LEGAL SENIOR ASSOCIATE/ ASSISTANTE JURIDIQUE

LEGAL SENIOR ASSOCIATE/ ASSISTANTE JURIDIQUE

Country/Region: FR

City: Paris

Company: EDPR FRANCE HOLDING

MISSIONS

RESPONSABILITES

• Contract management;

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

EDP Renewables is a global leader in the renewable energy sector and the world's fourth-largest wind and solar energy producer. With a sound development pipeline, first-class assets, and market-leading operating capacity, EDPR has undergone exceptional development in recent years and is currently present in 28 markets.

EDPR, as an international group specialized in renewable energies, is looking for a Senior Legal Associate in charge of public law aspects in relation to project development and operations matters within the France & Belgium BU.

You will be a real business partner for the BU members on these aspects and a coordinator with head office functions, in terms of development, regulatory risk assessment, legal monitoring, and anticipation of project development needs.

MAIN ACCOUNTABILITIES

1. Project development – general support in development of various types of energies projects

• Legal support regarding project development (wind onshore, PV, agri-PV, storage) – risk assessment, regulatory analysis
• Implementation of templates and processes to optimize the legal part of project development
• Review of legal documents
• Support in tariff applications
• Support in land strategy

2. Litigation and claims:

• Management of project or plants litigations (participation in decisions, selection of lawyers, coordination with external and internal stakeholders, planning optimization, review of briefs)
• Responsible for legal reporting of litigations and claims
• Participation in the litigation strategy

3. Asset management

• Regulatory support on plants in operation
• Review of sponsoring requests in the light of applicable laws and of group processes

4. Town planning:

• Possible support in urban planning issues (legal analysis, training, global strategy)

5. Land and real estate:

• Implementation and adaptation of models, guarantor of follow-up of models and their application
• Participation in the land strategy of the project
• Support in negotiations
• Notaries key contact
• Key contact for new land security requests

6. Regulatory matters

• Referent on regulatory development issues (PV and wind)
• Review of impact studies, submissions
• Adaptation of projects (requests to administration)
• Legal monitoring and training to BU teams
• Participation in syndicates regulatory meetings
• Updating the BU about regulatory changes or business changes

PROFILE

1. ACADEMIC LEVEL

Master 2 in public law or in energy law. French Bar qualification.

2. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Required experience in renewables / administrative law and in a law firm (legal advisor with experience of litigations). At least 5 years of practice.

3. SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE

• Environmental law
• Energy law
• Litigation (administrative and civil procedure)
• Urbanism and town planning

4. LANGUAGES

• French native
• English full proficiency
• Spanish or Portuguese or another EDP group language is a plus

5. SOFT SKILLS

• Hands on / proactive approach
• Rigorous and sense of detail
• Business oriented / willing to make advance the business and to anticipate the needs
• Able to propose riskless, operational and easily applicable solutions
• Professional maturity (ability to exchanges with management and external stakeholders)
• Capable to adapt his / her workplan to priorities and business needs

Among EDPR's principles we would like to highlight diversity and inclusion as a strength in our values and practices. Reinforcing these principles has a real impact on the satisfaction of commitment, increases talent and the quality of leadership of our professionals. To achieve all our objectives, it intends to attract, develop and retain different profiles, assuming diversity as a key factor and differentiator of fundamental innovation in our organisation. We welcome and value all people, and we are committed to the inclusion and sense of belonging of each person who is part of EDPR.

What makes us proud as an employer:

TOP Employer Europe 2024 certification.
Bloomberg Gender Equality Index 2022.
Top Workplaces US 2022. Certification in Conciliation (Excellence) by the Más Familia Foundation;