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Legal Counsel - Corporate & Commercial
Location: London or Suffolk.
Contract: Permanent, full-time.
Salary: Competitive dependant on experience, plus benefits
Sizewell C is entering an exciting phase of growth as we mature into an independent organisation and continue building one of the UK's largest and most important energy projects.
About the Role
We are seeking a talented and commercially minded Legal Counsel, Corporate & Commercial to join our growing legal team. You will provide high-quality, pragmatic legal advice across a broad range of corporate, commercial and financing matters, supporting a complex, high-profile infrastructure project.
You will work closely with senior stakeholders, project teams, and external advisers, ensuring legal risk is effectively managed while enabling business objectives.
About You
* UK-qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with strong post-qualification experience
* Experience gained in a reputable law firm and/or in-house within a complex organisation
* Experience advising on corporate matters and governance arrangements
* Debt financing experience desirable
* Experience drafting and negotiating a range of commercial contracts and advising on a range of corporate and commercial issues
* Experience in infrastructure, energy, construction, or regulated sectors is advantageous
* Excellent drafting and negotiation skills
* Excellent stakeholder management skills
* Pragmatic, solution-focused approach with strong commercial awareness
* Ability to work independently in a fast-paced, evolving environment
Why Join Us?
* Be part of one of the most important low-carbon energy projects in the UK.
* Work in a mission-driven environment that values innovation, integrity, and long-term sustainability.
* Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities for career development.
* Flexible and hybrid working options.
Behavioural Competences
Humility
* Recognise the value brought from different cultures and experiences
* Be open to other's points of view and ideas, be willing to debate and to compromise
Positivity
* Positively challenge poor quality and performance
* Identify solutions at the lowest possible level
* Encourage tier 1s and others to bring new ideas forward
Respect
* Value the rules and environment in which we operate
* Give and receive feedback with respect
* Embrace and engage with new people and ideas
Solidarity
* One team, working closely together and helping each other
* Empowered teams always looking forward.
* Shared responsibility for delivery the project outcomes
Clarity
* Communicate clearly and consistently
* Promote collaboration and team alignment
* Clearer and faster decision making
* Drive simplification at all levels
If this sounds like the next step in your career, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today.
Qualifications
Additional information
Join the team at Sizewell C. Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear.
The Sizewell C team is one of the most exciting and largest new megaprojects in the UK, whilst being at the forefront of the UK's climate change agenda and energy policy. We have begun constructing a 3.2-gigawatt nuclear power station on the Suffolk coast in the East of England replicating, wherever possible, the design used for Hinkley Point C, another nuclear power station being built in Somerset.
When built, Sizewell C will be one of the largest power stations to operate in the UK. The power station will generate low carbon electricity for at least 60 years, supplying over 6 million homes and supporting around 7% of the UK's current electricity needs.
Our vision is to Lead The Way On Nuclear. We want Sizewell C to define what good leadership for the nuclear industry and British infrastructure looks like and deliver on it. We understand the feats of organisation, logistics, collaboration and imagination that building nuclear requires. We are building for the next generation for their home-grown energy, energy price stability and ultra-low carbon power in abundance. We also want to set the benchmark for maximising long-lasting social value as we build and demonstrate how smart collaboration can work for the benefit of communities – locally, regionally and nationally.
We are the first nuclear power station in the UK to be funded under the Regulated Asset Base funding model (RAB). Our largest shareholder is the UK Government, alongside equity partners La Caisse, Centrica, EDF and Amber Infrastructure.
Sizewell C operates within a complex and fast-moving stakeholder environment, engaging with a wide range of partners including government bodies, regulators, local communities, supply chain partners, and international collaborators. This makes Sizewell C a uniquely stimulating place to work — where navigating evolving priorities, balancing interests, and building trusted relationships is just as critical as technical excellence. For those who thrive in dynamic, multi-dimensional settings, it offers unmatched professional challenge and growth.
When joining Sizewell C, you may wonder why you are contacted by colleagues with an EDF email or see the EDF logo on portals that you access and/or documentation you receive; this is because we have partnered with EDF for the provision of a number of support services whilst we complete a successful transition out of the EDF group.
At Sizewell C we encourage and embrace diversity and how it can improve our experience and performance at work. It is a requirement that those who join us have the right to work in the UK. Whilst sponsorship may be a possibility that we can explore, we are fully committed to local recruitment where possible, and those already holding the right to work in the UK.
To be appointed to this role, you will need to meet the criteria for Security Vetting, which will, ordinarily, require you to have been a resident of the UK for at least three of the past five years.
By submitting an application to this role, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Sizewell C's employee privacy policy and EDF's employee privacy policy. Just to let you know, EDF will be processing and sharing information about your application on behalf of Sizewell C.
For this role you must have evidence of right to work in the UK. As a project, we do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.