Energy Property Lawyer

Pinsent Masons; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading law firm in the UK is seeking an experienced Energy Property Lawyer to join their expanding team. The successful candidate will have at least 5 years of PQE, be Scottish qualified, and possess relevant experience in energy and major infrastructure property projects. The position offers an exciting opportunity to work with high-profile clients on significant transactions, primarily focused on wind, solar, hydrogen, and battery storage projects, in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Candidates must be Scottish qualified lawyers with relevant experience in energy and/or infrastructure property work.
• Outgoing personality is essential with strong technical skills.
• Must demonstrate a track record of business development.

Responsibilities

• Advise on property aspects of energy projects including green hydrogen and wind farms.
• Work on transactions for public authorities and utility companies.
• Engage in business development within the team.

Skills

Strong academic background

Commercial awareness

Business development track record

Team player

Client focused approach

Education

Qualified in Scotland

5+ years PQE

Job description

Energy Property Lawyer

Location : Edinburgh or Glasgow

Contract Type : Permanent

Brief

We are currently looking for Property Lawyers to join our market leading Energy Property team as part of our expanding global Property Group.

The candidates can be based at any of our Scottish offices. We are ideally looking to recruit candidates with upwards of 5 years’ PQE who are admitted and qualified in Scotland and have relevant experience of the property aspects of energy and / or major infrastructure projects.

About the Team

We have the largest market leading energy and infrastructure property practice within the UK.

Our breadth and depth of experience coupled with our specialist knowledge means that whether we are advising on a major offshore wind farm, a major road, rail or flood defence scheme or a portfolio of EV charging stations, our clients receive the highest quality legal support they require, when and how they want it.

Sector insight is absolutely central to the way we work. Energy and Infrastructure are two of our sectors and Energy is a priority investment area for our firm and thus our Property Group. Our clients include landowners, developers, funders and investors involved in all energy technologies and all sizes and shapes of projects in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

Work Highlights

• Advising bp Aberdeen Hydrogen Limited (a joint venture between bp International Limited and Aberdeen City Council) on the property aspects of their green hydrogen project comprising a facility for the production, storage and distribution of green hydrogen powered by a ground mounted solar farm located nearby.
• Advising multiple Scotwind projects in respect of all onshore and offshore property arrangements.
• Advising Statkraft in relation to its pipeline of onshore wind developments and its acquisition of a pumped storage hydro project in Loch Ness in Scotland.
• Advising Capital Dynamics on their acquisition of Longhill, Sorbie, Pines Burn, Garbet and Douglas West Extension wind farms in Scotland.
• Advising KfW in relation to the project financing and refinancing by Community Wind Power of various wind farms in Scotland (including Aikengall, Sanquhar, Calder Water and Millour Hill Wind Farms).
• Advising Zenobe on Europe’s largest battery storage financing of 500MW of projects in Scotland.

The Candidates Required

The successful candidates will be Scottish qualified and will have relevant experience of energy and / or major infrastructure property work within a large regional or national practice.

They will have a strong academic background and an outgoing personality. Candidates must also be technically excellent but equally important they should be commercially aware and enthusiastic and demonstrate a track record of business development. They will be a team player with a strong client focussed approach.

Lawyers joining this friendly and dynamic UK-wide team will encounter a broad range of energy and infrastructure property work, acting for a wide range of high-profile clients on large and nationally significant transactions. In particular, in relation to energy projects, the successful candidate will work on wind (on and offshore), solar, hydrogen, carbon capture, battery storage and nuclear transactions for public authorities, developers, investors, funders and utility companies.