Legal Counsel - EMEA Region
1 day ago
Albacete
Would you like to join the RES team? We are the world’s largest independent renewable energy company, present in 24 countries. We operate in wind, solar, energy storage, biomass, hydropower, green hydrogen, transmission, and distribution. Over our more than 40-year history, we have delivered over 24 GW of renewable energy projects worldwide and provide operations and maintenance services for more than 40 GW of installed capacity. Thanks to the experience and dedication of the 4,500 people who make up our team, we work together with a shared purpose: to achieve a zero-emissions future where everyone has access to affordable and clean energy. We are looking for a Legal Counsel for the EMEA Region to join the RES Services team. You will advise on contracts across EMEA operations, ensure legal compliance, manage risks, and collaborate with internal teams and external advisors to support our renewable energy projects. Key Functions • Manage a varied workload across multiple business units, including O&M, spare parts, asset management, framework agreements, guarantees, bonds, and governance documents, • Draft, review, and negotiate agreements, providing clear legal guidance to operational and technical teams, • Collaborate with Services legal team and relevant business units, • Liaise with external legal advisors, ensuring quality, consistency, and value for money, • Support legal compliance across EMEA jurisdictions, • Identify and mitigate risks, proposing practical, business-focused solutions, • Oversee contract governance and compliance with corporate policies and procedures, • Provide training to internal teams on processes and best practices, • Work with cross-functional teams (Finance, Technical, Business Development, Procurement, Operations, HR) to support business objectives Requirements • Law degree, admitted to practice in Spain, with experience in commercial or corporate law, • +4 years PQE, ideally with renewable energy or infrastructure experience, • Strong expertise in commercial contracts and regulatory matters, • Bilingual Spanish–English, • Excellent communication skills, able to explain legal concepts clearly to technical and operational teams, • Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and provide practical solutions, • Proactive, collaborative, and analytical mindset At RES we celebrate difference as we know it makes our company a great place to work. Encouraging applicants with different backgrounds, ideas and points of view, we create teams who work together to solve complex problems and design practical solutions for our clients. Our multiple perspectives come from many sources including the diverse ethnicity, culture, gender, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, marital status, parental status, education, social background and life experience of our people.
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