Legal Counsel

Kintec Global Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Kintec Global Recruitment is seeking a Legal Counsel for a major organisation leading the UK's energy transition and infrastructure initiatives in London. This permanent role blends commercial and regulatory legal work across energy, engineering, construction and financing.

You will advise on complex contracts, draft and negotiate agreements, support governance matters, and collaborate with cross-functional teams and external advisers to ensure compliance and successful project delivery.

Qualifications

• Law degree or equivalent legal qualification.
• Qualified as solicitor, barrister or equivalent.
• Experience in energy, infrastructure, engineering/construction, low-carbon or renewable energy sectors.
• Strong drafting and negotiation capabilities.
• Fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive and commercially focused legal support across major energy and infrastructure projects.
• Draft, review and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts and legal documentation.
• Advise on engineering and construction agreements, including major project delivery contracts.
• Support negotiations with contractors, project partners, government bodies and other third parties.
• Advise on real estate, planning and consenting matters related to infrastructure development.
• Assist with project financing, investment and corporate transactions.
• Support acquisition and divestment activity as required.
• Assist with corporate governance and company secretarial activities.
• Assist with dispute resolution, including litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert determination.

Skills

Drafting

Negotiation

Stakeholder management

Regulatory knowledge

English fluency

Education

Law degree or equivalent

Qualified solicitor/barrister or equivalent

Job description

Legal Counsel – Energy & Infrastructure

Location: London, UK
Contract Type: Permanent
Sector: Energy Transition / Major Infrastructure
Language: Fluent English

The Opportunity

We are supporting a major organisation operating at the forefront of the UK's energy transition and low-carbon infrastructure sector in the appointment of a Legal Counsel to its London-based team.

This is a broad and commercially focused legal position offering exposure to some of the UK's most significant infrastructure development activity.

You'll work closely with senior legal and commercial stakeholders across complex projects involving energy infrastructure, engineering, construction, regulation, financing and commercial agreements.

This opportunity would particularly suit a lawyer who enjoys working at the intersection of major projects, energy and commercial law and wants to play an important role within a growing low-carbon business.

What You'll Be Doing

As Legal Counsel, you'll provide proactive and commercially focused legal support across a diverse range of matters connected with major energy and infrastructure projects.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing legal advice across the development and operation of major infrastructure projects.
• Supporting the business on commercial, regulatory and project-related matters.
• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts and legal documentation.
• Advising on engineering and construction agreements, including major project delivery contracts.
• Supporting negotiations involving contractors, project partners, government bodies and other third parties.
• Advising on real estate, planning and consenting matters associated with infrastructure development.
• Supporting legal work relating to project financing, investment and corporate transactions.
• Assisting with acquisition and divestment activity where required.
• Preparing and negotiating confidentiality, services, transfer and novation agreements.
• Supporting corporate governance and company secretarial activities.
• Assisting with dispute resolution matters, potentially including litigation, arbitration, mediation and expert determination.
• Working alongside external legal advisers and internal specialist teams where appropriate.
• Helping ensure the business continues to meet its legal, regulatory and internal compliance obligations.
• Supporting effective legal document and information management.

The original position has particularly broad exposure across commercial agreements, construction and engineering contracts, financing, acquisitions and divestments, regulatory matters and dispute resolution.

What We're Looking For

We're interested in speaking with commercially minded lawyers who can operate confidently within a complex project environment.

Ideally, you'll have:

• A Law degree or equivalent legal qualification.
• Qualification as a solicitor, barrister or equivalent.
• Experience working within one or more of the following areas:
• Energy
• Major infrastructure
• Engineering and construction
• Low-carbon or renewable energy projects
• Oil & gas
• Strong knowledge of commercial, regulatory, energy or environmental law.
• Experience reviewing and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
• Strong drafting and negotiation capabilities.
• The ability to analyse complex legal and commercial issues and provide practical advice.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidence working with stakeholders across legal, commercial, technical and project teams.
• An interest in the transition of traditional energy infrastructure towards lower-carbon technologies.
• Fluent English.

The source specification particularly seeks candidates with exposure to energy, large infrastructure or low-carbon projects alongside strong commercial, regulatory and/or environmental legal knowledge.

Why This Role?

This is an opportunity to work on large-scale, technically complex energy infrastructure projects with significant long-term importance to the UK's energy transition.

Rather than operating within a narrowly defined legal function, you'll gain exposure across the full project lifecycle — from development and contracting through to regulation, financing, operations and commercial matters.

You'll join an environment where the legal team works closely with the wider business and has direct involvement in strategic project decisions.

Interested?

If you're a qualified lawyer with experience across energy, infrastructure, construction, projects or commercial law, we'd be interested in hearing from you.