Senior Legal Counsel - Energy Services

Aggreko; Doncaster; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

At Aggreko, we provide energy solutions so businesses can grow and communities can thrive.

The energy market is undergoing significant change as it meets the requirements of a low carbon future. To support our customers with this transition, Aggreko Energy Solutions Europe (AESE), a division of Aggreko, offers Energy as a Service (EaaS) to customers, providing them with a flexible model that allows businesses more control over their energy supply.

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Legal Counsel to join the business. This role will be responsible for provision of legal support to the AESE division, ensuring alignment with business strategy to drive performance and to grow rapidly in support of the energy transition.

As a member of the AESE leadership team, you will be responsible for providing high quality legal advice to the AESE division on issues and transactions arising through the whole lifecycle of a renewable energy project, from origination through to operation.

Responsibilities

• You will work closely with all teams within the AESE business, and key stakeholders within the wider Aggreko group, to deliver high quality legal advice in a responsive and pro-active manner, including assessing and advising on project risks and risk management strategies and assisting prompt decision making among key stakeholders. You will also be a trusted source of knowledge for the wider business based on your experience in the renewable energy sector.
• Provide legal support on the acquisition of renewable energy projects, businesses and renewable energy opportunities, including reviewing and performing legal due diligence and co-ordinating all corporate matters, including SPV incorporation.
• Advise the business on issues and transactions arising through the whole lifecycle of a renewable energy project, from origination through to operation.
• Support commercial and contractual negotiations with counterparties, including drafting, reviewing and negotiating power purchase agreements, engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) agreements and other construction contracts, operations and maintenance (O&M) agreements; grid connection arrangements; tender documentation; supplier framework agreements; warranty documents and performance guarantees; bonds, PCGs and credit security arrangements; and non-disclosure agreements.
• Advise on route-to-market arrangements, including power supply arrangements with customers on a behind-the-meter and front-of-meter basis; CfD and Capacity Market agreement eligibility, terms and key obligations; and private wire arrangements (including applicable licensing exemptions).
• Provide legal support on financing of projects, including supporting the negotiation of financing terms and relevant financing and security documentation.
• Drafting and negotiating agreements to establish key strategic relationships with developers, landowners and potential customers, including joint development agreements, exclusivity and access agreements and other strategic collaboration arrangements.
• Ensure that contracts comply with all relevant legal, regulatory and corporate standards, including providing appropriate protection to Aggreko in line with group standards.
• Deliver advice in a commercially relevant manner, comprehensible and easy to use, in line with current market norms, and aligned to the commercial aspects of the deal.
• Provide training and guidance to colleagues on legal developments and best practices relevant to the AESE division.
• Ensure the appropriate levels of governance are applied to guarantee compliance across AESE including establishing appropriate systems and procedures to ensure the monitoring of and compliance with key legal, regulatory and contractual obligations and applicable ethical standards and anti-bribery and corruption legislation, in conjunction with Group Compliance Director.
• Manage relationships with external lawyers when specific expertise is required.
• Establish budget for the AESE legal function and drive value for money.
• Monitor changes in relevant legislation and regulatory environments, assessing impact on the business and taking appropriate action.

Location: UK, hybrid (with willingness to travel as required by the role)

What we’re looking for:

• Functional experience. Qualified to practice law in the UK. Post-qualification experience of at least 6 years, having worked in a law firm well regarded in renewable energy or equivalent in-house experience.
• Technical expertise. Highly skilled legal professional with the proven ability to quickly assess and understand any number of complex legal issues across the business and provide commercial solutions. Strong analytical and innovative legal skills, attention to detail and commitment to quality work product.
• Sector expertise. Significant experience in the power and infrastructure sectors, with excellent working knowledge of key industry standard forms of contract.
• Commercial acumen. Well-developed commercial awareness with an outcome-orientated and solution-based approach, able to apply legal principles pragmatically. Understand the importance of ensuring the legal function advises the business from a commercial standpoint.

Why join Aggreko?

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

Our culture inspires and unites us to grow, change and deliver the best solutions for our customers. It means that we are:

Dynamic. Although we’re sixty years old, it doesn’t feel like it when you work here. There’s a lot going on and our entrepreneurial spirit helps us to deliver at pace for customers and each other.

Experts in what we do. We’re a team of experts who blend our experience and unique expertise to deliver precisely the right solution for customers. Our work is hugely varied; no two days are the same. And because of this, there are always opportunities for motivated people to learn and grow quickly.

Innovative. We’re curious about how new ideas and technologies can benefit customers and simplify how we work. And that’s as true for our fleet, where we’re introducing hybrids and battery storage, as it is for improving the way we work together.

Together. We’re a team of 6,000 people. We might be spread out across the globe, but because we’re inclusive and straightforward, and we hold each other to account, we work well together to get things done.

Energising Change for a positive future

For over 10 years, Aggreko has made continuous improvements to lessen the impact of our operations on the world around us. However, as urgency increases and concern for our planet grows, we acknowledge that we must accelerate this rate of change to make a positive impact.

Together, we are channelling our energy to focus on the areas we can influence for the greatest effect. Today and tomorrow.

Energising Change is our vision for a sustainable future. It encompasses the difference we can make and is underpinned by our values, purpose and commitment to health and safety. It describes our guiding principles to support the energy transition and create a positive future for all.

Through Energising Change, we are Accelerating Transition, Promoting Development and Taking Responsibility, for our people, our customers, and the communities we serve.

You can learn more here: https://www.aggreko.com/en/about-us/energising-change

Equity, diversity and inclusion at Aggreko

We welcome people from different backgrounds and cultures, and respect people’s unique skills, attitudes and experiences. We encourage everyone to be themselves at work because we know that’s how we do our best, for each other, for our customers, for the communities where we work, and for our careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. If you apply for a role at Aggreko, we will consider your application based on your qualifications and experience, and not on your race, colour, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.