Legal Counsel
- Recruiter
- Law Absolute Limited
- Location
- London
- Salary
- £65,000 - £75,000
- Posted
- 09 Feb 2018
- Closes
- 09 Mar 2018
- Ref
- SB/023508
- Job Title
- In House Counsel
- Practice Area
- Commercial Contracts, Energy, Information Technology
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Full Time
We are currently working with an innovative technology organisation which aims to shape the energy system of the future. They are looking for a Commercial Legal Counsel on an initial six month fixed-term contract to be based in their Central London offices.
Reporting directly into the General Counsel, the Lawyer will focus on a wide range of projects and will be expected to have the ability to run with these from the start, and provide legal advice in a fast-moving environment.
The Commercial Lawyer will be providing legal advice and support to the commercial, financial and operational teams of a dynamic and entrepreneurial business which is operating at the cutting edge of renewable energy.
Responsibilities:
- Contracts development and review, supporting customer trials and commercial project deployments, including:
- NDAs & MoUs for customer engagement and protection of IP
- PPAs and site lease arrangements to assess potential restrictions, barriers to deployments
- Development of full service agreements for flexibility management (covering for e.g. hardware installation, energy asset optimization)
- Development of energy storage supply, service contracts and operations to protect the interests, liabilities and IP of Origami
- Project EPC Contracts and supply/delivery/field-force partnership contracts
- DNO/Client Connection Agreement amendments / reviews
- Support the review of upstream service & framework contracts with National Grid, DNOs and other utilities
- Taking a lead on legal matters relating to employee share agreements
Ideal Candidate Profile:
- Qualified solicitor with at least 2 years experience of commercial law, preferably in the energy or technology sectors
- Experience in commercial law, including contracts development relating to technology and service-based solutions
- Experience of working with or for innovative companies on complex issues and used to a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to understand and match appropriate legal/contractual solutions to novel technical and commercial solution deployments
- Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to establish good rapport across all levels, ranging from technology/engineering leads through to senior level corporate lawyers in client organisations
- Have excellent legal skills in analysis, drafting and negotiations,
- Experience in project finance, fin tech and general commercial contracts would also be highly relevant to the role
They are ideally looking for someone to start as soon as possible for an initial 6 month contract.
The role offers a broad range of responsibilities as well as high level of autonomy.
At LAW Absolute we endeavour to respond to all applications within 48 hours. However due to the volume of applications we receive we may not be able to respond to every candidate individually. If you have not heard from us within a 48 hour timeframe your application has not been successful and your details have not been retained.
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