RWE Renewables Europe & Australia GmbH
To start as soon as possible, full time, permanent
Your Tasks:
• As the Legal Director you will be the key contact for legal matters across OPEA incl. our small-medium scale partnering & transactions business
• Act as a steering member of the OPEA Senior Management Team
• Manage high and low performance to ensure the efficiency and quality of the team in a high performance environment
• You act like an entrepreneur, i.e. responsibly, strategically and economically, in processes that affect the legal area itself, but also OPEA processes
• Acting as a Senior Legal Counsel to the OPEA Board and business and coordinating the legal support of the business by your teams
• Covering Board Office, Corporate & Partnering Law topics
• Covering Regulatory and Real Estate law
• Drafting and reviewing agreements, tenders, and other commercial documents
• Offering legal counsel on regulatory compliance, licensing, and the development of new projects
• Providing (standard) legal documents and contracts and negotiating contracts
• Being responsible for legal support for claim management and Dispute Resolution
• Managing external legal advisors; developing and applying efficient "make-or-buy" governance and cost control
• Managing all legal processes, incl. reporting, related to the areas of responsibility in a smooth and efficient way
• Managing our OPEA small-medium partnering and transactions business and for bigger transactions coordinating with RWE group M&A function
• Hosting of OPEA-Compliance function
• Close and trustful cooperation and alignment with other RWE stakeholders, such as the Group General Counsel, the RWE Chief Compliance Officer and other RWE Heads of Legal
Your Profile:
• University degree in law with distinction
• Several years of relevant working experience, ideally with a consulting background
• Solid Corporate and Partnering Law experience, experience in Renewables and in project structuring
• Strong leadership experience as well as organizational, analytical and standardization skills
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks and of regulatory decision making procedures
• Understanding of business model, regulatory and technical developments as well as potential implications
• Flexibility and willingness to travel internationally on a regular basis
• Good communications skills fluent in English (speaking and writing), German language skills are an advantage
Your Leadership Skills:
• Team Leadership: Ability to lead, inspire, manage and delegate effectively
• People Development: Ability to develop themselves and their people to their full potential
• Performance Orientation: Self-motivated to drive the business, increase performance and deliver results
• Strategic thinking: Push the boundaries to grow the business
• Continuous lmprovement: Constantly optimizing the business
• Integration Management: Ability to lead teams through change processes
• Working Together: Ability to collaborate globally in cross functional teams
• Communication skills: Ability to effectively communicate internally & externally
• Open mindset: Self-reflective personality, able to learn and act on feedback
• Hands-on mentality: Actively involving him-/herself, pragmatic and fact focused attitude
Apply with just a few clicks: ad code 90093, application period: 06/06/2025 .
Any questions? Contact HR: Richard Bateson, [email protected]
We look forward to meeting you. Of course, you can find us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Xing, too.
We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, disability, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, age, sexual orientation, and identity. #inclusionmatters
In the segments of onshore wind and solar, RWE Renewables Europe & Australia is among the largest electricity producers in Europe and has become a key player in the field of renewables. With its comprehensive "Growing Green" investment and growth strategy, RWE is expanding green generation capacity - to more than 65 gigawatts by 2030.
To this end, RWE is investing €55 billion between 2024 and 2030. RWE Renewables Europe & Australia is focusing on its core markets in Europe and Australia. The team with 1,800 colleagues across 11 countries has come a long way already. With the project pipeline well filled in all technologies, battery storage, onshore wind power and solar energy, you'll have the freedom to act with conviction and courage as we pivot to new technologies - and continuously improve, together.
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