Senior Legal Counsel, Energy & CAPEX Projects

Job title:

Senior Legal Counsel, Energy & CAPEX Projects

Company

DS Smith

Job description

Core Responsibilities:

• Managing the Group’s existing portfolio of energy contracts to support timely renewal and or termination negotiations.
• Advising on contentious matters or litigation relating to the Group’s existing energy portfolio, with the assistance of external counsel where required.
• Advising, and providing training, on key regulatory and legislative developments in the energy and utilities sectors where of potential relevance to the Group’s energy portfolio and energy projects.
• Working closely with the Group Energy procurement team to advise on, and negotiate:

– Major energy supply and service agreements.
– Physical supply contracts.
– Commodity hedging arrangements.
– Energy CAPEX contracts and related supply agreements.
– Energy subsidies (with an understanding of related EU legislation).
– Energy sale agreements.
– Carbon reduction agreements.
– Agreements related to GOs and PPAs.Net Zero CAPEX Projects:

• Supporting major CAPEX projects, specifically any such Energy focussed projects.
• Advising project teams on legal issues throughout the life of such projects
• Working closely with the Energy and CAPEX teams to assess potential future decarbonisation opportunities.
• Managing external counsel to ensure appropriate and cost-effective legal support is provided where required.
• Advising on key development, construction, commercial, service and supply agreements in conjunction with external counsel.

Key Experiences & Attributes:

• 5+ years’ PQE with in-depth experience of working on a range of energy related legal matters and a good understanding of key legislation and regulation governing the energy and utilities sector.
• In-house experience beneficial but not essential.
• Good commercial judgement and the willingness to use it.
• Intellectually sound with a strong, analytical mind.
• Hard-working, task and action-oriented.
• Team player.
• Grounded, collaborative and comfortable engaging at every level of an organisation.
• High degree of energy and commitment, an ability and willingness to travel and to deliver to tight deadlines.
• Ability to work in a lean and fast paced operational environment.

Expected salary

Location

London

Job date

Sat, 07 Sep 2024 07:38:33 GMT

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