In-house Legal Counsel

3 weeks ago


Northampton, United Kingdom The Legists Full time

Our Client is a leading renewable Energy company based in Northamptonshire and are actively looking to recruit an experienced legal counsel lawyer to join their busy team.

You will provide legal support on a range of commercial and development projects, corporate and regulatory matters and provide day-to-day legal advice to all areas of the business, including the Senior Management Team. The role would suit a lawyer with privatepractice experience looking to make his or her first move into industry, as much as it would suit an individual with an in-house legal background already. It will appeal most to a lawyer who is genuinely excited by the opportunity to work for a dynamic businesssupporting the transition to a low carbon energy sector and to expand your skills with the opportunity to advise on a variety of areas of law.

What you will bring
- Qualified solicitor of c.4 years PQE + or experience in commercial, construction or ren
- Excellent attention to detail and drafting skills with a broad commercial and contracts experience
- Corporate, banking and regulatory experience also preferred due to scope of the role
- Sound knowledge of commercial (B2B) and contract law
- Previous experience in the energy sector would be valuable - interest in the energy
- Commercially aware with good business acumen and concise communication skills
- Able to work independently and proactively manage an allocated workload

What you will do
- Drafting, negotiating and reviewing a wide range of contracts fundamental to the core
- operations of the business including strategic group procurement contracts, offtake
- agreements and construction project documents.
- Legal advice, support and delivery of training to Functional Heads across the business
- (including the central procurement team, site management and operations teams and
- development, IT, commercial and finance teams) to assist in their review, negotiation
- and approval of ‘non-fundamental’ contracts against permitted terms of business.
- Provision of legal support to cross discipline growth initiative teams in relation to
- strategic projects including M&A, development opportunities (principally solar, battery
- and power response projects) and related financing arrangements.
- Advising on resolution of disputes and litigation
- Advising on a broad range of commercial and regulatory issues and risk management
- initiatives including those relating to data protection, anti bribery, anti tax evasion and
- modern slavery and monitoring and advising on legislative and regulatory developments
- Assisting in the development and audit of legal and corporate infrastructure including
- policies and procedures and standard form contracts.

Qualified solicitor with experience in one or more of the following: commercial contracts, projects, corporate or project finance Experience of renewable energy projects or the power generation sector would be an advantage, but is not essential.


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