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Aurore-Emmanuelle Rubio

Head of Energy Regulatory

Languages
  • French
  • English
  • Spanish
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Aurore-Emmanuelle Rubio joined CMS Francis Lefebvre in 2010 and became a partner in 2025. 

She practices in energy and climate change law with a particular focus on decarbonisation across the entire energy sector – renewables (offshore wind, hydro power, geothermal, biofuels, with/without storage), low-carbon (nuclear, hydrogen, and electrofuels), and fossil fuels. Her practice also covers demand-side management. 

She has extensive experience in the development of energy projects in France (project structuring, negotiation of industrial and operational contracts for energy infrastructure construction projects, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC), Operation and Maintenance (O&M), Transitional Services Agreements (TSA), Balance of Plant (BoP) contracts, negotiation of agreements for the monetization of production, e.g., CPPA, aggregation, tolling, etc., whether based on international standards or not). She is also recognised for her experience and knowledge of energy and carbon regulations (regulation of essential infrastructure, capacity mechanism, flexibility, adjustment mechanism, sustainable mobility and EV charging infrastructure, carbon markets, C02 quotas, and Phase 2 of the Emissions Trading System (ETS2)). 

Aurore-Emmanuelle Rubio also supports corporate clients with resolving energy efficiency and GHG emissions issues.

Awards & Recognitions
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  • Award
    Energy Law, Public Law - Best Lawyer since 2023
    Best Lawyers

Publications

  • Quels contours pour le contrat d’agrégation en droit de l’énergie ?, Revue Energie Environnement Infrastructures (with Victor Gellard), Lexis Nexis (September 2025) 
  • La participation des producteurs d'énergie renouvelable au mécanisme d'ajustement : enjeu de la stabilité du réseau de demain (with Victor Gellard), Revue Energie Environnement Infrastructures, Lexis Nexis (June 2025) 
  • VPPA et contrats de complément de rémunération : un même contrat pour deux régimes ? (with Pauline Larroque et Victor Gellard), Revue Energie Environnement Infrastructures, Lexis Nexis (May 2025)

Memberships & Roles

  • Member of the French energy law association (Association Française de Droit de l’Energie, AFDEN)

Lectures list

  • Forum Europ’Energies, Moderator, round table on Period 6 of the French energy savings certificates scheme (CEE) (01/07/2025) 
  • ENR : quelle réforme des mécanismes de soutien (OA et CR) pour atténuer les prix négatifs ?, BIP Enerpresse (03/05/2025)

Education

  • Certificate, International Nuclear Law Essentials, Nuclear Energy Agency/OECD (2024) 
  • Certificate, Anti-corruption and due diligence, Université Paris Dauphine (2017)
  • CAPA (certificate of aptitude for the legal profession) (2009) 
  • Master 2 in public law and the economy, Université Paris II - Panthéon-Assas (2007)

Insights by Aurore-Emmanuelle

The EPC contract : The holy grail of project financing in France?

26 Sep 2025 4 min read

The EPC contract

16 May 2025 4 min read

Offshore wind turbines

15 Mar 2023 9 min read

On-site power solutions

18 May 2022 2 min read
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