Legal Counsel - Renewables & Projects

Uniper SE; United States; Remote; USD 119,000 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Learning opportunities

Enhanced pension

Annual leave 26 days

EV charging at sites

Private medical insurance

Health and occupational health

Job summary

Uniper seeks a pragmatic, business-oriented legal adviser to support renewable energy projects across the UK, including development, acquisition, construction and operation. You will draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts and project documents, working with internal teams and external counterparties.

You will identify legal risks and provide commercially sound advice, collaborating with project development, commercial, procurement, regulatory and compliance teams

Qualifications

• Proven ability to draft, review and negotiate complex commercial agreements.
• Experience advising on EPC, O&M, ICP contracts.
• Strong understanding of UK energy regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Provide pragmatic, business-focused legal advice on renewable energy developments, acquisitions, construction and operation in the UK.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial contracts and project documentation.
• Identify and manage legal risks while enabling commercially sound outcomes.
• Collaborate with development, commercial, procurement, regulatory and compliance teams to support the project lifecycle.
• Manage external law firms including cost and quality oversight.

Skills

Commercial contracts

Negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder mgmt

Project development

UK energy law

Education

Qualified solicitor (UK)

Job description

• You will provide pragmatic, business-oriented legal advice on the development, acquisition, construction and operation of renewable energy projects across the UK.
• You will support a broad range of renewable energy technologies, with a focus on solar, onshore wind and battery energy storage systems.
• You will draft, review and negotiate a wide variety of commercial contracts and project documentation, working closely with internal stakeholders and external counterparties.
• You will identify and manage legal risks while enabling commercially sound and sustainable business outcomes.
• You will collaborate closely with project development, commercial, procurement, regulatory and compliance teams to deliver strategic legal support throughout the project lifecycle.
• You will select and manage external law firms, including quality and cost management.
• You will monitor relevant legal and regulatory developments in the UK renewables sector and advise the business on their impact and implementation.
  Qualified solicitor, barrister or equivalent legal professional with relevant post-qualification experience in private practice and/or an international company.
• Strong experience in renewable energy projects, particularly solar, battery energy storage systems and wind.
• Proven ability to draft, review and negotiate complex commercial agreements, especially in the field of construction (EPC, EPCM, O&M, ICP) and/ or project development, including greenfield development as well as acquisition processes.
• Solid understanding of the UK energy regulatory framework, including electricity market regulation, licensing, grid connection, planning and permitting requirements, and evolving energy transition policies.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously in a dynamic, fast-paced, global environment.
• Pragmatic, commercially minded lawyer with strong risk management and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent communication, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to translate complex legal and regulatory issues into practical business advice.

Desirable:

• Exposure to project finance, M&A and strategic partnerships in the energy sector.
• Experience of dispute resolution in construction projects.

Your qualities

At Uniper, we are pro-actively transforming the world of energy whilst at the same time ensuring security of energy supply. As an internationally operating company, we work in very diverse teams with the greatest possible working time flexibility for our employees. Our corporate culture is characterized by equal opportunities, mutual appreciation, and respect. With us, you will be able to develop new business models, work on technological solutions for a modern, sustainable, and future-oriented energy supply as well as pro-actively help to shape changes. Interested? Then we will look forward to meeting you!

At Uniper, we not only reward our employees with attractive salaries, an excellent company pension and health related benefits for their hard work and dedication to shaping the future energy transition. You can also expect a supportive working culture that offers a wide range of creative and innovative ideas. We enable various flexible working arrangements, whilst also supporting with home office equipment. Through regular training and workshops, together we work towards visualising yourself in our company as if it were your own. We support you in highlighting your individual potential, achieving your personal goals, and reaching your ambitions. We invite you to become part of our diverse company with international colleagues from more than 80 countries. As an employer, Uniper has committed itself to providing special support to certain areas:

• Competitive salary
• Personal development and Learning opportunities
• Enhanced company pension - With up to 12% company contributions
• 26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• Electric vehicle charging at our sites
• In house Occupational Health Services
• Company funded Private Medical Insurance including free GP service
• Performance related benefits
• Access to a range of flexible benefits such as Share Incentive Plan, Dental, Critical Illness and Life Insurance, Cycle2Work, or buy and sell extra holiday
• Future career opportunities (UK & International) with a strong focus on Diversity Equity and Inclusion

Energy evolutionary wanted!