RWE Offshore Wind GmbH
To start as soon as possible, full time, fixed term
As a Senior Legal Counsel within the RWE Offshore Wind Legal Team you will be acting as one of the key legal advisors handling specialized legal matters relating to RWE’s offshore wind projects. Being allocated to selected projects, you will be the first point of contact or lead lawyer (depending on the size of the project) providing legal support for those projects. You will advise the projects directly in your area of legal proficiency as well as coordinate the legal advice of specialized inhouse and external legal experts.
This role provides you with the opportunity to work on high profile, complex offshore wind energy projects and transactions. You will deliver commercial and solution-oriented legal advice to our offshore wind business.
About the role
* Advise the business on offshore wind auction participation rules (incl., as the case may be, seabed lease, permitting, offtake, offtake hedge auction), support qualification and bidding processes and strategy development
* Advise the business on permitting and planning procedures, environmental legal topics, as well as work with expert advisors on obtaining permits and other consents required for the development, construction and/or operation of offshore wind projects
* Develop, assess and coordinate permitting strategies, as well as overlook project development legal paths
* Advise the business on obtaining any other consents to generate energy, e.g. generation license, entries to registers
* Advise the business on grid connection matters, where applicable
* Advise the business on other specific electricity legislation and regulation (eg. REMIT fundamental data reporting), including engagement with regulators and market operators
* Advise the business on European legal legislation
* Evaluate impact of global green policies on the business, integrating by working closely with the Regulatory Affairs & Strategy departments
Your role will also include:
Project Legal support
* Provide legal support to establish and maintain the projects’ compliance with applicable laws and regulations throughout the projects’ lifetime, including the development of respective guidelines and processes
* Keep oversight about all legal matters and advise the senior management about all legal related risks of a project, including claims and disputes
* Be the projects’ first point of contact for legal advice and coordinate specialised inhouse (esp. procurement law, M&A law, project finance law, corporate law, commercialization law) as well as external legal advice in a cost and work efficient manner for the benefit of the project
General legal support
* Assist and manage the legal interface in M&A and joint-venture transactions
* Assist and manage the interface in legal matters during the construction & operations phase
* Assist and manage the interface in route-to-market and transactions relating to the commercialisation of electricity, including power purchase agreements and hedges
* Manage organizational or coordination tasks including process optimization initiatives
* Establish and develop effective cross-functional and cross-cultural working relationships with legal but also business colleagues in the regions of interest and the wider RWE group
Job requirements and experience
* Graduated in law with distinction and qualified as solicitor
* Multiple years of working experience in an energy practice in an international law firm or company in the renewables energy sector
* Ability to demonstrate thorough knowledge at least in one of the following legal areas and openness to become a specialist in the others relevant for our project development, in particular: (Renewables) Energy Regulatory matters, Permitting, Planning, Consenting, Environmental Law
* Solid legal instinct, combined with a comprehensive understanding of planning, consenting and permitting law, real estate law, energy regulation and/or infrastructure projects
* Ability to handle multiple tasks, take on new responsibilities and manage tasks efficiently in a challenging, deadline-driven environment
* Commercial and technical understanding, customer-orientation and consulting skills with an ability to integrate details of renewables business into legal requirements
* Experienced team contributor, able to work individually and cross-functionally
* Project management or project leadership experience is beneficial
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Any questions? Contact HR: Sebastian Emmelot (sebastian.emmelot@rwe.com), Contact Business: Zsuzsanna Sessel-Zsebik.
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RWE Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of RWE AG, is one of the world’s leading players in the field of offshore wind. We have more than 20 years of experience in the development, construction, and efficient operation of offshore wind farms. We currently operate 19 offshore wind farms, making us the second largest operator worldwide in terms of total capacity. We are currently building four additional wind farms with a combined capacity of nearly 4.9 GW and are developing numerous other projects.
RWE Offshore Wind tests a wide variety of new technologies in our offshore wind farms, enabling these plants to operate more efficiently and economically. In addition, we are involved in and committed to numerous programmes and initiatives that are designed to accelerate innovation in offshore wind and promote the development of new industry standards which allows you to have the freedom to act with conviction and courage as we pivot to new technologies - and continuously improve, together.
RWE is leading the way to a modern energy world. With our investment and growth strategy, we are contributing significantly to the success of the energy transition and the decarbonisation of the energy system.
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