About the Role
The Legal Counsel is an early-career role within the legal team, providing hands-on support across a range of legal matters under the supervision of senior lawyers. The role offers structured exposure to corporate, commercial and regulatory work, with the opportunity to develop practical legal skills in a complex, high-growth environment.
Responsibilities
- Supports the General Counsel and wider legal team on cross-border transactions, including joint ventures, shareholder agreements, financing arrangements and major commercial contracts.
- Assists with corporate development activities, including acquisitions, capital markets initiatives and project finance transactions involving nuclear and energy infrastructure assets.
- Drafts, reviews and negotiates a broad range of commercial contracts and corporate documents, with increasing autonomy as experience develops.
- Assists with the legal aspects of corporate governance across the group, including board and committee matters, intercompany structuring and entity management.
- Supports the development and maintenance of governance standards, legal policies and template documentation to ensure consistency and operational efficiency across jurisdictions.
- Provides practical, commercially minded legal advice to internal stakeholders across a range of business and regulatory matters.
- Identifies legal and regulatory risks arising from the company's operations and works with the legal team to develop appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Monitors legal and regulatory developments relevant to the group's activities, particularly in the energy and nuclear sectors, and flags implications to the team.
- Contributes to the development of internal training materials and delivers briefings to colleagues on relevant legal and regulatory topics.
- Assists with the instruction and day-to-day management of external legal advisers, including reviewing work product and monitoring costs.
- Builds effective working relationships with colleagues across the business to ensure legal is engaged early and adds value to commercial decision-making.
Requirements
- Qualified solicitor (England & Wales preferred) or attorney admitted in another recognised jurisdiction, in good standing.
- 2 years of post-qualification experience at a law firm.
- Foundational grounding in corporate and commercial law, with some exposure to multinational organisations or complex commercial structures, whether through private practice or in-house.
- Foundational understanding of corporate governance principles and an appetite to develop knowledge of complex deal structures and cross-border legal frameworks.
- Strong commercial orientation and ability to balance legal precision with pragmatic business judgment.
- Ability to deliver clear, practical legal support in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment, with a willingness to learn and take on new challenges.
- Strong drafting, analytical and communication skills, with a keen eye for detail and a desire to develop commercial judgment over time.
- Ability to work effectively under supervision while taking ownership of discrete tasks, and to manage time and priorities in a fast-moving environment.
- Strategic thinker with attention to operational detail and implementation discipline.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the professionalism and confidence to build effective working relationships across the business and engage senior stakeholders, external advisers and counterparties.
- High ethical standards and a proactive approach to compliance and corporate stewardship.
- Comfortable operating within a mission-driven organisation in a rapidly evolving global energy sector.
- Willingness to undertake occasional international travel.
Skills
- Corporate law
- Commercial law
- Cross-border transactions
- Joint ventures
- Shareholder agreements
- Financing arrangements
- Commercial contracts
- Corporate development
- Acquisitions
- Capital markets
- Project finance
- Nuclear energy infrastructure
- Energy infrastructure
- Corporate governance
- Entity management
- Risk management
- Regulatory matters
- Energy sector
- Nuclear sector
- Export control
- Sanctions compliance
- Drafting
- Analytical skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- Chiswick, London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Early-career
- 2 years of post-qualification experience
Education Level
- LLB/JD or equivalent legal qualification
- Qualified solicitor (England & Wales preferred) or attorney admitted in another recognised jurisdiction
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
Benefits
- Performance-based bonuses
- Health and wellness benefits
- Pension plan
- Professional development opportunities
- A highly committed, dynamic, and challenging environment
About the Company
- CORE POWER was founded in 2018 to solve the world's energy challenges by delivering ship-based power directly to the industries and economies driving global prosperity, overcoming the barriers that have held nuclear energy back.
- CORE POWER builds, integrates and deploys ship-based nuclear energy systems. We build and support two classes of vessel: moored ship-shaped power plants that generate high-density energy, and nuclear-powered commercial ships that will speed up global trade.
- Headquartered in Chiswick, London, with offices in Washington, D.C. and Japan, CORE POWER operates at the intersection of advanced nuclear, maritime, energy security and industrial policy.
