About us
BESS Broadway develops grid-scale battery energy storage (BESS) projects in the UK, Germany, Australia, Japan and Latin America. We co-invest with developers in projects at an early or mid stage of development, take them to ready-to-build, and sell them.
Job Description
(BESS Broadway): 1. Running our co-investments in development-stage projects from term sheet to completion. This includes drafting and negotiating term sheets, share purchase and subscription agreements, shareholders' agreements, co-development agreements and development loan agreements. 2. Keeping each deal on track, and managing the obligations that continue after completion. 3. Scoping and managing legal due diligence by external counsel. 4. Managing foreign direct investment (FDI) and other government approvals for our investments, with external counsel. 5. Managing the legal side of each project after we invest, through to sale. 6. Instructing and managing local counsel in Spain, Portugal and Latin America (including civil law countries): setting the scope, agreeing and managing fees and checking invoices. 7. Helping to build our standard documents (term sheets, investment agreements, NDAs, checklists) and the processes our deal team uses. Key Qualifications and
Skills:
1. Qualified as a solicitor in Spain,
Portugal or Latin America countries. 2. Around 1-3 years' post-qualification experience, gained at a leading local or international law firm. In-house experience, or a secondment to a client, is an advantage. 3. You have run share acquisitions, joint ventures or similar investments yourself: you prepared the first draft, ideally led the negotiation and managed completion. 4. Experience in renewable energy or infrastructure, ideally development-stage battery storage, solar or wind projects is preferred. Experience of foreign direct investment (FDI) filings is an advantage. 5. Experience of deals in Spain, Portugal and Latin America countries, working with local counsel. Another European language is an advantage. 6. Native Spanish. Clear, precise written and spoken English. Chinese is an advantage. 7. Organised, independent and practical. You are comfortable working in a small team across several time zones. What else to know: – Three months in Hong Kong or China Mainland to work with group team and regularly catch-up with group team going forward. – Travel. Regular travel within Spain, Portugal and Latin America, and occasional travel to Hong Kong and China mainland.
📌 Junior Legal Counsel (España)
🏢 CATL
📍 España