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Centrica

Legal Counsel

Centrica

Legal Counsel providing strategic legal advice for gas and power trading activities. Working in a hybrid capacity in London, Aalborg, or Copenhagen to support Centrica Energy's mission.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Providing strategic legal advice to the business to assist with the negotiation of agreements with a focus on gas and power trading.
  • Negotiating and drafting of standard master agreements with external counterparties for physically and financially settled energy commodity trading (UK and Europe gas and power, emissions allowances, renewable certificates).
  • Participating in project groups / work groups giving legal advice and assessments.
  • Working as part of project teams either for transactional work or to help implement new processes, products and systems such as approving new strategic business initiatives, new products and entry into new geographical jurisdictions.
  • Drafting and negotiating contracts in co-operation with the business.
  • Developing and maintaining templates for the standard master agreements (ISDA, EFETs, MNA, GTMA, etc), proactively keeping up to date with legal developments of the agreements.
  • Assessing applicable forthcoming legislation changes (in conjunction with Regulatory Affairs and Compliance as appropriate) and advising Centrica Energy on potential impact.
  • Contributing to various initiatives within Centrica Energy and Centrica Group legal teams.
  • Instructing and working with external counsel.
  • Managing Centrica's overall legal risk position by ensuring that contracts reflect best practice.

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • A law degree from a European country
  • Experience in drafting agreements and negotiating standard master agreements for physical and financial trading of power and gas like EFET, ISDA etc.
  • Speak and write English fluently
  • Experience working as a legal counsel/attorney or similar

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Flexible working arrangements
  • Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools
drafting agreementsnegotiating agreementslegal advicecontract managementrisk managementlegal assessmentstemplate developmentlegislation assessmentenergy commodity tradingproject management
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingcommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvinginterpersonal skills
Certifications
law degree