Green Energy Company - Regional Legal Counsel 6-10PQE (Energy/Construction/EPC/M&A experience preferred)
POSITION: Regional Legal Counsel
REPORTING TO: Legal Director
LOCATION: Johannesburg/ Dubai
Hybrid, new energy industry
SCOPE AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work closely with the senior management team in South Africa to provide legal advice to their operations;
- Develop and provide compliance related training programs and activities;
- Support business and finance team on B-BBEE certification and compliance;
- Provide legal advice to the Human Resources and Finance teams;
- Work collaboratively with Energy in-house legal and commercial staff in other jurisdictions on projects (primarily in African continent and Middle East);
- Provide necessary training to the business on legal topics;
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
- The successful candidate will have 6-10PQE with at least 4 years of energy and project related legal experience gained from leading law firm and/or in-house at an MNC (renewable energy industry preferred);
- Candidates must be qualified to practice law in South Africa or other common law jurisdictions;
- Understanding or experience with Sharia Law and Civil Law jurisdiction practice is a big plus.;
- Solid experience in handling South Africa law governed contracts, in particular, contracts for supplying wind turbines and BESS and related long-term services;
- High level proficiency in English language is required;
- Comfortable with oversight of commercial contracts, procurement contracts, labor & employment, litigation and regulatory compliance;
- The candidate must be mature and able to work independently and successfully manage large-scale transactions and project teams;
- Excellent client service and communications skills (oral and written).
- ProactiveNOT reactivemindset; capacity to make difficult decisions;
