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About the Role
Provide legal support across battery storage and renewable energy projects, actively shaping projects end-to-end beyond pure legal advisory.
Responsibilities
- Independently manage and lead M&A transactions, financings, and strategic projects in the renewable energy and battery storage sector.
- Draft, review, and negotiate project contracts, including land use agreements, EPC contracts, O&M contracts, and other project-related documentation.
- Provide legal support across the full project lifecycle: from development and construction through commissioning to operation and marketing of assets.
- Collaborate across disciplines with trading, origination, project development, and asset management teams.
- Manage and coordinate external counsel, integrating their advice into project workflows.
- Build and develop internal processes, contract templates, and knowledge management within the legal department.
- Support due diligence reviews, fund structuring, and financing arrangements.
Requirements
- Fully qualified German lawyer (Volljurist – First and Second State Exam).
- 2–3 years of professional experience, with at least part of it in the renewable energy sector.
- Ideally with experience in transactions (M&A) and project finance.
- In-depth knowledge of project contracts (land use agreements, land registry matters, EPC contracts), energy law, and/or fund structuring is a plus.
- Excellent command of German (native level) and English (business fluent) – confident in both languages, written and spoken.
- Comfortable with AI-assisted work – you use tools like Claude or ChatGPT routinely and with appropriate diligence in your daily practice.
- Structured, proactive, and solution-oriented approach.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and enthusiasm for taking ownership in a dynamic, fast-growing environment.
Skills
- M&A transactions
- Project finance
- Project contracts
- Energy law
- Fund structuring
- AI-assisted work
Location
- Berlin
Work Type
- Flexible working arrangements
Experience Level
- 2-3 years of professional experience
Education Level
- Fully qualified German lawyer (Volljurist – First and Second State Exam)
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive remuneration package with attractive variable components.
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements.
- Individual training and development opportunities.
- Public transport and lunch subsidies.
About the Company
- Second Foundation is a global energy trading company with around 450 employees across locations in Prague (HQ), Zug (CH), Berlin (DE), Charlotte (USA), and Tokyo (JP).
- We specialize in trading on power markets and in the integration and optimization of renewable energy and battery storage systems.
- We are actively expanding our own asset base – with a focus on battery storage projects that we manage across the entire lifecycle: from project development through financing, construction, and commissioning to operation and marketing.