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Célia Le Lièvre

Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist

Cork, Ireland

Célia is a Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist with seven years experience in the regulatory compliance field and research sector for offshore renewable energy.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Law (LLB) and a Masters in Maritime Law and International Commercial Law (LLM), Célia completed a PhD on risk-based consenting for offshore renewables and worked as a compliance specialist, project manager and paralegal for a broad range of stakeholders including Government agencies, research centers and private companies.

Célia joined Compliance & Risks in January 2020. A key aspect of her role requires monitoring and reviewing regulations globally, conducting legal research and preparing customized reports to support corporate clients with their compliance obligations in the fields of Environmental Health and Safety and ESG reporting.

Prior to joining Compliance and Risks, Célia worked as a project manager in the research sector for marine renewable energy. As a project manager, she provided regulatory expertise on EU projects supporting government agencies in the implementation of EU Directives. This involved monitoring, assessing and reporting on policy and regulations affecting the commercial development of offshore wind as well as making recommendations to shape supportive policies for renewables in Ireland and the EU.

Expert Topics

  • Carbon Footprint
  • Chemicals in EH&S Environment
  • Climate Change
  • EH&S: Environment
  • ESG Reporting
  • Supply Chain Due Diligence
Célia Le Lièvre
Experience Highlights

Co-presenter of several webinars including;

  • One Size Does Not Fit All: ESG Regulations for a Sustainable Fashion Industry
  • Climate Disclosure Obligations in the EU, USA and Beyond
  • Reconciling Offshore Wind Energy and Habitats Protection under EU Law: the Role of Adaptive Management, 10th webinar of the Irish Wind Energy Research Network (IWERN)

 

Co-author of several white papers including

 

 

Author of several academic papers including;

  1. Le Lièvre C. (2020) ‘Adaptive Management Related to Marine Renewable Energy’ in Ocean Energy Systems – Environmental 2020 State of the Science Report : Environmental Effects of Marine Renewable Energy Around the World. Report for Ocean Energy System. DOI 10.21172/1633206
  2. Le Lièvre C., (2020) ‘Sustainably reconciling offshore renewable energy with Natura 2000 sites: an interim adaptive management framework’ Energy Policy (2019) 129, June 2019
  3.  Lièvre C., (2018) ‘The judicial interpretation of the Habitats Directive by the CJEU: A ‘high water mark’ for offshore renewable energy developers’ Journal of Energy and Natural Resources Law.
  4. Le Lièvre C. (2018) “A best practice framework to reconcile full-scale marine renewable energy deployments with marine Natura 2000 sites” (ICOE, 2018)
  5. Le Lièvre C., O’Hagan A.M (2017) “Legal Frameworks for Maritime Spatial Planning” in Marine Spatial Planning: Methodologies, Environmental Issues and Current Trends, Nova Science Publisher, 2017

 

  • Guest lecturer for core module offered by LL.M in Environment and Natural Resources Law and LL.M in Marine and Maritime Law, University College Cork
  • Presenter at the Law and the Environment Conference Cork in 2018, 2019 and 2023
  • Key speakers in a number of European and International Conferences  including the Maritime Spatial Planning Forum: Global Meets Regional (Riga, November 2019) and 7th International Conference on Ocean Energy (ICOE)
Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Laws (University of Rennes I)
  • Masters in Maritime Law (LLM) (European University Institute of Research for the Sea, University of Western Brittany)
  • Masters in International Commercial Law (LLM) (University of Aberdeen)
  • PhD in Environmental Law and Marine Ecology (Centre for Marine and Renewable Energy (MaREI), Environmental Research Institute, School of Law, University College Cork)

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