Legal Manager

Legal Manager: Corporate Renewable Energy Cape Town

Copper Quail is recruiting for one of South Africas leading IPPs a serious player in utility-scale renewables with an active deal pipeline and a growing asset portfolio.

This is a senior in-house role for a corporate commercial lawyer who wants to sit where the transactions happen. Youll lead the legal side of M&A project acquisitions and disposals corporate finance and energy trading advising the senior team directly and running your own calls on structure risk and execution.

What youll be doing (overview not the full picture):

• Leading legal workstreams on M&A disposals restructures JVs and project transactions SPAs subscription agreements SHAs JDAs
  
• Supporting corporate finance: funding equity investments refinancing and security documentation
  
• Acting as primary legal advisor to the Sales and Trading teams electricity trading aggregation virtual wheeling and grid-related commercial arrangements
  
• Overseeing corporate governance compliance and the Group Company Secretary function
  
• Managing trust and SPV structures including an employee ownership trust
  
• Leading commercial contracting across the Group and managing external counsel
  
• Mentoring a small legal team (35)
  

The basics:

• LLB and admitted attorney
  
• 810 years post-qualification experience in corporate commercial law
  
• Proven negotiator on complex high-value transactions
  
• Renewable energy sector experience gets you to the front of the queue
  

Worth knowing:

This is a role with real decision-making authority you interpret you advise you approve within mandate. Fast-paced environment tight deadlines complex deals. If you need external counsel to hold your hand this isnt it.