Senior Legal Counsel

Company Description

Senior Legal Counsel

The key functions of Corporate Legal (LE) are to provide legal advice to Statkraft’s business areas enabling achievement of commercial goals, to manage legal risk throughout the Group’s activities and ensure that the business areas conduct their activities in accordance with applicable law and consistent with the overall strategies of the Statkraft Group. 

To strengthen our legal team, we are now looking for a Senior Legal Counsel based at our headquarters in Oslo, to support the business activities in Norway.

Why Statkraft?

Statkraft has been making clean energy possible for over a century. That’s what we offer. 125 years of unrivalled expertise in supplying the world with what it needs most. Because in the fight against climate change, we don’t see renewable energy as part of the solution – we believe it must be the solution. With us, you’ll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match.

But there’s more work to be done – that’s why we need you to join us.

Job Description

Working in Corporate Legal

Corporate Legal (LE) is responsible for providing legal advice and legal risk management to the whole Statkraft Group, supporting the Statkraft strategy and business activities globally. The department consists of about 70 employees in Norway, Sweden, UK, Ireland, USA, Germany, Netherlands, France, Spain, Italy, Albania, Turkey, India, Brazil, Chile, and Peru.

The Senior Legal Counsel will report to the Chief Legal Officer and be part of the team Legal Norway.

As part of this role, you will have the following main responsibilities:

• Provide Norwegian law analysis and high-quality legal advice related to mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, renewable energy greenfield projects, energy law, company law, contract law, competition/EEA law and other relevant areas of Norwegian law.
• Drafting, reviewing, and participating in negotiations of contracts.
• Proactively identify and recommend measures to deal with legal risks related to the matter at hand and legal risks affecting the Statkraft Group as a whole.
• Manage relationships with external legal counsels.

Qualifications

About you:

Competence and experience:

• Excellent degree in Norwegian law
• Strong knowledge of mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, company law and contract law,
• Knowledge of energy law, competition/EEA law and other relevant areas of Norwegian law is a plus.
• 6+ years experience in commercial legal work from top tier law firms and/or in-house
• Substantial business knowledge
• Experience in managing external consultants
• High proficiency in written and spoken Norwegian and English is a requirement

Personal skills:

• A self-aware, self-confident individual who is proactive in identifying areas of need
• Efficient, solution-oriented, and able to adapt to changing priorities and business needs
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills
• Strong ability to handle complex legal matters independently
• Great social and communication skills, and a good network builder
• Very high personal integrity and ethical standards

Additional Information

What we offer 

A career with Statkraft is a career filled with purpose – meaning that every employee is not just making a living, they are making a real difference to the planet, our communities and the future. We have 125 years of unrivalled expertise in creating the technologies that put ecosystems, communities and our environment first. With us, you’ll shape a career that is truly forward-facing with many amazing opportunities and offerings to match. This includes:

• The chance to grow your career alongside a truly global network of experts, leaders, specialists and graduates from different countries and backgrounds 
• The opportunity to work somewhere with pride, and to be able to honestly say “My work is contributing to saving the planet” 
• A work culture that puts emphasis on the individual, offering flexible working solutions, parental leave and work life balance principles  
• Monetary childcare subsidy to support you and your family  
• A focus on fun outside of work, supported by various activity groups such as soccer, yoga, sailing, climbing, boxing, cabin rentals, and much m

Statkraft's vision is to renew the way the world is powered. To navigate the complex journey ahead, we need every voice at the table. We therefore work actively to be a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome all applicants regardless of background, gender, age, sexual orientat