Legal Counsel

Overview

As Legal Counsel at Fuse Energy, you guide commercial, corporate, and regulatory work to support rapid cross-jurisdiction expansion. You embed with Operations, Finance, Trading, and Product to turn complex issues into practical decisions that keep teams moving fast. You translate regulatory requirements into product specs and ensure launch-ready designs. You strengthen governance with scalable templates and playbooks, helping the company grow while staying compliant. This role blends groundbreaking energy initiatives with impactful, hands-on legal work in a fast-paced startup.

Pay / Benefits

• competitive salary
• equity sign-on bonus
• biannual bonus
• fully expensed tech
• paid annual leave
• office breakfast and dinner

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate high-volume agreements (NDAs, MSAs, product orders, supplier/customer/technology agreements) and flag risks early
• Translate regulatory requirements into clear product guidance and ensure launch-ready designs
• Provide day-to-day legal advice to Operations, Finance, Trading, and Product to enable fast, confident decision-making
• Support UK and cross-border regulatory compliance, filings, and policy governance to keep business inspection-ready
• Build scalable legal infrastructure (templates, clause libraries, playbooks) and automate routine workflows

Key requirements

• Qualified solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent)
• 2–7 years post-qualification experience, mix of law firm and in-house preferred
• Strong commercial contracts and corporate law grounding; energy/tech/financial services experience a plus
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Enthusiasm for renewable energy, decentralisation, and technology-driven change

• strong communication
• stakeholder management
• independence
• commercial contracts
• corporate law
• regulatory compliance

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