Corinne Lepage has a doctorate in law and, because of her experience, she is developing an advisory practice, including strategic advice, and litigation. She acts for both large companies and start-ups, French and foreign public authorities and associations. Corinne Lepage follows major environmental, energy and environmental health cases and manages major pollution cases and natural and industrial disasters. She is one of the EU’s leading experts on these issues. Co-founder, with Christian Huglo, of the law firm Huglo Lepage Avocats in 1978, she has held numerous public positions: member of the Conseil de l’ordre and Secretary of the Conseil (1987-1990), Minister of the Environment (1995-1997), Deputy and then First Deputy Mayor of Cabourg (1989-2001), MEP (2009-2014). She lectures in very large companies on the evolution of climate and environmental issues linked to economic issues.

Areas of expertise

Environmental law
Urban planning and development
International and EU energy, public health, product, food and biotechnology law
Climate
Public business law
Private business law
Ecological transition and Green Deal
Biodiversity and resources
CSR

Teaching

Professor, sustainable development law, – Institut d’études politiques de Paris (1997-2011)
Lecturer in classified installations law, University of Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (2009 -2011)
Lecturer at the EFB and participant in numerous training organisations.
Lecturer in public law, Institut d’études politiques de Paris (1979-1995)
Lecturer in public law and town planning law at various universities in Paris I, Paris II and Paris XII (since 1975)

Academic background

Certificates of specialisation in public law and environmental law issued by the Paris Bar
Doctorat d’Etat in public law, with honours, Paris II Panthéon-Assas (1982).
DES in public law, Paris II (1974)
DEA in political science, Paris II (1974)
Graduate of the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, with honours (1971)

Publications

30 published works, 10 of which are of a legal nature.
More than 100 articles in various French and foreign journals
Co-author of the code of administrative procedures and then of the code of administrative justice, co-author of a bi-annual chronicle of environmental law case law, La Gazette du Palais (since 1980).

Languages

French
English spoken
German read

Autres activités

Corinne Lepage chairs numerous associations in the field of energy, environmental health, new economy and ethics
Co-President of MENE, the Movement of New Economy Entrepreneurs
President of 2° Degrees Investing, an NGO specialising in carbon finance
President of WECF (Women’s Health and Environment Foundation, one of the UN’s recognised gender associations)
President of Justice Pesticides
President of Friends of the Earth
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Honorary President of CRIIGEN
Director of Transparency International

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