Interim General Counsel – Infrastructure & Energy Projects

The role

This is an interim General Counsel role at TLT, focusing on Energy and Infrastructure Projects. The position is based in London and is suitable for an experienced solicitor.

What you'll do

• Provide commercially focused legal advice on key project decisions
• Embed legal considerations into business and technical decision-making
• Oversee legal risk and escalate significant issues through governance channels
• Act as the lead legal contact for the project
• Coordinate advice from internal specialists to deliver clear, consistent guidance
• Ensure compliance with legal policies, governance requirements and risk frameworks
• Support legal knowledge sharing and best practice
• Manage relationships with external law firms and specialist advisers
• Instruct and coordinate external counsel as required
• Define scopes of work, challenge advice where appropriate and ensure value for money
• Advise on commercial contracts, procurement, NDAs, consultancy agreements and contract amendments
• Provide guidance on contractual interpretation, IP and information-sharing matters
• Support the negotiation and management of EPC, EPCI, construction and O&M agreements
• Develop templates, precedents and guidance to improve consistency and efficiency
• Monitor legal spend and optimise the use of internal and external resources
• Coordinate UK and German legal support on development and environmental consents
• Advise on land access, property rights, easements and stakeholder agreements
• Ensure alignment of UK legal matters with wider European requirements
• Lead legal support for major EPC and EPCI procurement programmes
• Define procurement legal strategy, risk allocation and negotiation positions
• Support tender negotiations, contract reviews and governance approvals
• Advise on the procurement and implementation of long-term O&M arrangements
• Maintain the legal risk framework and risk register
• Provide legal input into approvals, investment decisions and governance processes
• Advise on claims, disputes and contractual notices, coordinating with internal and external counsel as required

What we're looking for

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