Job Description

An opportunity has arisen to recruit a Head of Legal - Construction with experience of advising on non-contentious and contentious construction and procurement matters for energy & infrastructure projects to join EPUKI's growing Legal team.



EPUKI's legal team works closely with our commercial, technical and finance teams to provide high quality, business focused advice and support. We play an active part in commercial decision making and risk management alongside our commercial teams. This role will focus on supporting the legal team in all activities related to the development and commercial management of our power projects. This will involve working closely with the procurement and construction teams and external stakeholders.

The role will be based in our London office with the requirement for occasional travel to meetings in the UK and Ireland.
Key Responsibilities


Reporting to the Head of Legal - Operations, the successful candidate will have responsibility for, but not limited to:Managing and leading the drafting, preparation, negotiation and execution of a wide range of construction, procurement and commercial contracts. Identifying and managing legal, commercial and contractual risks and ensure appropriate mitigations are in place. Developing and maintaining policies around contract approvals, template management and document retention. Providing clear, pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice to multi-disciplinary teams across EPUKI's business units with new build projects and development opportunities. Advising internal stakeholders on risk exposure and dispute resolution strategies. Managing and co-ordinating contractual disputes, litigation and arbitration matters, including pre-action strategy and formal proceedings. Developing and supporting internal governance and approval processes, including coordinating with compliance, risk, finance and other internal stakeholders as appropriate. Instructing and managing various external counsel to obtain, challenge and finalise legal advice, opinions and drafting on various projects and agreements. Tracking and coding external legal spend ensuring alignment with budget expectations. Carrying out factual and legal research as required. Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Background

Significant post-qualification experience or proven post-qualification experience (essentia*l).
Experience of advising on and drafting FIDIC and MF/1 contracts (desirable*).
Experience of advising on and managing disputes within the infrastructure or energy sectors (desirable*),
Experience working in house (desirable*).
Experience within the energy or infrastructure sectors (desirable*).
Experience in procurement, vendor management, supplier relationship management or contract management (desirable*).
Experience drafting and negotiating key construction contracts (desirable*).

Behaviours

Demonstrates the ability to effectively coordinate, prioritise and manage a diverse workload within a dynamic, fast-paced environment, applying strong integrity, sound judgement and a pragmatic approach to both decision making and problem solving. Proactive in showing initiative and applying critical thinking to complex situations. Skilled in identifying potential risks and contributing to the development and implementation of dispute resolution strategies. Maintains a high level of professionalism and consistently delivers work of exceptional quality, with strong attention to detail. Possesses excellent interpersonal skills and communicates confidently with both internal and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in law from an accredited university or college; or equivalent degree in another subject and a Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) from a recognised university or college. English law qualified or foreign qualification with English law SQE completed or close to completion. About EP UK Investments Ltd


EPUK Investments Ltd (EPUKI) is the UK division of Energeticky a pr?myslovy holding (EPH), a leading energy group of over 70 companies that owns and operates assets across Europe. EPH group employs circa 24,000 people internationally, owns EUR30.5bn of assets, generating EUR37.1bn of revenue and an EBITDA of EUR4.3bn.

EPUKI was established in 2015 as the strategic platform for expanding the EPH group into the UK energy market. Since launching, EPUKI has made several acquisitions and developed a number of new opportunities and now owns multiple renewable and flexible power generating assets in the UK and Ireland.

EPUKI has grown rapidly to revenues ~3.5bn and EBITDA ~300m. We pride ourselves on an entrepreneurial culture and flat leadership structure where individuals (wherever they are in the organisation) can make a real impact on our business.

Our aim is to enable the UK and Ireland low carbon transition through provision of flexible and reliable energy supply. To achieve this, we will:

develop, construct and acquire the right assets to support the transformation of the energy system; invest in our people and our assets to best respond to the changing needs of our sector; continuously challenge ourselves to identify opportunities, build our knowledge and develop innovative solutions.



EPUKI is one of the largest independent generators in the UK and Ireland, with an asset base that covers multiple technologies and a range of revenue streams; these include fully merchant baseload and peaking plant and index traded baseload plants, providing a range of system services across the energy and balancing spectrum.

Despite its significant market presence, EPUKI has a flat structure with fast paced decision-making ability enabling better optimisation of market positions. The market continues to evolve and develop as the UK and Irish governments drive towards Net Zero with increasing challenges of renewables penetration, introduction of hydrogen and other new technologies.