Senior Legal Counsel, Zenobē
M&A & Offtake Arrangements
+33% annual bonus
Battery storage operator
Open for applications
Battery storage operator
201-500 employees
Open for applications
+33% annual bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make clean power accessible across the world.
Role
Who you are
- Senior Legal Counsel with expertise in complex energy transactions, tolling agreements, M&A and corporate development
- Skilled in negotiation, risk management and stakeholder engagement
- At least 10 years PQE having trained and qualified at a good regional, national or international law firm
- Strong Generalist transaction lawyer with experience in power tolling/offtake arrangements, M&A and project finance experience
- Ideally someone who possesses inhouse experience
- Experienced contract negotiator with commercial awareness
- Excellent legal drafting skills
- Sound commercial judgment with an ability to prioritise effectively
- An understanding of the energy regulatory environment and experience in the energy sector would be a strong advantage
- Able to establish rapport and build strong trust-based relationships
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to thrive in a very fast-paced environment with large amounts of responsibility and ownership
- Excellent organisational skills, able to multi-task, meet deadlines and juggle competing demands
- Attention to detail and able to produce work of consistently high quality
- A strong team player able to work on own initiative
- We realise that certain groups of people are less likely to apply for a role if they don’t meet 100% of the job requirements. To be absolutely clear: if you like the look of this job and think you could do it well, we encourage you to apply with a CV that highlights your transferable skills and experience
- Above all, Zenobē is looking for collaborative, flexible, empathetic people who are interested in creating and promoting practical routes to a zero-carbon world
What the job involves
- As the business continues to scale, we are looking for a senior qualified Solicitor to join the team on a permanent basis
- You will play a key role in the team supporting and leading on specified matters in a fast-paced, ever evolving environment
- This is a great opportunity for an ambitious individual to join a growing organisation and legal team
- Leading across a broad range of work from a legal stance working closely with multiple internal and external stakeholders
- Leading the legal team’s input on power tolling contracts and M&A related matters
- Confidently advise the business on legal and commercial risks associated with corporate development activities
- Leading on all aspects of drafting, reviewing and negotiating of complex tolling agreements, sale and purchase agreements and other transaction related documents
- Drafting ancillary documents, Docusign management and assisting with contract management queries for sites under construction and in operations
- Responsibility for providing commercially focused legal advice both in respect of the EV and Network Infrastructure sides of the business
- Confidently manage external legal counsel
- Responsible for keeping legal budgets within approval levels on specified projects that you are leading
- Leading & mentoring more junior members of the team and advising on specific questions
- Delivering training to internal teams as required
- Managing one or more members of the legal team as a direct report
- Ability to be involved in construction discussions and working closely with the Head of Legal - NI & Construction
- Supporting General Counsel when required
- Reporting in to the General Counsel and supporting legal functions in the US, UK and as we expand into Europe, Australasia regions and elsewhere, as needed
- Actively contribute to Zenobe's commitment to health and safety, wellbeing and sustainability by; integrating these principles into daily responsibilities, ensuring a safe and supportive work environment, promoting both the physical and mental health of self and colleagues, and adopting sustainable and energy-efficient practices to minimize environmental impact
- By doing so, each employee at Zenobe plays a vital role in fostering a culture that prioritises overall safety, holistic wellbeing, environmental sustainability in our business operations
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Working towards building a net-zero society, Zenobē Energy owns and operates stationary battery storage assets. Its circular battery economy model is transforming the way businesses use power in order to reduce costs and carbon emission, protecting the environment.
The company, whilst a market leader in battery storage, has also become central in the electric vehicle fleet market, with an estimated 25% market share of the UK operational EV bus sector. Working with bus operators including National Express and Stagecoach, Zenobē is aiding the rapid uptake of EV buses, thereby ensuring that legally binding climate change targets are being met.
Previous funding rounds enabled the acceleration of the UK’s transition to a green road transport system. And in 2024, Zenobē secured debt funding from Natwest, Siemens Financial, and Rabobank, among others, to support its ambitious decarbonisation projects in Scotland.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Jul 2025
$5.9m
LATE VC
Sep 2023
$1.2bn
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $1.5bn
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Dr. Donald Weir
(CEO)Donald joined the Zenobē team in 2024 as CEO. Prior to this, they held senior management roles at Siemens, E,ON, and thyssenkrupp. Most recently, they were a Project Director at Statkraft where they were responsible for a major storage project in Scotland.
Martyn Adeyinka
(COO)Martyn initially joined the Zenobē team as the Director of Delivery in 2022, becoming COO in 2023. Prior to this, they spent over 13 years in the infrastructure industry, leading multidisciplinary teams in global organisations like MAG and Black & Veatch where they were responsible for the delivery of major infrastructure programmes.
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