LEGAL COUNSEL – UK (Edinburgh, London, Bristol)Are you a lawyer looking to be part of a growing low carbon heat business and contribute to fossil freedom? If so, this is for you.We offer an exciting opportunity for a legal counsel (3-5 years PQE) to take an important role in paving the way for Vattenfall and its customers and partners towards a fossil free future. We are looking for a legal counsel to support our UK Heat business, part of the Vattenfall organisation.Your responsibilities as Legal CounselAs the demand for legal expertise in our Heat business continues to grow, we are looking to recruit a Legal Counsel in our Legal team in the UK. You will be focussed on all legal and contractual matters for the UK Heat business, reporting to the Director of Legal, UK. You will be working closely with the two Senior Legal Counsels who support this part of the business, together with the Managing Director and other business Directors, Sales, Delivery, and Project Managers focussing on both upstream and downstream contracts and associated legal matters.You will be expected to be able to “hit the ground running” on a wide variety of legal matters. This includes having an excellent working knowledge of negotiating commercial contracts, including contracts of a public nature, whilst working on the delivery, supply, construction and operational contracts for large network schemes comprising heating, cooling and other innovative energy solutions. You will need to be able to structure new relationships contractually, understand the interaction with various public/private corporate structures and advise on both organic and inorganic growth. You will also need to understand “backing risk” between upstream and downstream contracts and be comfortable negotiating connection and supply arrangements.A projects, commercial and/or construction background (in either legal or a previous career) would be an advantage in applying for this role, dealing with the entirety of contractual relationships in a “cradle to grave” approach. Experience in negotiating necessary land rights would be useful or if not, a willingness to upskill in this area. The Heat team handles a range of contracts of varying value and type and therefore an ability to demonstrate a wide range of legal and commercial skills will be beneficial.Ideally you will have experience of negotiating and structuring project contracts in the district heating or utilities market in either the public or private sector. Renewables experience would also be very helpful.Your personality and backgroundThe remit is diverse and challenging and you will need to be commercially aware and minded, pragmatic and able to work effectively under pressure. You will be an exceptional and talented individual with good communication and interpersonal skills, and able to work independently as well as part of a team. You will need to be able to think and act strategically and take a risk based view when providing responsive and effective advice.The Heat team is an exciting and dynamic team. You will be expected to work daily with colleagues from a number of different specialisms, from engineering and design, to health and safety, to operational and customer service teams. You will need to be extremely organised, dedicated and proactive in order to manage a multitude of tasks on a daily basis.

Vattenfall is a European energy company with approximately 20,000 employees. For more than 100 years we have electrified industries, supplied energy to people's homes and modernised our way of living through innovation and cooperation. We are working for fossil freedom.&nbsp;

Legal Counsel

LEGAL COUNSEL – UK (Edinburgh, London, Bristol)Are you a lawyer looking to be part of a growing low carbon heat business and contribute to fossil freedom? If so, this is for you.We offer an exciting opportunity for a legal counsel (3-5 years PQE) to take an important role in paving the way for Vattenfall and its customers and partners towards a fossil free future. We are looking for a legal counsel to support our UK Heat business, part of the Vattenfall organisation.Your responsibilities as Legal CounselAs the demand for legal expertise in our Heat business continues to grow, we are looking to recruit a Legal Counsel in our Legal team in the UK. You will be focussed on all legal and contractual matters for the UK Heat business, reporting to the Director of Legal, UK. You will be working closely with the two Senior Legal Counsels who support this part of the business, together with the Managing Director and other business Directors, Sales, Delivery, and Project Managers focussing on both upstream and downstream contracts and associated legal matters.You will be expected to be able to “hit the ground running” on a wide variety of legal matters. This includes having an excellent working knowledge of negotiating commercial contracts, including contracts of a public nature, whilst working on the delivery, supply, construction and operational contracts for large network schemes comprising heating, cooling and other innovative energy solutions. You will need to be able to structure new relationships contractually, understand the interaction with various public/private corporate structures and advise on both organic and inorganic growth. You will also need to understand “backing risk” between upstream and downstream contracts and be comfortable negotiating connection and supply arrangements.A projects, commercial and/or construction background (in either legal or a previous career) would be an advantage in applying for this role, dealing with the entirety of contractual relationships in a “cradle to grave” approach. Experience in negotiating necessary land rights would be useful or if not, a willingness to upskill in this area. The Heat team handles a range of contracts of varying value and type and therefore an ability to demonstrate a wide range of legal and commercial skills will be beneficial.Ideally you will have experience of negotiating and structuring project contracts in the district heating or utilities market in either the public or private sector. Renewables experience would also be very helpful.Your personality and backgroundThe remit is diverse and challenging and you will need to be commercially aware and minded, pragmatic and able to work effectively under pressure. You will be an exceptional and talented individual with good communication and interpersonal skills, and able to work independently as well as part of a team. You will need to be able to think and act strategically and take a risk based view when providing responsive and effective advice.The Heat team is an exciting and dynamic team. You will be expected to work daily with colleagues from a number of different specialisms, from engineering and design, to health and safety, to operational and customer service teams. You will need to be extremely organised, dedicated and proactive in order to manage a multitude of tasks on a daily basis.&nbsp;

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