Interim Legal Counsel – Energy Storage (BESS) | Remote | 8–12 Months in London

We're looking for an Interim Legal Counsel to join our client, an innovative energy technology business, to support an increase of new Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) projects across Europe. As the volume of BESS-related transactions increases, they require additional legal expertise to manage complex commercial, risk, and transactional matters linked to energy storage projects, investor arrangements, and cross-border activity.

Responsibilities

• Advising on a range of BESS-related deals.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various commercial contracts, including: BESS optimisation agreements; Tolling agreements; Direct agreements with lenders; Power supply contracts.
• Providing legal support on M&A and fundraising transactions.
• Managing corporate governance tasks such as drafting board resolutions and powers of attorney.
• Identifying, assessing, and mitigating legal and commercial risks.
• Supporting operations across the Nordics, Netherlands, and wider Europe.
• Liaising with business stakeholders, external counsel, and service providers across multiple jurisdictions.

Ideally you will have

• Prior experience in BESS, or a background in Energy, Infrastructure, or Project Finance.
• Strong capabilities in commercial contracting, particularly across multiple jurisdictions.

Working Pattern

• Full-time preferred, but part-time may be considered.
• Fully remote role.

Start Date

• ASAP

Contract Duration

• 8–12 months

If you're a commercial lawyer with BESS experience looking for your next opportunity, we'd love to hear from you!

Why Join LOD?

People come to us for a whole range of reasons – they might be looking for time for their interests, for work alongside other projects, or just want a change. What they all have in common is a desire for high quality work coupled with a degree of control that traditional models can’t offer, but LOD can.

All of our LODs have worked at top tier firms or as part of major in-house teams. We only accept a small percentage of applications as we choose lawyers who are not only technically excellent, but who can work seamlessly with our client’s teams. This ensures we can offer our lawyers consistently high-quality assignments.

We can offer:

• Varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with market leading brands (from Google to Barclays, and Amex to adidas) as well as exciting growth companies.
• Flexibility and autonomy: you can work anything from full-time on site with a client to a few hours each week from home.
• Training and know-how, as well as support from our dedicated HQ Team.
• A variety of flexible models that include working at the client’s offices or remotely.

About LOD

LOD is the leading flexible legal service provider across ten locations: Brisbane, Hong Kong, London, Melbourne, New York, Perth, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Sydney. We are changing the way in which clients buy legal services and provide talented lawyers with a new way of working.

LOD has caught the imagination of the changing legal marketplace for ‘new law’ services. We now have a team of around 600 lawyers and consultants of the highest quality working across the globe. We have an inspiring client list that range from globally recognised multinationals to start-ups and include the likes of Google, Barclays and adidas.