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Location: Leeds
Salary: 75,000 (per annum)
Job type: Permanent
Working pattern: Full time
Industry: Energy, Utilities & Mining / In-house Legal
Company: Hays
Consultant: Lucy Ayrton
Hays office: Sheffield — Floor 2, Fountain Precinct, Balm Green
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Your new company
Hays Legal is delighted to be working exclusively with a high-profile organisation with a significant national footprint to recruit a Principal Environmental & Regulatory Lawyer.
This is an excellent opportunity to join an established in-house legal team within an organisation responsible for complex operational assets, environmental protection and significant infrastructure. The role offers exposure to high-profile and developing areas of environmental and regulatory law, with the opportunity to advise at senior and Board level.
Your new role
Reporting to a Senior Regulatory Lawyer, you will provide strategic and operational legal advice across a broad range of environmental and regulatory matters.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Advising on environmental law and regulation, including water resources, flood management, reservoirs, environmental designations
- Providing advice on emerging environmental legislation and regulation, including climate change
- Advising on compliance with reservoirs legislation
- Supporting the organisation on water industry regulation in connection with commercial activities
- Advising on engagement with environmental and water industry regulators and other key stakeholders
- Supporting complex environmental disputes and litigation, including regulatory enforcement, judicial review, civil litigation and licensing appeals
- Providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice on complex and high-profile matters
- Contributing to the development of organisational policy and helping senior stakeholders navigate evolving legal and regulatory risk
What you'll need to succeed
You will be a qualified lawyer with at least 3 years' PQE and a strong background in environmental law.
You will be able to demonstrate:
- Strong technical knowledge of environmental and regulatory law
- Experience providing strategic, proactive and practical legal advice
- Confidence working with senior stakeholders and translating complex legal issues into clear, workable solutions
- The ability to manage a varied caseload and work independently
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience of environmental litigation, regulatory enforcement, water regulation, reservoirs legislation or health and safety law would be advantageous, although not all of these areas are essential.
What you'll get in return
This is a rare opportunity to take on a senior and varied environmental legal role within an organisation whose work has a direct impact on the natural environment, infrastructure and communities.
You will join a supportive in-house legal function and gain exposure to complex, high-profile regulatory matters, with the opportunity to influence decision-making at the highest levels of the organisation.
The role offers remote working, with travel to key organisational hubs required as necessary.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call Lucy Ayrton,
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
# - Lucy Ayrton
Principal Environmental Regulatory Lawyer in Leeds employer: Hays
Join a well-established ecological consultancy in Kent that prioritises work-life balance and professional development. With a collaborative team culture and a commitment to delivering high-quality ecological advice, this company offers meaningful career progression opportunities for ecologists. Enjoy flexible working arrangements and the chance to work on diverse projects across the South East and beyond.
