Senior Legal Counsel

• Power the future, together with ENGIE!
• Join ENGIE Global Energy Management and Sales as Legal Counsel
• Hybrid & located at our Freshwater Place offices in Southbank

ENGIE is a global energy player with over 97,000 employees across more than 30 countries. All of our teams’ efforts are unified in support of the transition to a carbon-neutral economy, by providing innovative energy solutions to households, businesses and communities.

Our global ambition, as a pioneer of the renewable energy transition, is to champion carbon-neutral energies and achieve an affordable, reliable net-zero energy system by 2045.

Zero. You may think it’s nothing, but to us at ENGIE… zero is everything!

The opportunity:

The Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) business unit is the fully integrated trading arm of the ENGIE Group. GEMS teams manage a large and highly diversified energy portfolio and provide a range of trading risk management solutions to all types of market participants in Europe, Asia Pacific and in the Americas.

In this newly created role, you will be the sole legal counsel within the GEMS ANZ business unit reporting to the Chief Operating Officer for GEMS ANZ.

You will support the commercial success of the GEMS ANZ business by providing strategic legal input into all aspects of its business activities and projects and delivering timely, sound and pragmatic advice on legal and compliance matters.

The position will suit an experienced legal professional, who will thrive in a commercial environment, supporting a growth agenda as a trusted partner to senior leadership whilst developing sustainable relationships with key external stakeholders and business partners of GEMS ANZ.

The main areas of focus for the role include supporting the development of:

• New business and related infrastructure
• Green products, including carbon offsets, ACCUs, renewable energy certificates and green PPAs
• Gas supply, transportation and storage agreements
• Legal onboarding including ISDA Master Agreement negotiation
• Derivatives transaction support
• Monitoring and adapting to Australian regulatory developments and regulatory compliance support  

Some of your responsibilities will include:

• Develop and execute comprehensive legal strategies and solutions to facilitate the commercial objectives of the GEMS business in Australia and New Zealand generally - identifying and mitigating any transactional, regulatory and related risks and issues
• Work closely with front officers to contribute to business objectives through providing first class legal and regulatory advice relevant for the company’s business
• Exercise sound professional judgment in identifying issues that need reference to management and/or colleagues, legal experts within the business unit or the group
• Advise on legal and related issues as they arise in day-to-day trading/marketing activities, e.g. transaction support including legal onboarding, drafting, reviewing, advising on and negotiating bespoke, single trade and master agreements on various energy commodities and their derivatives (i.e. green PPAs, gas, carbon offset agreements, guarantees of origin, renewable energy certificates, verified emission reduction, commodity related financial derivatives), contracts with trading related market participants such as brokers and trading platforms

About you:

• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Several years’ experience as a lawyer in Australia or other suitable common law jurisdiction with significant post qualification experience in a relevant domain.
• Substantial transactional experience with top-tier law firm, financial services provider and/or leading commodities firm
• Previous in-house legal experience (including secondments) is advantageous
• Ability to build and maintain positive relationships, respecting the opinions of others
• Strong commercial acumen

Next Steps:
If this sounds like the role for you, we welcome your application.

All applicants must have unlimited rights to work in Australia.

Please note we consider applications on an ongoing basis and therefore encourage you to apply at your earliest opportunity.

ENGIE is an equal opportunity employer, promoting diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all. All applications are screened based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without any regard to origin, age, carer’s responsibilities, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, religion, marital status, health, disability or political opinions.  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability, people from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and people of the LGBTIQA+ community are encouraged to apply. Our differences are our strengths!