Interim General Counsel – Infrastructure & Energy Projects

TLT LLP; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible UK-based working arrangement

Job summary

TLT LLP seeks an experienced General Counsel to provide strategic legal leadership on a major energy infrastructure programme. You will partner with project leadership to support delivery, focusing on EPC, EPCI and O&M contracting.

This senior, business-facing role involves coordinating with internal stakeholders and external advisers to manage risk and enable timely decisions. UK-qualified solicitors welcome.

Qualifications

• Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) is required.
• Experience supporting major infrastructure or energy projects.
• Strong UK commercial contracts expertise.
• Experience managing external legal advisers.
• Ability to work independently within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management, including advising senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Provide commercially focused legal advice on key project decisions.
• Embed legal considerations into business and technical decision-making.
• Oversee legal risk and governance for the project.
• Lead as the primary legal contact for the project.
• Coordinate internal specialists to deliver clear guidance.
• Support procurement, negotiation and management of EPC/EPCI/O&M contracts.
• Develop templates and guidance to improve consistency.

Skills

UK commercial contracts

Infrastructure projects

EPC/EPCI/O&M contracts

External advisers management

Independence in multidisciplinary team

Stakeholder management

Education

Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales)

Job description

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced General Counsel to provide strategic legal leadership on a major future energy infrastructure and development programme, with a strong focus on EPC, EPCI and O&M contracting.

This is a senior, business-facing role where you will act as the lead legal adviser, partnering closely with project leadership, internal stakeholders and external advisers to support the successful delivery of a complex, high-value project.

TLT is open to England & Wales-qualified solicitors and offers a flexible UK-based working arrangement, with frequent travel to London and occasional travel within the UK and Europe. The anticipated start date is November 2026.

This role is an initial 12-month contract, with the potential for extension, and will be paid on a competitive day rate via an Umbrella company. We welcome applications from candidates seeking a part-time working arrangement.

About the Project

This opportunity sits within a large-scale infrastructure programme currently progressing through development, consenting and procurement phases.

As the project advances towards delivery, you will play a key role in supporting commercial objectives, managing legal risk and advising on EPC, construction and O&M agreements, alongside a broad range of contractual, regulatory and governance matters.

Your Role

You will provide commercially focused, pragmatic legal advice while maintaining oversight of the project's legal risk profile. Acting as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, you will identify legal issues early, develop practical solutions and coordinate specialist support where required to ensure effective and timely decision-making.

A key aspect of the role will be supporting the procurement, negotiation and management of major EPC, EPCI and O&M contracts, ensuring robust risk allocation and commercially sound outcomes throughout the project lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide commercially focused legal advice on key project decisions.
• Embed legal considerations into business and technical decision-making.
• Oversee legal risk and expedite significant issues through governance channels.
• Act as the lead legal contact for the project.
• Coordinate advice from internal specialists to deliver clear, consistent guidance.
• Ensure compliance with legal policies, governance requirements and risk frameworks.
• Support legal knowledge sharing and best practice.
• Manage relationships with external law firms and specialist advisers.
• Instruct and coordinate external counsel as required.
• Define scopes of work, challenge advice where appropriate and ensure value for money.
• Advise on commercial contracts, procurement, NDAs, consultancy agreements and contract amendments.
• Provide guidance on contractual interpretation, IP and information-sharing matters.
• Support the negotiation and management of EPC, EPCI, construction and O&M agreements.
• Develop templates, precedents and guidance to improve consistency and efficiency.
• Monitor legal spend and optimise the use of internal and external resources.
• Development, Consenting & Land
• Coordinate UK and German legal support on development and environmental consents.
• Advise on land access, property rights, easements and stakeholder agreements.
• Ensure alignment of UK legal matters with wider European requirements.
• Lead legal support for major EPC and EPCI procurement programmes.
• Define procurement legal strategy, risk allocation and negotiation positions.
• Support tender negotiations, contract reviews and governance approvals.
• Advise on the procurement and implementation of long-term O&M arrangements.
• Maintain the legal risk framework and risk register.
• Provide legal input into approvals, investment decisions and governance processes.
• Advise on claims, disputes and contractual notices, coordinating with internal and external counsel as required.

Your Skills and Experience

• Qualified Solicitor (England & Wales).
• Strong UK commercial contracts expertise.
• Experience supporting major infrastructure or energy projects.
• Proven experience with EPC, EPCI, construction, engineering or O&M contracts.
• Experience managing external legal advisers.
• Able to work independently within multidisciplinary project teams.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including advising senior leaders.

Desirable

• Experience in electricity transmission, offshore wind or subsea infrastructure.
• Utilities sector experience.
• Environmental consenting experience.
• Project finance or large-scale EPC contracting experience.
• Experience within a multinational legal function.
• Experience managing cross-border legal matters.
• Experience supporting long-term operations and maintenance arrangements.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people.

With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high-quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards.

Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success.

In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.