Senior Legal Counsel

The position

With our business rapidly growing, we are looking for an additional in-house Senior Legal Counsel to join our internal team. This role will primarily focus on drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial contracts, with a particular emphasis on flexibility services and optimisation agreements. Additionally, the Senior Legal Counsel will provide comprehensive legal advice and support across a broad range of legal matters pertinent to Sympower's international operations and services in various European countries. The successful candidate will be part of a three-person legal team and will report directly to the General Counsel.

What is in it for you

We are committed to creating an inclusive, values-based culture where everyone feels that they belong and has the opportunity to do meaningful work.

We offer a market competitive compensation package, including but not limited to:

• 30 Days Paid Holiday Leave

• 1 Day Paid Wellness Leave

• 1 Day Paid Birthday Leave

• Paid Maternity and Partner Leave

• Pawternity Leave

• Mental Health and Wellbeing Support

• Remote Office Budget

• Internet Allowance

• Development Plan & Budget

• Stock Appreciation Rights

• 2 Days Paid Volunteer Leave

Learn about all of our benefits on our careers page.

What you will do

• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various (commercial) contracts, with a particular focus on  Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) optimisation contracts, tolling agreements, direct agreements with lenders, power supply contracts, ensuring all contractual obligations align with company policies and legal standards. The ideal candidate will bring their expertise and advice on how to structure these deals and create contract templates.

• Proactively identifying legal and commercial risks across the organization's activities; developing and implementing contractual strategies and specific clauses to mitigate these risks

• Working on corporate matters, including drafting board resolutions and power of attorneys 

• Providing legal input and assisting in the structuring of M&A and fundraising transactions 

• Participating in projects aimed at further improving processes and efficiency of the legal function

• Promoting legal, compliance and risk management best practice throughout the company

• Communicating with business partners, law firms, and service providers from a variety of jurisdictions.

• General administrative tasks for the legal team as required

• Bachelor degree in law

• Qualified to practice as a lawyer in your country of jurisdiction

• 5 to 10 years’ working experience, preferably in a law firm or in-house legal department within the energy, infrastructure, or project finance sectors

• Deep understanding of project finance principles and the European electricity sector, in particular the role of balancing services and wholesale markets

• Expertise in drafting and negotiating optimisation contracts, tolling agreements, and direct agreements with lenders; experience in the BESS sector also desirable

• Strong drafting, organisation, and time-management skills

• Initiative and willingness to work on a broad variety of legal matters

• Ability to build and maintain strong professional relationships across the business

• Ability to communicate complex legal issues and risks in terms that non-legal colleagues can understand

• Ideally based in our headquarters in Amsterdam

• Fluent in English; other European languages are nice to have

Who we are

Sympower is accelerating the global transition towards ‘net-zero’ by helping to build smarter, cleaner renewable energy systems. Using our proprietary software platform, we help balance the supply and demand of electricity across international energy networks.

We help businesses, grid operators, asset owners and other energy stakeholders around the world reduce their carbon emissions, integrate more distributed renewable energy resources, and generate new revenue streams by participating in demand-side response services.

Learn more about us in this video.

Since 2022, Sympower has been a certified B Corp, which shows the company is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency across 5 impact areas: governance, workers, community, environment, and customers.

Sympower is an equal opportunity employer. We encourage a diverse workforce and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all team members.

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