Interim Senior Legal Counsel

Green Recruitment Company; City Of London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Renewable Energy Business is seeking an experienced Interim Senior Legal Counsel. This role involves providing strategic legal support for renewable energy construction projects, handling contracts, and ensuring compliance. The ideal candidate will have expertise in energy contracts and a background in renewable energy. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and impactful environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in renewable energy or related fields.
• Ability to handle procurement contracts, consultancy agreements, and operational issues.
• Knowledge of land and tenure matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic legal guidance for renewable energy projects.
• Manage contracts and resolve project-related legal matters.

Skills

Deep expertise in engineering, construction, and project operation

Expertise in Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)

Exceptional drafting skills for contracts

Strategic and commercially minded

Job description

A leading Renewable Energy Business is looking to appoint an Interim Senior Legal Counsel to support its renewable energy construction projects.

As Interim Senior Legal Counsel, you will provide strategic legal guidance across the entire lifecycle of renewable energy projects—with particular focus on renewable energy construction matters.

Key Requirements:

• Deep expertise in engineering, construction, and project operation, including procurement contracts (EPC, O&M), consultancy agreements, and resolving development, delivery, and operational issues.

• Expertise in Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), optimisation agreements, offtake contracts, hedging structures, and revenue agreements for clean energy projects.

• Industry experience in renewable energy preferred—background in energy, mining, oil & gas, engineering, or infrastructure also considered.

• Exceptional drafting skills for contracts and correspondence, with meticulous attention to detail.

• Strategic and commercially minded—comfortable rolling up your sleeves, identifying risks, and executing solutions swiftly and effectively.

• Land and tenure matters, including options, leases, and approvals related to project development.