RWE Renewables GmbH, Essen, Hamburg
To start as soon as possible, Full time, Permanent
Functional area: Legal / Compliance
Your role
As a Legal Counsel within the Renewables Legal Team you will be acting as one of the key legal advisors handling specialized legal matters relating to RWE Renewables’ offshore projects. Being allocated to selected offshore 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. To start with, you will be responsible for our Offshore Project Development in Germany. You will advise the projects directly in your area of expertise 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 renewable energy projects and transactions. You will deliver commercial and solution-oriented legal advice to our Renewables offshore business.
Your role will focus on
Planning, Consenting, Permitting
- 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 renewables projects
- Develop, assess and coordinate permitting strategies, as well as overlook project development legal paths
- Handle permitting procedures and supervising obtaining consents
Real estate
- Advising the business on onshore real estate and property law matters, for example relating to substations or project offices and storage locations
Regulatory
- Advising the business on offshore tender legislation; contribute to the preparation of tender bids and sign them off from the legal point of view
- Advising the business on grid connection matters as well as subsidy and offtake regulations
- Advising on other specific electricity legislation and regulation, including engagement with regulators and market operators
- Evaluating the impact of global green policies on the business and working closely with our Regulatory & 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
- Provide regulatory legal advice during the construction & operations phase and in M&A and joint-venture transactions
- Manage organizational or coordination tasks, including process optimization initiatives
- Establish and nurture good and constructive working relationships with legal and business colleagues
Your profile
- Graduated in law with distinction and qualified as solicitor in Germany
- Ability to demonstrate thorough expertise at least in one of the following legal areas and openness to become an expert in the others relevant for our project development, in particular: (Renewables) Energy Regulatory matters, Permitting, Planning, Consenting, Environmental Law
- Exceptional legal instinct, combined with a strong understanding of planning, consenting and permitting law, real estate law, energy regulation and/or infrastructure projects
- Commercial and technical understanding, customer-orientation and consulting skills with an ability to integrate details of renewables business into legal requirements
- Organizational, analytical and communication skills, solution-oriented mindset
- High level of engagement, enjoy working in an international team including travel
- Strong team contributor, able to work individually and cross-functionally
- Fluent command of English is essential
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RWE represents change, innovation and sustainability. As one of the world’s leading generators of electricity from renewable energy sources, we aim to be carbon-neutral by 2040 and to enable a sustainable life for people around the world. To achieve this, we are looking for dynamic and motivated people to join us in creating a sustainable and secure energy future.
RWE Renewables GmbH, based in Essen, Germany, is RWE’s youngest subsidiary and one of the world’s leading companies in the field of renewable energies. With an international team of around 3,500 employees, we are drivers of the energy transition – and provide electricity for a sustainable life. Our total capacity of more than 9 gigawatts results from onshore and offshore wind parks, photovoltaic plants and battery storage. We focus on growth: on the American continent, on the European core markets and on new markets in the Asia-Pacific region.
