About

Elodie Lalanne-Larrieu joined renewable energy operator Valorem in 2008. The legal department, which she created as one of her first tasks at the company, comprises of four lawyers that manage the 125 companies which make up Valorem. She leads her team with the view to ensuring the companies prosperity in a number of different ways including managing project developments, real estate and project finance. Her role also involves participating in divestments and asset acquisition, monitoring of subsidiaries’ operations and their maintenance along with research and development. Lalanne-Larrieu created dedicated litigation and development services ensuring the legal team’s input into the monitoring of projects, allowing the company to make more accurate and “safe” decisions. Similarly providing legal risk analysis she enables management and the executive committee to carry out informed decisions from a legal perspective. Participating in strategic decisions reflects her internal reputation as a true professional that adds value to the company. Demonstrating her proactive and responsive approach, Lalanne-Larrieu says that the breadth of regulatory changes in the renewable energy sector has ‘forced the company and myself to always be ready to adapt to the new rules’ adding ‘I have to think constantly to preserve the interests of the company, without depriving it of opportunities to develop’ illustrating the fine line Lalanne-Larrieu and her team must tread.