Planning & Property Lawyer - Renewables

We are recruiting on behalf of a leading global industrial and energy business with an established and growing renewables portfolio. This is a hands-on contract role focused on progressing recently acquired projects from their current late-stage development status through to ready-to-build (RTB).

Details

Start Date: May 2026

Capacity: Full Time

Location: Hybrid (1 - 2 days per week in the London office)

Duration: 6 months (potential to extend)

IR35 status: Inside IR35 via an umbrella company

The Role

You will work closely with an experienced M&A team based in London and report into the Head of Legal – EPC and Disputes (based in Spain). Day-to-day, you will manage and coordinate external law firms across a range of project-specific legal workstreams.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leases and property matters relating to renewables project sites

• Licenses, permits, consents and planning-related conditions

• Engagement with gas, utility and infrastructure authorities regarding underground pipelines and similar assets

• Conditions precedent (CPs) and compliance management to drive projects to financial close and construction readiness

What We're Looking For

• A qualified England and Wales lawyer with extensive planning and property experience, ideally gained within the energy or renewables sector

• Proven ability to manage CPs and navigate permitting and consent processes

• Experience dealing with utility and infrastructure authorities

• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, international environment

• Collaborative and pragmatic – able to work effectively alongside external counsel and internal commercial teams

We celebrate and encourage diversity and inclusion in our company - it’s a vital part of our #humanfirst approach to business. Everyone is welcome to apply for our roles and we set out to ensure that no-one receives less favourable treatment due to their age, belief, caring responsibilities or pregnancy, disability, ethnicity, gender identity, marital status, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic.

We would like you to be able to perform at your best throughout our recruitment process. Please contact us if you require any adjustments to support you.

This is an advert for a job vacancy and may not include every detail of the duties of the role. It is intended to describe the general content of, and requirements for, the performance of this job. As such, the role may also include the undertaking of additional tasks as required.