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Céline Cloché-Dubois
Partner

Céline Cloché-Dubois

Paris, France
Languages
  • French
  • English
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Céline Cloché-Dubois joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2003 and became a partner in 2020.

She practices in Public law and Real Estate law. She acts for a large number of French and international clients in urban planning and development law, as well as environmental law, in the context of real estate project development.

Céline Cloché-Dubois also acts for developers, funds, and banks in the renewable energies sector, especially in the context of project development.

Awards & Recognitions
01 –
  • Quote
    Environment, Next Generation Partner
    Legal 500 EMEA 2025
  • Quote
    Environment, Next Generation Partners 2024
    Legal 500
  • Quote
    Environnement, Les grands avocats de demain
    Legal 500 Paris 2025
  • Quote
    Environment, Next Generation Partners
    Legal 500 EMEA 2024
  • Quote
    Environnement, Les grands avocats de demain
    Legal 500 Paris 2024
  • Quote
    Les grands avocats de demain
    Legal 500 Paris 2023
  • Quote
    Environment, Next Generation Partners
    Legal 500 EMEA 2023
  • Award
    Environmental Law, Land Use and Zoning Law - Best Lawyer since 2020
    Best Lawyers

Publications

  • CMS Expert Guide to Agrivoltaics and Floating Photovoltaics with Anne Plisson and Chiara Corrasco, cms.law (05/05/2025)
  • Déchets d'emballage : le PPWR a été adopté, with Anne Plisson, Chiara Corrasco, cms.law (19/12/2024)
  • « Loi industrie verte », qu’est-ce qui change ?, with Kawthar Ben Khelil, Chiara Carrasco, Sarah Marguerie, Laure Mimoun, Amélie Nithart, Anne Plisson, cms.law (22/05/2024)
  • Solarisation des bâtiments et parkings : des enjeux multiples et variés, with Marie Clémence Cicile, Anne Plisson, Chiara Corrasco, Cathy Goarant-Moraglia, Antoine Guyomard, Romain Marsella, Jérôme Noël, Aurore-Emmanuelle Rubio, cms.law (14/05/2024)
  • Quelles mesures pour faciliter l’implantation : des projets industriels en France ?, with Laure Mimoun, Option Finance, Real Estate Newsletter (12/02/2024)
  • Flash info Immobilier | Trop de meublés de tourisme tue le logement, with Laure Mimoun, cms.law (08/01/2024)
  • Loi « industrie verte » - Les projets industriels d’intérêt national majeur, with Anne Plisson, cms.law (07/11/2023)
  • La lutte contre le gaspillage et la loi anti-gaspillage et économie circulaire, with Anne Plisson, Amaury Le Bourdon, Camille Peraudeau, cms.law (23/05/2023)

Memberships & Roles

  • Elected Member of the Bar Council (2022-2024)
  • Member of the Regional Observatory for Business Real Estate (ORIE)
  • Member of the Research Center for Planning, Urban Development and Housing Law (GRIDAUH)
  • Member of the National Institute for Circular Economy (INEC)
  • Member of the French Renewable Energy Trade Association (SER)
  • Lecturer in Energy law, Lyon 3 University (2021-2022)
  • Lecturer in Energy law, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2018-2021)
  • Lecturer - IUP Génie de l'Environnement et de l'Industrie, University of Paris-Diderot, Paris Institute of Earth Physics (2010-2016)
  • Lecturer in Real Estate Engineering course for Master’s graduates at Paris 10 Nanterre University (2010-2011)

Lectures list

  • Économie circulaire : êtes-vous au point ? in partnership with AFJE, with Anne Plisson, Nathalie Pétrignet and Amaury Le Bourdon (25/04/2024)
  • Le permitting des projets d’énergies renouvelables, in partnership with Infravenir, with Anne Plisson (06/03/2024)

Education

  • Bar specialisation certificates: Environmental law and Public law
  • Master of Advanced Studies (DEA) in Public Economic Law, Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas University (2002)
  • Post-graduate degree in Local Government Administration, Paris 5 René-Descartes University (2001)
  • Institute of Political Studies (Sciencs Po Grenoble) - Public Service area (1998)
Practice Areas
Environment Real Estate Public Law Litigation Public real estate, urban planning and development Clean Energy, Environment & Climate Change
sectors
Energy & Climate Change

Further reading

  • Ecological and Energy Transition

  • Anti-Wastage and Circular Economy Law

  • Lettre de l'immobilier | Février 2021

Insights by Céline

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Publication France

COP30

06 Nov 2025 4 min read
News France

LEGAL 500 EMEA 2025

26 Mar 2025 4 min read
Publication International

Biodiversity case stories

18 Mar 2025 2 min read
Event International

CMS at MIPIM Cannes

11 Mar 2025
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