Senior Legal Counsel Transactions

About the role

Take the chance, become a Senior Legal Counsel for Corporate & Transactions Law and grow together with us in an international environment. Provide legal support for joint venture and M&A transactions, project finance as well as for corporate law matters with a focus on Offshore Wind projects.

• Act as one of the key legal advisors for international offshore wind transactions, with a particular focus on joint ventures, M&A transactions and project finance, as well as on the management of related corporate matters.
• Advise and support the business in drafting, reviewing and negotiating all relevant transaction documentation.
• Work across RWE's international Offshore Wind business, collaborating closely with colleagues in the global Offshore Legal Team and engaging with other business functions to provide a holistic, streamlined legal service.
• Manage complex organizational and coordination tasks, including process optimization, and exercise independent professional judgement, particularly in relation to project finance, asset/share acquisitions, due diligence, JV services and ongoing joint venture management.
• Advise the business on day to day legal matters, including financing topics, operation and governance of joint venture partnerships, and post acquisition integration.
• Coordinate and supervise external legal advisors where required, ensuring high quality and cost efficient legal support.
• Support and manage dispute related matters, including liaising with external counsel in pre litigation and dispute resolution processes.

Job requirements and experience

• Qualified as solicitor in the UK (or a similar common law jurisdiction and registered as a foreign lawyer)
• Several years of relevant working experience in joint ventures and M&A transactions, project finance as well as corporate law in an international law firm or company, with a focus on renewables (and ideally Offshore Wind) matters
• Comfortable with handling multiple tasks, taking on new responsibilities and setting task priorities in a deadline intensive environment
• Good commercial, technical and strategic understanding and analytical skills
• Solution oriented mindset which allows you to find the right legal and business solutions also in complex scenarios
• Strong customer orientation and established negotiation skills
• High level of engagement and flexibility; work and communicate professionally and accurately in a time sensitive setting
• Experience in employing (legal) AI tools in daily work and driving AI use cases for transactions
• Enjoy working in an international team and are open for occasional travel

Advantageous but not essential

• Capability of conducting negotiations in a further EU language

An offer of employment may require holding active or ability to pass National Security vetting to SC level. Failure to obtain and/or maintain National Security Vetting to SC may result in the removal of job offers and/or existing employment.

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation, and identity.