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About the Role

This newly created Senior Lawyer role supports the evolving needs of a transforming Legal, Ethics, and Compliance function. The position focuses on energy law and projects, requiring agility across other legal disciplines. It includes line management responsibilities, offering an opportunity for a legal professional ready for junior management.

Responsibilities

• Advise on all aspects of energy law, including project development, regulatory compliance, commercial arrangements, and dispute resolution.
• Draft, review, and negotiate energy project contracts (e.g., power purchase agreements, grid connection agreements, joint venture and partnership agreements, EPC and O&M contracts).
• Support the business in managing energy sector risks, including regulatory, environmental, financial, and operational risks.
• Advise on renewable energy projects, offshore and marine energy developments, and utility-scale infrastructure.
• Provide legal input on development projects, including residential, commercial, and rural energy schemes, with a focus on delivery and risk management.
• Provide legal advice across other areas of law as required, including commercial contracts, regulatory compliance, and governance.
• Support enterprise-wide initiatives and transformation programmes with legal input and risk assessment.
• Build strong working relationships with internal stakeholders across business units, including energy development, marine operations, property, finance, sustainability, and operations.
• Liaise with external counsel, developers, utility companies, consultants, and advisors as needed, ensuring value for money and alignment with internal priorities.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks in line with organisational appetite and policy.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of legal policies, templates, and guidance materials.
• Line manage junior legal team members, providing coaching, feedback, and development opportunities.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture aligned with the department’s transformation goals.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to legal reporting and metrics.
• Support continuous improvement in legal service delivery, including use of technology and process optimisation.
• Respond flexibly to changing business needs, managing competing priorities with professionalism and resilience.
• Demonstrate enterprise-wide thinking, offering support wherever the business need arises.

Requirements

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales.
• Strong technical expertise in offshore wind/other renewable energy projects, regulatory compliance and permitting, and environmental and sustainability considerations.
• Experience in private practice and in-house, preferably with an energy developer or utility company.
• Experience or demonstrable interest in expanding into other legal areas (e.g., property/leasing, commercial, regulatory).
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder engagement abilities.
• Previous experience in mentoring or line management is desirable but not essential.

Skills

• Agility
• Judgement
• Pragmatism
• Collaboration
• Management
• Resilience
• Curiosity
• Enterprise Mindset
• Detail-oriented
• Inclusive and culturally aware
• Ethical and discreet

Experience Level

• Senior

Education Level

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Pension
• Performance related bonus
• Flexible working
• Market leading family policies
• Shopping discounts in the West End
• Private healthcare
• Life cover
• Critical illness cover
• 28 days holiday with the option to buy more

Equal Opportunity

• We are a proud disability confident employer and operate the offer of interview scheme.
• We are happy to offer alternative application methods or formats and can be flexible on our process to enable you to have the best opportunity.
• If you have any questions about our recruitment process or would like to talk about adjustments, please contact us directly.