Mahasti Razavi

Managing Partner

Member of the Paris Bar
Member of the New York Bar

Mahasti Razavi is managing partner at August Debouzy. She is one of the world’s foremost experts in IP/IT, digital, e-commerce, and media law.

Mahasti acts as a strategic advisor to a variety of industry leaders, supporting their digital transformation, their digital outsourcing, or the implementation of partnership projects. She is constantly ranked as a top IT law expert in the Chambers and Legal 500 rankings.

Mahasti was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of the French-American Foundation, a long-standing and valued partner of the firm. She regularly gives lectures on artificial intelligence, blockchain, and risk mitigation in Legal Tech companies, having taught at the Paris Bar School and Sciences Po. Mahasti joined August Debouzy in 1997, and became managing partner in January 2018.

Practice Area

Education

LLM in International Law, New York University School of Law, 1995
Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Anglo-American Business Law, University of Paris I-Panthéon Sorbonne, 1993
Post-graduate degree (DEA) in Business and Economic Law, University of Paris II-Panthéon Sorbonne, 1992

Bars admission

New-York, 1996
Paris, 1994

Languages

French I English I Persian

LEGAL 500 EMEA 2022

• Industry focus: IT and Internet: Tier 1/4

Mahasti Razavi: Leading Individual

• Intellectual Property: Trademarks and designs: Tier 4/4

• Industry focus: Luxury goods: Tier 2/2

• Media and entertainment: Sport: Tier 2/2

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS EUROPE 2022

• TMT – Information Technology: Band 1

Mahasti Razavi: Band 1

• Intellectual property: Band 1

CHAMBERS AND PARTNERS GLOBAL 2022

• Intellectual property: Band 1

WHO'S WHO LEGAL 2021-2022

• Mahasti Razavi: Information Technology; Data; Blockchain

DÉCIDEURS STRATÉGIE FINANCE DROIT

• IT and internet: Leading

• Luxury and fashion: Excellent

• Telecommunications: Highly recommended

• Trademarks and designs: Highly recommended

• Advertising & Marketing: Highly recommended

• Audiovisual law: Highly recommended

• IT & software: Leading

LAWYER OF THE YEAR (BEST LAWYERS) 2023

• Mahasti Razavi

MEDIA LAW INTERNATIONAL FRANCE 2022

• Full Service Firms: Tier 1/4

MIP - IP STARS 2021-2022

• Mahasti Razavi: Trade mark star (2022)

• Mahasti Razavi: Top 250 Women in IP (2022)