Company: Chadwick Nott
Location: Leeds
Job Description:
Overview
As a skilled construction lawyer with a focus on clean energy, you will advise on complex energy projects across multiple UK offices. You’ll join a vibrant team backed by a dedicated sector group spanning real estate, corporate, finance, environment, planning, and dispute resolution. You will handle a range of matters from BESS supply agreements to EPC and O&M contracts, supporting development, acquisitions, and disposals. This role offers a clear path for progression within a leading national firm that values collaboration and sector expertise. You’ll contribute to advancing clean energy initiatives in a supportive, cross-functional environment.
Pay / Benefits
- competitive market salary
- competitive benefits
- clear pathway for career progression
Responsibilities
- Lead and negotiate Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) supply agreements with manufacturers
- Draft and negotiate EPC contracts for clean energy projects
- Manage O&M agreements and long-term service agreements (LTSAs)
- Address component warranties and risk allocation in contracts
- Support clean energy project development, acquisitions, and disposals
- Collaborate with cross-office teams including real estate, corporate, finance, environment, planning, and dispute resolution
Key requirements
- minimum of 4 years’ experience in construction, commercial, or project work within clean energy or related fields
- strong transactional expertise in the energy sector
- ability to collaborate across multiple UK offices
- familiarity with technologies such as battery storage, solar PV, wind, hydroelectric, energy-from-waste, biogas, hydrogen, EV charging, and district heating
- collaborative
- client-focused
- proactive problem-solver
- BESS supply agreements
- EPC contracts
- O&M and long-term service agreements (LTSAs)
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Posted: October 3rd, 2026