Energy Lawyer

Responsibilities:

• Provide practical, business-focused legal advice on energy matters, including power, gas, renewables, utilities, energy projects, low-carbon and wider commercial energy issues.
• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of energy documentation, including power purchase agreements, offtake agreements, supply agreements, development agreements, connection agreements and related commercial contracts.
• Support energy transactions and projects, including regulatory matters, project development, commercial arrangements, joint ventures, acquisitions and stakeholder coordination.
• Work closely with legal, regulatory, commercial, trading, procurement, finance, development and business teams to manage legal risk and deliver commercial outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Qualified lawyer in the UK or an equivalent jurisdiction with relevant UK energy, utilities or infrastructure experience.
• Experience advising on one or more areas of energy law, including power, gas, renewables, utilities, project development, energy regulation, trading, supply or offtake arrangements.
• Experience gained in private practice, in-house or on secondment, supporting energy companies, utilities, developers, infrastructure businesses, financial institutions or other commercial organisations.
• Strong commercial awareness, drafting, negotiation, stakeholder-management and communication skills, with the ability to provide clear, pragmatic and business-focused advice.

Compensation, Benefits & Location:

This role offers a highly competitive compensation and benefits package in the alternative legal services marketplace, that includes health benefits, pension and more. Axiomites also get access to professional development resources and learning and development programs. Axiom provides the opportunity to work remotely, onsite or hybrid, depending on client requirements.

Axiom is the global leader in high-calibre, on-demand legal talent. Covering North America, the UK, Europe, and APAC, we enable legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and meet the demands of today’s business landscape with best in breed alterative legal services.