Isabelle Duchamp-Moore
Partner | London | Energy & Infrastructure
Profile
Isabelle Duchamp-Moore is a partner in the London office of Corvane Ryle LLP and a member of the firm's Energy & Infrastructure Practice. She advises developers, sponsors, lenders and corporate offtakers on renewable power, grid and data center projects in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Isabelle's work sits at the point where energy transition meets technology demand. She structures power purchase agreements, project financings and joint ventures that let developers build generation capacity and let large power users secure it on predictable terms.
She works with Daniel Achterberg and the AI practice on the infrastructure needs of AI developers, and with the firm's English law and project finance lawyers on multi-jurisdictional financings.
Isabelle's work falls within the firm's Energy & Infrastructure Practice and is particularly relevant to clients in Energy & Infrastructure, Technology and Financial Institutions. Isabelle is based in the firm's London office.
Experience
Isabelle's representative matters include the following, many of which are confidential and described in general terms.
- Advised Solenne Energy on the financing of a 900 MW solar portfolio, including construction facilities and a long-term power purchase agreement.
- Advised Kestrel Systems on the energy procurement strategy for a new data center campus, including a long-term renewable power purchase agreement.
- Represented a group of commercial banks as mandated lead arrangers on a project financing of an offshore wind farm.
- Advised a hyperscale operator on a portfolio of virtual power purchase agreements across four European markets.
- Advised Tidewater Logistics on the electrification of its European fleet and the related charging infrastructure contracts.
- Represented a pension fund investor in the acquisition of a stake in a regulated electricity transmission business.
- Advised a sponsor on the development and sale of a battery storage portfolio in Great Britain.
- Represented Ashgrove Motors in the negotiation of a joint venture for electric vehicle battery manufacturing.
- Advised a European utility on the carve-out and sale of its onshore wind business.
- Counseled a multinational consumer group on the decarbonization commitments in its supply agreements and the related disclosure risks.
- Advised a sovereign-backed investor on an investment in green hydrogen production and export infrastructure.
- Represented lenders on the refinancing of a gas-fired power plant with a planned carbon capture retrofit.
Insights
Isabelle's recent insights include the following.
- Powering AI: Structuring Data Center Power Purchase Agreements.
- Green Claims in the EU: Preparing for the Empowering Consumers Directive, with Sophie Laurent-Brecht.
- Climate Disclosure for Public Companies: The State of Play, with Rafael Monteverde.
Qualifications
Bar admissions
- Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales
Education
- Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School
- LLB, University of Edinburgh