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We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising how we power the planet. We’re energisers. One team of 21,000 colleagues that’s energising a greener, fairer future by creating an energy system that doesn’t rely on fossil fuels, while living our powerful commitment to igniting positive change in our communities.
About your team:
At Centrica Energy, our mission is to move it. We’re a global renewable energy trading company that helps move energy from source to use – powering businesses, homes, and societies as they transition to a new sustainable energy future.
Centrica Energy has an exciting new opportunity for a skilled Legal Counsel to join our dedicated team on our journey towards energising a greener, fairer future.
Location:
The role can be based out of any of our offices in London, Aalborg or Copenhagen on a hybrid basis.
Responsibilities:
- Providing strategic legal advice to the business to assist with the negotiation of agreements with a focus on gas and power trading.
- Negotiating and drafting of standard master agreements with external counterparties for physically and financially settled energy commodity trading (UK and Europe gas and power, emissions allowances, renewable certificates).
- Participating in project groups / work groups giving legal advice and assessments.
- Working as part of project teams either for transactional work or to help implement new processes, products and systems such as approving new strategic business initiatives, new products and entry into new geographical jurisdictions.
- Drafting and negotiating contracts in cooperation with the business.
- Developing and maintaining templates for the standard master agreements (ISDA, EFETs, MNA, GTMA, etc), proactively keeping up to date with legal developments of the agreements.
- Assessing applicable forthcoming legislation changes (in conjunction with Regulatory Affairs and Compliance as appropriate) and advising Centrica Energy on potential impact.
- Contributing to various initiatives within Centrica Energy and Centrica Group legal teams.
- Instructing and working with external counsel.
- Managing Centrica’s overall legal risk position by ensuring that contracts reflect best practice.
Who are we looking for?
- A law degree from a European country.
- Experience in drafting agreements and negotiating standard master agreements for physical and financial trading of power and gas like EFET, ISDA etc.
- Speak and write English fluently.
- Experience working as a legal counsel/attorney or similar.
Why should you apply?
We’re not a perfect place – but we’re a people place. Our priority is supporting all of the different realities our people face. Life is about so much more than work. That’s why we’ve designed our total rewards to give you the flexibility to choose what you need, when you need it, making sure that you and your family are supported not only financially, but physically and emotionally too.
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