Associate - Commercial & Regulatory Energy

We are recruiting for an Associate (0 – 3 PQE) to join our Commercial & Regulatory team. This is a full-time, permanent position, based in London or Bristol on a hybrid basis. This role sits within the commercial and regulatory energy sub-team, comprising two partners, a legal director, a senior associate and a trainee. The sub-team forms an integral part of the wider Future Energy sector group.

The successful candidate will work closely with adjacent teams and across the wider firm, supporting clients on complex and often novel issues at the intersection of law, regulation and energy markets.

About the Commercial & Regulatory Sub-team

Our sub-team provides commercial and regulatory advice across the energy sector and is an integral part of the firm’s market‑leading Future Energy group. We advise a broad range of clients, including renewable and storage developers, network operators (including TOs, DNOs and IDNOs), energy suppliers, interconnector developers and public sector bodies. We support clients across the full lifecycle of energy projects. Our core focus is the provision of standalone commercial and advisory work in the Clean Energy sector. We also provide transactional support to our corporate and project finance teams, which offers junior lawyers early exposure to complex, high‑quality matters and close collaboration across practice areas.

Your Role

The role will involve advising on a wide range of commercial and regulatory energy matters, including:

• Energy offtake and route‑to‑market arrangements, including corporate, utility and private wire PPAs, as well as complex battery optimisation structures and ancillary services agreements.
• Government support schemes and market mechanisms, including Contracts for Difference (CfDs), the Capacity Market, legacy schemes such as the Renewables Obligation and Feed‑in Tariff, REGOs, and the LDES and interconnector cap‑and‑floor regimes.
• Energy regulation, including legislative frameworks, licence conditions, industry codes, price controls and ongoing compliance matters.
• Grid connection and charging arrangements, including advising on all aspects of connection agreements and the TMO4+ reform process.
• Heat networks, including regulatory, commercial and project‑related advice.
• Green gas arrangements.

What We Offer

• Market‑leading energy work: We advise on some of the most complex and high‑profile matters in the UK energy sector, including first‑of‑a‑kind projects and evolving regulatory frameworks.
• A unique Future Energy group: A unique Future Energy group of 180+ lawyers, working across a range of legal disciplines, who specialise in future energy and green infrastructure transactions in England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
• Early responsibility and high‑quality exposure: From the outset, you will be given meaningful responsibility and exposure to clients, transactions and advisory work.
• Breadth of experience: A genuinely varied practice spanning commercial, regulatory and transactional energy work, with the chance to develop a strong understanding of energy markets, regulation and project structures across a range of renewables and decarbonisation projects.
• Collaborative, supportive culture: A collegiate and inclusive team environment, with close working relationships across the wider firm, including corporate, project finance, real estate, planning and construction teams.
• Structured development and progression: Access to high‑quality training, knowledge‑sharing and mentoring, alongside clear pathways for progression and skills development within the Future Energy group.
• A purpose‑driven practice: The chance to work on projects that support the energy transition, decarbonisation and the development of sustainable infrastructure, advising clients at the forefront of change in the sector.
• Flexible and modern working: TLT’s fully flexible working approach is designed to support junior lawyers to thrive — combining meaningful responsibility, strong supervision and training with the flexibility to work in a way that is sustainable over the long term.

Your Skills and Experience

We are looking for a lawyer who:

• Is a qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered), 0-3 PQE (or equivalent), with a genuine interest in the energy sector.
• Enjoys working in a collaborative, team‑focused environment.
• Ideally has experience of energy regulation and/or commercial and transactional work (preferably in the UK and/or Irish energy sector).
• Demonstrates excellent analytical ability and drafting skills, with the confidence to engage with complex legal and regulatory issues.
• Is motivated, intellectually curious and keen to develop a long‑term practice in the energy sector.

About TLT

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. Over the last few years TLT’s successful growth, delivery of high‑quality work and support for colleagues has been consistently recognised by The Times and at the Legal Business, The Lawyer and British Legal Awards. Our ambition is to create opportunities for what comes next for our clients, recognised as their 1st tier adviser and being valued for our values. We do this in our unique way by creating social value and a dynamic environment where our people are curious, creative and ambitious for their success. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute to the success of TLT.

Our Benefits

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance. At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. We’re happy to talk about how flexible working can work for you and this role.

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of disability, race, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate. We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible.