Are you a legal professional ready to shape the future of sustainable energy? Join EDF UK's Legal team as a Legal Counsel and drive positive change in low-carbon generation.

The Opportunity

Join EDF UK, a leader in low-carbon generation, as a Legal Counsel. Your legal expertise will be put to good use supporting strategic projects and helping business colleagues to navigate complex legal landscapes, supporting our vision for a sustainable future.

Reporting into the Head of Legal, highlights of the role include providing proactive legal services to dynamic business units and working with a friendly, collegiate team.

Pay, Benefits, and Culture

In addition to a competitive salary and market-leading pension scheme, we offer a range of flexible benefits to support our employees in all aspects of their lives.

Our rewards package includes enhanced parental leave, health insurance, discounts, and employee pricing. We also offer flexible working arrangements, allowing you to work from home if desired for part of every week, with the necessary IT equipment provided. You will need to travel to our Gloucester office twice a week.

At EDF, everyone’s welcome. We strive to create an inclusive and diverse environment where everyone has a voice and where you feel confident being yourself. We’re committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We’d like our future workforce to have an equal gender balance, represent a broad mix of people from minority ethnic backgrounds, LGBTQ+, those with a disability and support social mobility.

We’re a disability confident employer and we’ll do all we can to help with your application (at all stages), adjusting as you need.

We’ll value the difference you bring and offer opportunities for you to thrive and succeed.

Responsibilities

Supporting Nuclear Generation, Thermal, Decommissioning and Transfer , your duties will include:

• Commercial: Negotiate and advise on commercial contracts.
• Projects: Support with strategic initiatives, M&A activities, and development opportunities.
• Decommissioning and transfer: Support this first of its kind activity, navigating complex agreements and building strong stakeholder relationships.
• Construction: Oversee contracts for construction and deconstruction, and manage disputes.
• Organisational Governance: Provide company secretarial assistance and support group companies.
• Compliance: Support the team in providing advice regarding regulatory compliance, including GDPR, export controls, health & safety, environment, and nuclear licensing.

Who You Are

We’d love to speak to you if you are a solicitor who enjoys problem solving and learning, , has experience in commercial law and enjoys working closely with legal and business colleagues and building relationships with stakeholders.

You’ll have demonstrable post-qualification experience, ideally practising in England and Wales. Core skills we look for include drafting, negotiating and interpreting contracts, good communication skills, strong collaboration skills and a keen eye for detail.

Join us and be a part of shaping the future of sustainable energy at EDF UK.