Legal Counsel Lazio

Legal Counsel
Roma
Lazio, Lazio

ID richiesta: 5040- Work Location: ROMA, RM, IT, 40966**Who we are**:

**ENGIE** is a global energy company and a leading provider of electricity, natural gas, and energy services.

With close to 100, 000 employees worldwide, ENGIE is committed to being a leader in the energy transition.

We are looking for talented and motivated people to create the future of energy.

Join a rewarding and flexible work environment that encourages innovation and creativity and help us meet the energy challenges of today and tomorrow.

**Global Energy Management & Sales** (GEMS)** is a global business entity of ENGIE and provides energy supply solutions and risk management services to support its clients through their decarbonization journey, while optimizing ENGIE's portfolios and assets (e. g.

wind, solar, batteries, gas storages, etc. )

and contributing to value creation.

GEMS has approximately 3, 300 employees around the world developing our solutions, through +20 international business platforms.

We cover the full energy mix: renewable and thermal power, natural gas & LNG, biomass, environmental products.

Our experts provide tailor made solutions based on a wide range of savoir-faire in energy management with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralization.

Our +120, 000 clients span the entire value chain: producers, asset developers, financial players, utilities, distributors and industrials.

Our global reach and strong local presence enable us to offer these diverse clients tailor-made services and respond to rapid changes in mature or emerging markets alike.

Our 4 expertise:

- Asset management

- Energy transition services

- Energy supply & global commodities

- Risk management & market access

Within GEMS', the Business Platform **GEMS Italy** ('**BP Italy'**) is a highly skilled team of 90+ people developing and managing assets and portfolios related to power, gas and environmental products in the Italian markets, actively supporting the country's ambitious path to a net zero economy.

At GEMS we encourage breakthrough results, team spirit, curiosity and innovation while preserving the right work/life balance for you.

**GEMS LEGAL & REGULATION** is a department of approximately 70 lawyers supporting the activities of GEMS worldwide.

The legal department consists of ten sub-teams, including a team composed of those lawyers supporting the local country platforms of GEMS, including the Italian platform.

The lawyers act as key players in project and negotiation teams to support GEMS' business origination by drafting, structuring and negotiating contracts and generally providing legal advice in respect of the range of business activities.

**SCOPE - GEMS ITALY LEGAL TEAM

**YOUR contribution

We are looking for a Contracts Negotiation Lawyer to join the existing legal team of three in Rome, to support its expanding business in Italy which includes trading of energy commodities, financial derivate contracts, risk management services and energy transition contracts including corporate power purchase agreements.

**Mission**:

The Contracts Negotiation lawyer will work in GEMS Legal team in Rome.

His/her mission is to support the trading and portfolio activities on the day to day topics related to power and gas businesses and to participate in ongoing projects.

The person will work closely with all GEMS teams: trading, sales, operations, risks and back-office.

The main roles and accountabilities would be:

- Develop and execute comprehensive legal strategies and solutions to lawfully facilitate GEMS' commercial objectives while mitigating associated legal risk

- Advise on, draft, review, negotiate GEMS' contracts (ISDA and EFET Master Agreements, Energy commodity supply contracts, Renewable Power Purchase Agreements and related agreements) and bespoke energy and risk management and services contracts

- Draft, review, negotiate support credit management documentation (e. g.

netting agreements, credit support annexes, letters of credit and guarantees) and any ancillary agreements

- Conduct regulatory and other due diligence, review and advise on credit support, legal opinions and other conditions precedent relevant for GEMS' contracts and services

- Liaise with and draft legal analysis and memoranda for management and internal governance purposes

- Address legal and regulatory developments relating to energy commodities in regulated markets, provide training on topical issues to GEMS colleagues and attend internal and industry conferences and forums

- Develop practice notes and assist with policy and guidelines formulation and improve and develop standard clauses and templates

- Advise on and execute the implementation of the reforms of commercial, financial or energy market regulation in GEMS' products and services

- Provide legal support in relation to contractual event-driven issues such as events of default, covenant breaches, force majeure, waivers, acceleration and enforcement

- Supervise extern