Our Client is a very exciting, growing renewable energy business, who are developing onshore wind, solar, battery storage and green hydrogen projects in the UK and are looking for a suitably qualified Scottish or E&W and experienced property solicitor to expand its in-house legal team.
This is a very rare and exciting opportunity, where you will be working closely with commercial and legal team, you will assist on legal aspects of the land acquisition agreements necessary for the development, financing, construction and operation of projects. If you are a 3-6PQE Scottish or E&W property lawyer, with experience/interest in the energy space, then this could be an excellent opportunity, which offers incredible flexibility, where you can choose to work remotely or go in to the office as much as you want.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting in delivering cost-efficient and pragmatic acquisition of land rights for the Company’s renewable energy projects.
- Investigating, analysing and reporting on land titles, utility searches and wider property issues for project sites, cable routes and delivery and access routes in Scotland and England/Wales.
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating various types of real estate documents crucial to the development of renewable energy projects, including exclusivity agreements, lease options and leases, easements, and pinch/point and access agreements, typically using existing precedents developed by external solicitors and commercial terms agreed by project Development and Land Managers.
- Managing negotiations towards conclusion with a sense of urgency, understanding fundamental requirements and recognising where compromises may be made.
- Interfacing with the Development Managers to ensure land rights are fit for purpose, commercially acceptable and bankable.
- Coordinating with landowners’ legal advisors and land agents to achieve signing of agreements within agreed timescales, minimising landowner advisor spend and tracking fee levels for landowners’ advisors.
- Perfecting registrations of land rights and filing projects documents in a ‘transaction ready’ state.
- Advising the team as required on property law and other relevant matters.
- Assisting the business with other general legal matters which may arise.
