Italian Renewables Legal Counsel (Rome/Milan)

Uniper Energy; Roma; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Uniper Energy is seeking a Legal Counsel (all genders) for Rome or Milan. You will advise on legal matters across renewable energy projects, including solar, onshore wind and energy storage, and support project development, acquisitions and operations in Italy.

In this role you will draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, coordinate with internal teams and external counsel, monitor regulatory changes, and help shape the legal framework for Uniper's renewables pipeline in Italy.

Qualifications

• Law degree with strong academic credentials and full professional legal qualification.
• Minimum five years of relevant professional experience in an international law firm or company, preferably in the renewables sector or energy industry.
• Proven ability to draft, review and negotiate complex commercial agreements, with a particular focus on transactions (acquisition and disposal processes) and project negotiations, as well as experience in the negotiation of construction agreements (esp. EPC, EPCM, O&M).
• Strong knowledge of the Italian legal and regulatory framework applicable to the development and permitting of renewable energy projects, ideally including authorization, environmental assessment, planning, grid and land-related matters.
• Commercially minded and solution-oriented, with the ability to take a proactive role in advising the group on risks and opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Advise Uniper’s Renewables business on all legal matters relating to the development, acquisition, construction and operation of renewable energy projects in Italy, with a focus on solar, onshore wind and battery energy storage systems.
• Interdisciplinary project responsibility and first point of contact for all legal advice for renewable energy projects based in Italy.
• Provide legal advice for Uniper’s existing renewables project pipeline across the entire project lifecycle in Italy including corporate law.
• Steering Legal Due Diligences, drafting and negotiating a wide variety of commercial contracts and project documentation, working closely with internal stakeholders and external counterparties.
• Advise the development and acquisition teams on Italian permitting and environmental law for solar, onshore wind and battery projects.
• Close cooperation with lawyers in Uniper’s headquarters in Germany and other departments of the Uniper Group to deliver strategic legal support throughout the project lifecycle.
• Selection and management of external law firms, including quality and cost management.
• Monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments in the Italian renewables sector and advise the business on their impact and implementation.

Skills

Legal experience

Contract negotiation

Italian law

Renewables knowledge

Drafting contracts

Education

Law degree and bar qualification

Job description

Uniper Energy is seeking a Legal Counsel (all genders) for Rome or Milan. You will advise on legal matters across renewable energy projects, including solar, onshore wind and energy storage, and support project development, acquisitions and operations in Italy.

In this role you will draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, coordinate with internal teams and external counsel, monitor regulatory changes, and help shape the legal framework for Uniper's renewables pipeline in Italy.