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Legal Partner | interim 12-month contract (m/w/d)

Nationwide (DE), Germany
  • E.ON Drive Infrastructure
  • Full time
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Legal Partner | interim 12-month contract (m/w/d)

E.ON Drive Infrastructure

E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI) is a market-leading charging station operator across Europe and part of the E.ON Group. EDRI builds, owns, and operates public charging infrastructure for all types of electric vehicles. The company's goal is to create a sustainable world by providing charging stations for everyone, everywhere.

The team currently employs more than 170 people and operates over 6,600 public charging points in 10 European countries: Sweden, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Italy, Hungary, and Romania. Together with site partners, EDRI will expand its network by installing an additional 1,000 high-power charging points per year.

Legal Partner | interim 12-month contract (m/w/d)

Location: Nationwide (DE), Germany

Job description

Your mission

This is a specialized role for a seasoned property lawyer to provide expert legal counsel on all property-related aspects of EV charging infrastructure development. The successful candidate will navigate complex legal landscapes, ensuring projects are legally sound and commercially viable. They will be a key player in supporting the expansion of EV charging networks across the UK.
  • Strategic Land Acquisition and Development: Conducting detailed due diligence on potential sites, including title investigations, planning history, and environmental assessments; negotiating and drafting complex land acquisition agreements, option agreements, and conditional contracts
  • Leasing and Rights of Way: Drafting and negotiating bespoke lease agreements with landowners, retail parks, service stations, and local authorities; securing and documenting necessary easements, wayleaves, and rights of access for cabling and infrastructure
  • Planning and Regulatory Compliance: Manage all legal aspects of site lease transactions once handed over by the Location Management Team; advising on planning regulations, permitted development rights, and the need for planning application; Liaising with local planning authorities and grid operators to ensure compliance with relevant legislation
  • Contractual Expertise: Draft and negotiate grid connection agreements and coordinate tri-partite contracts with landlords and network operators; advise on developer agreements and other site-related contracts that impact lease obligations
  • Project Management and Coordination: Coordinating with multidisciplinary teams, including surveyors, planners, and engineer and provide legal support to the UK team, ensuring alignment with EDRI Central Legal Counsels guidance and lead internal UK legal initiatives to enhance best practices in lease negotiations and property management
  • Risk Management and Dispute Resolution: Identifying and mitigating potential legal risks associated with EV charging infrastructure projects and staying up to date with changes in legislation, and case law; Assess legal risks in lease agreements, ensuring terms are commercially viable and enforceable, while safeguarding land access and operational rights
  • Client Relationship and Business Development: Building and maintaining strong client relationships and Contributing to business development by identifying new opportunities and building a network of contacts within the EV charging sector

Your profile

  • A graduate degree in law or equivalent and further specific qualification
  • Qualified solicitor in England and Wales with substantial post-qualification experience (PQE)
  • Extensive experience in commercial property law, with a proven track record in complex transactions
  • Strong understanding of planning law, easements, and grid connection agreements
  • Excellent negotiation, drafting, and communication skills and a strong commercial acumen
  • Experience working within the energy or infrastructure sector is highly desirable
  • Strong attention to detail and an excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to manage multiple projects andto work independently and as part of a team

Why us?

  • People take centre stage: Become part of a dynamic, ambitious and agile team that develops solutions for the eMobility market and be part of our EDRI events or the next after-work event
  • With us, you get the best of both worlds - 100% start-up with the support of a large company
  • The freedom you need: We offer you remote working with flexible working hours
  • You will receive a competitive salary with a performance-related bonus and 30 days holiday per year
  • A company pension scheme is of course also one of the benefits with us
  • Sustainable learning opportunities: We support you with a training budget of 5,000 euros per year
  • You get everything you need to get started: onboarding with welcome gifts and top hardware

What else you should know:

Employment type:Full time
Work Model:Hybrid
Company:E.ON Drive Infrastructure
Job number:2039858

What makes EDRI stand out as an employer

  • Home office option

  • Flexible working hours

  • Performance-related bonus

  • Standard number of vacation days

  • Personal training budget

  • Teamevents

Recruiter

Recruiting and Employer Branding Manager

Any questions?

Lisa will be happy to answer any questions you may have by e-mail.

lisa.wuerpel@edri.com

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LOVE

TRUST

DO

How we work at EDRI

Sustainability is at the heart of what we do – our EDRI goal is to create a sustainable world by providing charging infrastructure for everyone, everywhere. We plan, install, and operate a network of public charging infrastructure that supplies all electric vehicles with 100% green electricity and contributes to the decarbonization of transport and mobility across Europe. More than 170 amazing employees in 10 different European branches form a motivated team driven by a company culture based on trust and enjoyment. As an employer, we care about your well-being, as well as long-term learning opportunities and professional development, to maintain the maker mentality that we value so much in our team.

1. Love

We LOVE infrastructure and are passionate about what we do. The entire team is intrinsically motivated to achieve our goal of creating a sustainable world by making charging available to everyone, everywhere.

2. Trust

We TRUST our colleagues. Each individual is an expert in what he or she does. Our company's success is the sum of all the valuable contributions of each individual. We cannot and do not want to miss a single team member. That is why we promote a working environment of trust and belonging in which team spirit is the greatest asset.

3. Do

We pursue a doer:in mentality in everything we do, because we want to move forward quickly and get things done. That's why our hierarchies are flat, decisions are made quickly and each individual is fully responsible and authorized to act in his/her area of expertise.