Legal Counsel

2 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa EarthStream Full time

**Job Details**:
**Sector**: Renewable Energy**Location**: Cape Town**Job Ref**: PR/117881_1684831428**Job Type**: Permanent**Salary**: Negotiable per year**Expiry Date**: 22 June 2023**Contact**: Lee Bishop-
**Start Date**: ASAP

We are seeking a Legal Counsel, based in Cape Town, working for a Global Renewable Energy Company.

The Legal Counsel will report to the Legal Manager.
- Admitted attorney, LLB Degree;
- Postgraduate diploma in contract law, environmental law or project finance would be advantageous;
- At least 3 years post qualification (admittance) experience;
- Ideally have experience in the renewable energy industry;
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written);
- Software program knowledge: Good master of Word, Excel, Powerpoint, MS Teams

**The Legal Counsel's role will include**:

- Providing professional legal advice to the various departments/employees
- Project development, including land right laws, environmental laws;
- Financing, including project finance and corporate finance;
- EPC and construction;
- Asset management and O&M;
- General commercial and contract law;
- Business development;
- Human resources and labour law;
- Health and Safety;
- Commercial negotiations;
- Economic development and community trusts;
- Provide legal inputs to support the various managers in elaborating strategies; taking decisions, and solving issues;
- Doing legal research and providing legal opinions;
- Legal work and support required for the company's activities

***

**General**
- Contracts drafting and review for legal robustness and compliance to the relevant legislative environments;
- General legal and corporate legal work as may be required by the Company from time to time including contract negotiation, providing legal advice and corresponding with external parties;
- Assisting with bid preparation and bid submissions;
- Managing the relationship between the company and external legal advisors.
- Project Development
- Drafting/reviewing commercial agreements;
- Advice on environmental legislation;
- Assisting with responding to appeals etc.

**Financial Close**
- Managing and negotiating financial agreements and funding documents such as may be necessary with the Lenders and other parties;
- Assisting with the CP process;
- Project documents, Power purchase agreement negotiations;
- Construction and operation contract negotiations;
- Construction and operation
- Support for construction and for operation contract management (variations, claims, notices, etc.);
- Support for any insurance claims;
- New structuring (e.g. from EPC to split contracts);

**Transactions**
- Including shareholder agreements, sale of business/project agreements, sale of share agreement, and joint venture agreement, project/ company acquisition;

**Bid submission**
- The preparation of bid submission documents various tenders including reviewing Request for Proposals, Shareholders Agreements, Memoranda of Understandings, and EPC and O&M Heads of Terms and other contracts;
- Bid compliance / Regulatory compliance verification;


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