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Job Description

Associate, Energy

Job Location

London

Practice Group/Department

Banking and Finance

Role

Associate

Job Title

Associate, Energy

Work Type

Full Time

Description

The Team

The energy industry is one of the most politically important and dynamic areas of the global economy. The drive towards a low carbon future around the world is creating ever changing opportunities for energy companies and geopolitics has a strong influence on the landscape in which they operate. At Norton Rose Fulbright we have a leading reputation in the energy sector and energy is an industry in which the firm specialises.

In London, we have a team of over 100 specialist lawyers who work across our practice groups. The energy, infrastructure and natural resources team is at the heart of this group, with 60 lawyers advising on regulatory, project development, construction, offtake and financing aspect of energy and infrastructure projects. This top tier team is widely recognised as an industry leader by the major legal journals.

We work on the full range of energy transactions and advise an array of industry stakeholders including financiers (including commercial lenders, international and development finance institutions and export credit agencies), developers and government agencies working within the traditional, renewable and clean energy industry. Our clients include oil majors seeking to navigate the energy transition, such as Shell, bp and Total Energies, international financial institutions such as International Finance Corporation, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and development finance institutions such as FMO, Proparco and DEG, commercial lenders including the Japanese mega-banks and emerging market lenders such as Standard Chartered Bank, and a host of blue chip energy project investors and developers including Marubeni Corporation, EDF, engie, ACWA Power, RWE and others.

The Role

Our London office is currently recruiting for an Associate with energy sector experience, having a specific focus on project development aspects of energy projects, principally those that are project financed.

The role will involve working on project contracts within the power sector in the UK and internationally, and in particular in relation to the thermal and renewable power sectors, the water sector, and low carbon gas industry in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

The position will provide the right candidate with the opportunity to carve out their own practice within the energy, infrastructure and natural resources team in London with good career prospects. The team has a strong track record of internal promotions.

Skills and Experience Required

• Experience at a leading international law firm with exposure to and experience in the drafting and negotiation of project contracts for energy infrastructure projects.
• A good knowledge of project contracts (including power purchase agreements and other forms of offtake contract, concession agreements, fuel supply contracts, engineering, procurement and construction contracts, operation and maintenance agreements, other forms of service contract and joint development and shareholders' agreements).
• Experience and knowledge of current regulatory developments in the UK market would be a benefit.
• Commercial awareness, the ability to build excellent relationships with clients
• Experience of working on multiple matters, in teams and supervising junior lawyers.
• A passion for the energy sector.
• Excellent academics and strong analytical skills.

Our clients come first and whilst we have a high performance culture and work hard as a team, in return we offer range of competitive benefits including:

• 25 days hols + Bank hols - Buy up to 5 days
• GP Service
• Bupa Healthcare
• Pension
• Flexible working

In addition, we are proud of our established health and wellbeing programme which supports our employees through mental, physical and lifestyle challenges.

Norton Rose Fulbright is committed to promoting a diverse workforce and an inclusive workplace where everyone can realise their full potential and career ambitions on the basis of merit and skill. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and employee networks. Find more about Diversity and Inclusion here .

Norton Rose Fulbright is an equal opportunities employer. We will make reasonable adjustments to our application process to ensure that you have the best chance of success. We understand that there's not a "one size fits all" approach to adjustments so our team will work with you individually to understand more about your requirements. Please contact our Recruitment team on EMEARecruitment@nortonrosefulbright.com

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