic Finance & Markets 2022 Digital Edition – France” – 2022
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