Senior Associate - Project Development Lawyer

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading firm in the UK seeks a Senior Associate Project Development Lawyer in London. The role involves providing expert legal guidance on high-impact renewable energy and infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will work closely with developers and international contractors, ensuring precision in contract drafting and project legalities.

Benefits

25 days annual leave with options to buy more

Private medical insurance

Life assurance covering four times your annual salary

Three-month sabbatical every five years

Maternity, paternity, and adoption leave schemes

Comprehensive health and wellbeing programmes

Onsite restaurant in modern offices

Ongoing training and personal development opportunities

Qualifications

• 4–6 years PQE lawyer focused on renewable energy or infrastructure.
• Experience with FIDIC, EPC contracts, and power purchasing agreements.
• Understanding of project bankability and project finance.

Responsibilities

• Lead on project development and construction matters.
• Review, negotiate, and draft EPC contracts and PPAs.
• Provide strategic legal insight into project financing.

Skills

Expertise in renewable energy

Project development

Contract negotiation

Risk assessment

Drafting skills

Education

Qualified lawyer (PQE 4-6 years)

Job description

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Senior Associate - Project Development Lawyer, London

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Client:

Gowling WLG

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Reference:

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Job Views:

3

Posted:

27.05.2025

Expiry Date:

11.07.2025

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Job Description:

About the role:

We have a great opportunity for a proficient Project Development Lawyer with experience in renewable energy / infrastructure projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on high-impact projects across domestic and international markets, spanning a variety of sectors and jurisdictions.

In this role, the successful candidate will:

• Work closely with developers, lenders, and major international tier 1 contractors.
• Lead on project development and construction matters, providing expert legal guidance.
• Review, negotiate and draft EPC contracts, PPAs, and credit support packages with precision.
• Offer strategic legal insight into project financing and risk assessment.
• Contribute to renewable energy and infrastructure projects across domestic and international jurisdictions.

About you:

• 4–6 years PQE lawyer, with a focus on renewable energy or infrastructure projects, either in-house or in private practice
• Experience in project development and construction (FIDIC experience a plus).
• Proven ability in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating credit support packages.
• Strong expertise in drafting, reviewing and negotiating EPC contracts and power purchasing agreement (PPAs)
• Renewable energy experience is preferred, with additional expertise in infrastructure/PPP, Energy From Waste (EFW), Anaerobic Digestion (AD), and water projects is advantageous.
• Understanding of project bankability, with experience in structuring and producing borrower/lender due diligence reports, as well as project finance knowledge.
• A strategic and commercially minded approach, capable of identifying risks and executing solutions swiftly and efficiently.
• Excellent drafting skills, ensuring precision in contracts and correspondence.

What We Can Offer You:

The opportunity to work for a firm that has been recognised as one of best places to work in the UK and has been ranked by Great Place to Work for 25 consecutive years.

• A hybrid approach to office and remote working.
• 25 days annual leave, with the option to buy up to a week's extra annual leave
• Private medical insurance, and the option to add family members
• Life assurance covering four times your annual salary
• The chance of a three-month sabbatical every five years
• Maternity, paternity and adoption leave schemes
• A range of health and wellbeing programmes
• State of the art offices, in the heart of Birmingham City Centre, with an onsite restaurant
• Opportunities to flourish in your role through training and personal development

Gowling WLG is committed both to promoting equality and diversity in the firmand to Equal Opportunities in employment. The firm believes in equality of opportunity regardless of race or racial group (including colour, nationality, ethnicity, national origins), religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, sex, gender re-assignment and gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy, maternity and paternity. This also includes any incidents of perceptive or associative discrimination and harassment.

At Gowling WLGwe seek to attract and retain talented people from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures, to create an exciting and rewarding place to work. Our aim is to fulfil everyone's potential and together to achieve personal and business goals.

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