Senior Legal Counsel for Infrastructure Projects

3 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom EDF Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned legal professional to join our team as Managing Legal Counsel for Sizewell C, a transformative leap towards sustainable energy production in the UK. As a key member of our legal team, you will provide strategic and operational legal advice across all aspects of the project, ensuring compliance, managing risk, and supporting the successful delivery of this critical infrastructure project.

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide expert legal advice on complex and high-value matters, particularly related to construction and supply chain contracts.
  • Lead the management of intricate, high-risk legal issues, developing strategic solutions that align with business goals.
  • Ensure compliance with financing, investment requirements, regulatory standards, and ESG commitments in all contracts.
  • Draft, negotiate, and manage key contracts, proactively identifying and resolving potential disputes.
  • Continuously improve legal systems, policies, and procedures through best practices.
  • Stay abreast of legislative changes and ensure the legal team and business units are informed and compliant.
  • Collaborate with various business departments, providing legal support for day-to-day operations and strategic initiatives.

Leadership Responsibilities

  • Manage and mentor a team of lawyers, paralegals, interns, and trainees, fostering their professional growth and engagement.
  • Support senior legal management in anticipating capacity needs and workflow challenges.
  • Oversee the legal team budget, manage relationships with external law firms, and ensure effective budget management.
  • Serve as a senior point of reference for business stakeholders, keeping senior legal counsel informed on key matters.
  • Continuously enhance the processes and systems that define the operations of the Sizewell C legal team.

About Us

Sizewell C is a great place to work, where everyone is welcome. We create the right environment where people feel able to bring their whole selves to work. Whilst working together there is mutual trust and appreciation created through the building of meaningful relationships with one another, aligned with our key values:

Respect, Positivity, Humility, Solidarity, and Clarity

We're dedicated to offering flexible benefits that support our people across all aspects of their lives and we're delighted to offer a range of benefits to support our employees' physical, emotional and financial wellbeing. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a market-leading company pension scheme, paid holidays and a range of flexible benefits, such as a company incentive bonus plan, health cover, cycle to work scheme, discounts and employee pricing.

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