Legal Counsel

2 days ago

Docklands, Victoria, Australia Pacific Blue Australia Full time $120,000 - $180,000 per year

Company description:

Pacific Blue is a leading owner, operator, and developer of renewable energy assets. We operate a high quality and diversified portfolio of wind, hydro, and solar assets, as well as offering a range of energy products, delivering value to our retail energy customer base. With the growing importance of renewable energy in Australia's future, a career with us is more than just a job. You will be helping us to lead Australia towards a cleaner energy future.

Job description:

The Role

This permanent position is integral to Pacific Blue's legal and compliance functions, ensuring the organization meets its regulatory and contractual obligations. Key responsibilities include providing timely legal advice, drafting and reviewing contracts, managing land-related legal documentation, and supporting regulatory compliance. The role also involves negotiating contracts, assisting with disputes, conducting legal research, and preparing legal updates. Additionally, it plays a key role in liaising with regulatory authorities, ensuring compliance with FIRB conditions, and delivering legal training to internal stakeholders, with a strong emphasis on commercial and strategic legal support across the business.

This is a full-time position based in Melbourne.

What you'll be responsible for:

  • Providing timely, strategic and commercially relevant legal advice and recommendations to internal stakeholders on a wide range of issues arising across the PH Group, including issues arising in the context of renewable energy development projects, the Retail business and other areas.
  • Reviewing, drafting and advising on legal documentation that is used by the PH Group including, but not limited to, the following:
  • lease agreements and associated land contracts;
  • minor works contracts, construction contracts, power purchase agreements, operations and maintenance contracts, supply contracts, IT services contracts and consultancy agreements; and
  • contracts with customers for the sale of energy and related collateral.
  • Preparation legal updates and general advice that is relevant to the PH Group's business and the renewable energy sector generally.
  • Legal research.
  • Review of, and advising the PH Group's business on, regulatory changes in energy.
  • Managing legal documentation associated with landholdings (e.g. caveats, easements, mortgagee consents etc).
  • Preparing FIRB applications and advising on compliance with FIRB requirements and conditions.
  • Assisting in relation to disputes and litigation.
  • Liaising with regulatory authorities, government bodies and other organisations as required on legal and regulatory matters relating to the PH Group's business.
  • Providing written submissions to energy regulators where required by the PH Group.
  • Assisting in developing and delivering staff training in specific areas of law (for example, competition and consumer law, contract law issues, energy regulations etc.)
  • Ensuring that the Company's compliance obligations are actively maintained, managed and kept up- to-date with particular focus on cyber security and data protection and the compliance obligations allocated to the position title as identified in the Company's Register of Compliance Obligations (as set out in the Compliance Procedure and as amended from time to time).

Profile description:

Knowledge and experience:

  • Qualified lawyer admitted to practice in Victoria with 5-7 years of PQE in a law firm or a strong in-house legal team.
  • Experience in the Energy sector essential.
  • Commercial law experience.
  • Experience in construction or property law desirable.

Skills:

  • Effective client and stakeholder management.
  • Strong legal drafting, negotiating and communication skills.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Commerciality and the ability to balance pragmatism and risk.
  • Excellent planning, organisation and time management skills.
  • Ability to communicate complex legal issues in a clear and uncomplicated manner.
  • Enthusiastic attitude and willingness to work outside of comfort zone

We offer:

What We offer At Pacific Blue, as a leading renewable energy provider for the past 30 years, we know what it takes to create real change. Our success isn't solely driven by our technology, investments, or assets — it's powered by our people. Our passionate and dedicated team is the reason we can generate clean energy today, not just tomorrow.

We provide a wide range of benefits including:

  • Hybrid working model
  • Purchased leave program
  • Discounts to Home Energy and Health Insurance
  • Free Employee Assistance Program
  • Generous parental leave options
  • Work and life balance and flexible work arrangements
  • Modern open plan office with ergonomic standing desks
  • Office location next to Southern Cross Station and tram stops
  • A team that is inclusive and supportive

Pacific Blue is committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse work environment where individuals in each of our business units feel involved, supported, respected, and treated fairly. We believe that embracing people with diverse capabilities, perspectives, and experiences will enrich our team and provide competitive advantages to our business. This has resulted in our recognition by the DCA as an Inclusive Employer.

If you require accommodations or adjustments, we encourage you to inform us so that we can support you throughout the application process.

Only candidates with the eligible right to work in Australia will be considered.

If you share our vision of creating a sustainable future and believe in making a positive impact, please click the 'apply' button to express your interest.

Recruiters are kindly asked not to apply.

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