Sébastien Canton
Partner

Sébastien Canton

Career profil

Sébastien Canton has been involved for more than ten years in the energy sector, particularly in major infrastructure projects for the production and distribution of electricity and gas from renewable energy sources (wind, photovoltaic, hydropower and biomass/biogas) and the energy efficiency of buildings.

He advises and assists national and international energy producers and suppliers, as well as manufacturers and suppliers of installations and equipment and large public and private consumers on all aspects of their operations.

Sébastien Canton has developed expertise in drafting and negotiating contracts for the construction and operation of gas and electricity production and distribution facilities, auditing infrastructure projects in the renewable energy sector, responding to calls for tenders organised by the Energy Regulatory Commission, renovation and improvement of the energy efficiency of buildings, as well as compliance in the energy sector and issues related to changes in industry legislation and regulations.

He also assists his clients before the judicial and administrative courts, as well as before regulatory authorities and in mediation/arbitration proceedings.

Languages

French, German, and English

Admissions

Paris

Education

DEA in comparative law, Paris II Panthéon-Assas University, 2004

DESS in business law and taxation, Paris-Dauphine University, 2003

LL.M., Heidelberg, 2002

Lawyer-linguist qualification, ISIT, 2001

Master’s degree in business law, Paris XI Sceaux University, 2001

Membership

Enerplan

Association Technique Energie Environnement (ATEE)

Club biogaz

France Biométhane

Accolades

Leaders League 2025: Energy & Environment

Renewable energy law: Recommended

Publications

2026

  • Electrification of Corporate Parking Spaces: Current Status and Outlook

 

2025

  • Electrification of Vehicle Fleets: What Are the Requirements? What Are the Incentives?
  • The Agrivoltaic Farm Lease: A Tool for Simplifying Projects? (pv magazine France, March 2025, pp. 26–27)

 

2023

 

2021

 

2020

  • Less is more: On the proposed “renegotiation” of solar power purchase agreements signed before 2011

 

2019

 

2018

  • Less is more: Is the solar market in France on the verge of a new boom?

 

2016

  • Less is more: Financing renewable energy—a false start for citizen investment?
  • “Permit Procedures for Onshore Wind Projects in France,” a briefing note for the Franco-German Office for Energy Transition (OFATE)

 

2010 -2015

  • The New Photovoltaic Tariff Regulations: Between Consolidation and Confusion
  • Energy / Sustainable Development Newsletter No. 1: The New Regulatory Framework for the Construction of Solar Power Plants in France
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