Senior Legal Counsel – M&A, Offtake Arrangements

Role Overview

• Leading across a broad range of work from a legal stance working closely with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Leading the legal team’s input on power tolling contracts and M&A related matters.
• Confidently advise the business on legal and commercial risks associated with corporate development activities.
• Leading on all aspects of drafting, reviewing and negotiating of complex tolling agreements, sale and purchase agreements and other transaction related documents.
• Drafting ancillary documents, Docusign management and assisting with contract management queries for sites under construction and in operations.
• Responsibility for providing commercially focused legal advice both in respect of the EV and Network Infrastructure sides of the business.
• Confidently manage external legal counsel.
• Responsible for keeping legal budgets within approval levels on specified projects that you are leading.
• Leading & mentoring more junior members of the team and advising on specific questions.
• Delivering training to internal teams as required.
• Managing one or more members of the legal team as a direct report.
• Ability to be involved in construction discussions and working closely with the Head of Legal
• NI & Construction.
• Supporting General Counsel when required.
• Reporting in to the General Counsel and supporting legal functions in the US, UK and as we expand into Europe, Australasia regions and elsewhere, as needed
• Actively contribute to Zenobe's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability by; integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact.

Requirements

• At least 10 years PQE having trained and qualified at a good regional, national or international law firm
• Strong Generalist transaction lawyer with experience in power tolling/offtake arrangements, M&A and project finance experience
• Ideally someone who possesses inhouse experience
• Experienced contract negotiator with commercial awareness
• Excellent legal drafting skills
• Sound commercial judgment with an ability to prioritise effectively
• An understanding of the energy regulatory environment and experience in the energy sector would be a strong advantage
• Able to establish rapport and build strong trust-based relationships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to thrive in a very fast-paced environment with large amounts of responsibility and ownership.
• Excellent organisational skills, able to multi-task, meet deadlines and juggle competing demands.
• Attention to detail and able to produce work of consistently high quality.
• A strong team player able to work on own initiative

Benefits

• Up to 33% annual bonus for being awesome
• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service up to 30 days, plus bank holidays
• Private Medical Insurance
• £1,500 training budget per year, to ensure you grow as we do
• EV Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Pension scheme, up to 8% matched contributions
• Enhanced parental leave
• Cash back health plan