LEGAL COUNSEL

WHO IS ENGIE?

ENGIE puts sustainable development at the center of its activities (electricity, natural gas, energy efficiency, and services) to meet the challenges of the energy transition to a low-carbon economy: access to a sustainable economy, climate change mitigation and adaptation, and resource optimization.

Who are we looking for?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Milan/Rome-based Legal Counsel to join and support the Italian activity of the Supply & Energy Management business entity of ENGIE.

ENGIE Supply & Energy Management (S&EM) provides energy supply solutions and risk management services to support its clients through their decarbonization journey, while optimizing ENGIE’s assets and contributing to value creation.

ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services with a leading energy management business, piloted by its Global Business Unit S&EM who built its savoir-faire managing the Group’s large and diverse asset portfolio over 20+ years.

7,500 employees around the world develop our solutions, through 19 countries. We cover the full energy mix: renewable and thermal power, natural gas & LNG, biomass, environmental products. Our experts provide tailor-made solutions based on a wide range of savoir-faire in energy management with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralization.

Our clients span the entire value chain: producers, asset developers, financial players, utilities, distributors and industrials. Our global reach and strong local presence enable us to offer these diverse clients tailor-made services and respond to rapid changes in mature or emerging markets alike.

Our 3 expertise:

• Asset management
• Energy supply, providing green energy & innovative solutions
• Risk management & market access

Within S&EM, the Italian business platform is a highly skilled team of 120+ people developing and managing assets and portfolios related to power, gas and environmental products in the Italian markets, actively supporting the country’s ambitious path to a net zero economy.

At S&EM we encourage breakthrough results, team spirit, curiosity and innovation while preserving the right work/life balance for you.

S&EM LEGAL & ETHIC is a department of approximately 130 lawyers supporting the activities of the GBU worldwide. The legal department consists of ten sub-teams, including a team composed of those lawyers supporting the local country platforms of S&EM, including the Italian platform. The lawyers act as key players in project and negotiation teams to support energy management’s business origination by drafting, structuring and negotiating contracts and generally providing legal advice in respect of the range of business activities.

What will you do?

We are looking for a Contract Negotiation Lawyer in Milan or Rome to join the existing legal team of four persons, to support its expanding business in Italy, with a focus on gas, electricity, green energy related agreements and derivatives contracts.

Mission:

The Contract Negotiation lawyer will work in Milan/Rome and be a part of the S&EM Italian Legal team. His/her mission is to support the portfolio activities on day-to-day topics related to power, gas and commodity derivatives and to participate in ongoing projects. The person will work closely with all energy management and downstream teams: trading, origination, sales, operations, risks and back-office.

The main roles and accountabilities would be:

• Advise on, draft, review, negotiate templates and contracts (energy commodity offtake contracts, EFETs, PPAs, biomethane purchase agreements and related service contracts), complex derivatives contracts (financial instruments such as forwards, options, swaps, contracts for difference) and ISDAs, following the entire negotiation process until the validation and signature.
• Develop and execute comprehensive legal strategies and solutions to lawfully facilitate S&EM’s commercial objectives while mitigating associated legal risk.
• Draft, review, negotiate support credit management documentation (e.g. netting agreements, credit support annexes, letters of credit and guarantees) and any ancillary agreements.
• Conduct regulatory and other due diligence, review and advise on credit support, legal opinions and other conditions precedent relevant for commodities and financial contracts.
• Liaise with and draft legal analysis and memoranda for management and internal governance purposes.
• Address legal and regulatory developments relating to energy commodities in regulated and derivatives markets (EMIR, MIFID, REMIT regulation), provide training on topical issues to S&EM colleagues and attend internal and industry conferences and forums.
• Develop practice notes and assist with policy and guidelines formulation and application and improve and develop standard clauses and templates.
• Advise on and execute the implementation of the reforms of commercial, financial or energy market regulation in S&EM’s products and services.
• Provide legal support in relation to contractual event-driven issues such as events of default, covenant breaches, force majeure, waivers, acceleration and enforcement and to pre-insolvency and insolvency procedures.
• Out of Court credit collections and pre-litigation activities.
• Supervise external counsels.

The successful candidate will also have the opportunity to take part in the ongoing initiatives and projects launched within S&EM.

About YOU

Qualifications required: 

Master’s degree in Law. Admission to an Italian Bar will be considered as a plus.

Specific Knowledge:

• Languages: fluent English and Italian oral and written with strong drafting skills (French is a plus)
• Excellent technical and commercial skills
• An intellectual curiosity and hunger to learn
• Demonstrating commercial understanding, good judgment on legal risk decisions and on knowing when to escalate
• Being familiar with, and demonstrate responsibility for, a range of energy commodity transactions and derivative products
• Demonstrating exposure to innovative deals and structuring
• Ability to articulate governance and risk policies
• Transaction management skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Confident, capable and quick to learn
• Working effectively as part of a team
• Producing results in the face of adversity

Experience:

At least three-years’ experience in energy commodity and financial derivative contracts negotiation as in-house in an energy company or as energy lawyer in a law firm.

Location:

Rome or Milan.

Type of contract:

Permanent contract according to Italian labour law.

Salary:

The annual gross salary (RAL) foreseen for this role ranges between €45.000 and €51.000, depending on the candidate’s experience and level of seniority. 

ABOUT ENGIE

At ENGIE, every talent has a role to play in accelerating the energy transition. Make a difference and enjoy a fulfilling professional experience. Take on exciting challenges and build a career path that reflects who you are.

Join us and be part of the adventure of the century!

Working at ENGIE, a multinational group, means having a wide variety of career opportunities in more than 30 countries. Whilst putting the community at the center of your professional life and contributing to real change during a challenging career.

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