Clean Energy – Senior Associate/Managing Associate – Any office

We are looking for a talented Clean Energy lawyer to join our busy national team. Candidates should ideally be 5-7 yrs PQE and must have strong experience of commercial, projects and/or regulatory work within the clean energy sector, although we would also welcome applications from transactional lawyers with focussed experience within the sector.

This role is working directly with London-based National Head of Clean Energy, Clare King, and Leeds-based Clean Energy Partner Deborah Harvey. In addition, the successful candidate will work with other team members in Bristol, Birmingham, Leicester, Leeds, London and Glasgow. This role can also be based at any of our 13 offices and is supported by a wider sector team of approximately 110 lawyers in other practice areas including, real estate, construction, corporate, finance, environment, planning and dispute resolution, particularly Michael Bray (Real Estate), Suriya Edwards (Construction) and Emily Settle (Corporate). We also have a dedicated PSL for the clean energy sector, Shraiya Thapa.

The successful candidate will be working on matters including:

• Power purchase agreements
• Battery optimisation and tolling contracts
• Biogas offtake arrangements
• Clean energy project developments, acquisitions and disposals
• Low carbon support regimes – CfDs, Capacity Market, REGOs, etc
• Energy supply arrangements
• Ofgem licensing, energy industry regulation
• Grid connection arrangements, IDNOs and private wires
• Heat networks, heat offtake/supply contracts

Familiarity with technologies including solar PV, wind, hydro, battery storage, energy-from waste, biogas, hydrogen, EV charging infrastructure and/or district heating would also be an advantage. Further information about the team can be found on our website: Clean Energy | Freeths

No agencies direct applications only. For further information or a confidential discussion, please contact the recruitment team [email protected].

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