Commercial Legal Counsel 2+PQE in Birmingham

Job description

Legal Counsel

Birmingham (Hybrid)

Full or Part-Time

Exciting new vacancy for a bright, motivated Legal Counsel of 2+ years PQE to join Bryt Energy, a leading renewable electricity business. As Legal Counsel, your focus will include drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, amending customer supply contracts, contract organisation / management and developing precedent agreements.

This is a new role within the Legal department, reporting to the Head of Legal. Based in Birmingham with hybrid working arrangements. It can be offered on either a full time or part-time basis.

Bryt Energy is a business-to-business electricity supplier, operating in the Industrial & Commercial (I&C) segment of the retail energy sector. They supply only zero carbon, 100% renewable electricity*, sourced solely from solar, wind and hydro power, and are part of the Statkraft Group – Europe’s largest generator of renewable energy. .

Responsibilities:

• Provide legal analysis and advice related to electricity supply contracts with customers, including drafting variations to standard terms and participating in negotiations

• Review public authority procurement agreements and frameworks as part of prospective customer tender processes and assist with ongoing management of these once onboarded

• Assist with preparing terms and conditions for new product offerings

• Draft, review and participate in negotiations of contracts between the business and third-party service providers

• Develop, build-upon and manage updates to internal precedents

• Provide in-house legal training to the business

• Deliver a contract management system

• Provide pragmatic legal advice to internal stakeholders, ensuring compliance with legal, regulatory and contractual obligations.

• Proactively engage with the business to understand its operations, products and strategic goals to tailor legal solutions effectively

• Collaborate across departments, working cross-functionally to ensure cohesive legal services

• Proactively identify legal risks related to a matter and recommend measures for mitigating such risks

• Manage relationships with external legal counsel, data protection and compliance

• Stay abreast of legal and regulatory trends, applying this knowledge to ensure business compliance and circulating to stakeholders where appropriate

Requirements:

• Good understanding of the energy sector, including energy trading is advantageous, but not essential

• 2+ years PQE in commercial legal work from a well-regarded law firm(s) and/or in-house

• Experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating a variety of commercial contracts, such as supply of service agreements, MOUs, NDAs, SaaS agreements and software re-seller agreements

To apply or for more information please contact:

James Brewster: jamesbrewster@taylorroot.com +44 7734 239197

Due to a high volume of applications, I will only respond to those deemed suitable for the role.

*Please visit

https://www.brytenergy.co.uk/100-renewable-electricity

/ for more information on products and services.

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Birmingham

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

03-07-2025

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English