CONTRACT - Senior Counsel

Description

• Oversee legal approval processes and act as the escalation point for governance issues, monitoring legal spend against budgets for external counsel, ensuring optimal resource allocation, and maintaining accountability for compliance with all internal and external legal requirements throughout project delivery.
• Lead and independently negotiate complex, high-value project and finance agreements for BESS projects from initiation through to approval and execution, resolving negotiation impasses and ensuring all agreements align with Akaysha’s risk and commercial objectives and comply with legal and risk management standards.
• Provide legal support on project financing for allocated projects, including reviewing and negotiating finance instruments and tripartite agreements under supervision, delivering legal sign-off on lender requirements and due diligence outputs, and escalating to the General Manager Legal, Financing and Corporate as needed, while proactively addressing legal risks in financing structures to support project and business goals.
• Deliver expert legal and strategic advice on complex issues as the primary escalation point for project legal matters, uphold all required certifications, and demonstrate ongoing commitment to professional excellence.
• Lead engagement with senior internal and external stakeholders, provide legal guidance to support project milestones, drive and coordinate legal workstreams for timely delivery of legal inputs on critical decisions, and facilitate cross-functional collaboration to resolve complex legal challenges and advance business objectives.

Requirements

• Proven ability to independently structure and negotiate complex project and finance agreements (such as EPC, OEM, offtake, connection, and tripartite agreements).
• Strong experience executing legal aspects of project finance transactions, including lender negotiations and due diligence processes.
• Expertise in identifying, allocating, and mitigating legal risks throughout the project lifecycle, including development, financing, delivery, and operations.
• Experience supporting project milestones and resolving complex legal and commercial issues through effective stakeholder engagement.
• Track record of implementing strategies to address and manage legal risk in large-scale energy projects.
• Demonstrated ability to guide compliance strategies and inform operational decisions based on regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated experience balancing legal risk, commercial drivers, and project objectives in contract development.
• Demonstrated ability to provide expert legal advice and lead negotiations with senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Experience embedding legal governance structures within project and corporate workflows.
• In-depth knowledge of interpreting and applying complex regulatory frameworks across multiple jurisdictions.
• Ability to align finance instruments and documentation with overall project requirements and objectives.
• Proven capability ensuring alignment with internal approval processes and external legal obligations.

Benefits

• Benefits such as annual wellbeing allowance, generous paid parental leave, employee and family assistance programs, and mobile phone allowance.
• Competitive pay with above-market performance bonuses and long-term incentives.
• Professional Development Support including annual development allowance, additional paid time off, and curated learning content.
• Career support that works for you including both people and knowledge leadership promotion pathways, lateral moves and temporary secondment options.
• Hybrid and remote-compatible workplace, where flexibility is balanced with connection and every team member can do their best work, wherever they are.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance