Job description
Responsibilities• Drafting, negotiating and reviewing a wide range of acquisition and project documents (e.g. SPA, LPA, EPC contract, O&M contract and financing documents, etc.) and other commercial contracts in conjunction with the investment team for principal investments in various sectors with a focus on renewable energy development projects and waste infrastructure development projects;
• Providing legal support to different business units including contract review (e.g non-disclosure agreements, services agreements, engagement letters and various commercial agreements);
• Liaising with external counsels in relation to review of acquisition and project documents, corporate governance and general corporate law matters – e.g. incorporating, maintaining, restructuring of entities;
• Legal due diligence in relation to pipeline deals, potential M&A, internal restructuring of assets, etc.;
• Working closely with the investment team in relation to third party due diligence and risk management and maintaining compliance records;
• Assistance in any potential and/or on-going dispute resolution process;
• Review, standardisation, maintaining company templates of legal documents.
Requirements
• Qualified in a common law jurisdiction
• 5-8 years PQE within a private practice or an in-house environment (or combination of both) dealing with commercial or transactional matters. (Candidates outside of the stated PQE may be considered);
• Experience in reviewing power (renewables) and infrastructure project development documents;
• Experience in corporate compliance and regulatory matters;
• Commercially savvy, understanding of the business development process and commercial negotiation is a plus;
• Meticulous and good organisation skills;
• Good interpersonal and communications skills; and
• Self-motivated and able to work well independently as well as in a team