Legal counsel Full Time

Profile to candidate

The applicant is expected to have the following competencies and experience:

• Postgraduate / master degree in business law;
• Language skills required: English as working language, French strongly recommended;
• Required experience: 4/7 years of experience as transactional counsel in energy or industry (law firm or industrial company) – substantial experience in a law firm is a plus;
• Negotiation skills; capacity to focus on key issues;
• Autonomy in a demanding environment;
• Drafting skills;
• Rigor and capacity to synthetize;
• Team spirit and strong interpersonal skills, in the context of a multicultural environment;
• Ability to adopt a « service partner » approach to support the business .

Activities

Legal support to the renewable power projects developed by TotalEnergies Renewables DG :

• Drafting and negotiation of the related contracts and documents (pre-contracts, power purchase agreement, construction contracts, land rights agreements, operation and maintenance contracts, guarantees, shareholder agreements, joint venture agreements, share purchase agreements, bid documentation, etc.)
• Monitoring legal due diligence and tender submission processes (including as part of M&A transactions) and following-up on projects’ construction and operation
• Conducts legal studies and monitoring regulatory risks
• Manages and coordinates corporate matters (incorporation of companies, corporate housekeeping, shareholders / board of directors resolutions, delegations of authority, share transfers, shareholder loans, etc.)
• Interacts with the internal and external parties associated with the operations and transactions
• Support to internal corporate approval process (internal committees)
• Manages external lawyers and monitors legal fees

Legal tools and policies :

• Ensures compliance with TotalEnergies SE corporate and legal policies;
• Liaises and develops cooperation with the business line (GRP) and TotalEnergies SE;
• Contributes to the legal reporting;
• Contributes to the development of training and guidelines to operational teams;
• Contributes to the development of appropriate tools for supporting the activity (templates, guidelines, enhancement of know-how, adequate document management systems, etc.), to the development of adequate document management systems and to the development of trainings and guidelines to operational teams;
• Manages and controls the hiring, use, quality and cost of external legal counsels;
• Implements a culture of compliance with laws and integrity;
• Contributes to the corporate housekeeping of the legal entities pertaining to its perimeter.

Litigations and claims :

• Provide legal support for litigations and/or claim management in relation to projects