Legal Counsel

At Octopus Energy, we're all about clean, green energy with transparent pricing and a relentless commitment to customer experience.Join our global team dedicated to sustainability and green tech, where energy is good for the planet and your soul 💚We embrace flat hierarchies and an open, agile culture that fosters innovation, flexibility, and creativity.We don’t hang our personalities up with our coats and nor should you. At Octopus, we hire great people who get stuff done, all whilst being themselves. We have a rare opportunity for a qualified solicitor to join the Octopus Energy Group Legal Team in London.We’re looking for someone who is able to turn their hand to anything, but having a background in corporate law will be a bonus. We’re a small, friendly and ambitious team of six in London (five lawyers and paralegal), advising on all areas impacting our rapidly growing business.No two days are the same at Octopus Energy, and this role offers a challenging and exciting opportunity to work on a wide range of legal matters.

What you'll do...

It’s hard to write a definitive list because as the Octopus Energy Group continues to evolve at pace, so does the type of work we support. We’re looking for someone who is smart, versatile and up for the challenge of working on a wide variety of different transactionsWe are ideally looking for someone who has experience in a wide range of corporate matters, including some or all of the following:Equity investment roundsEmployee share scheme managementCompany secretary and governanceInternal and external debt financing arrangementsM&AYou’ll also need to be able to lead on the drafting and negotiation of a variety of commercial contracts such as:Partnership agreements for new projectsGoods and services, innovative trials and collaboration agreementsCustomer facing terms and communicationsContracts to support our electric vehicles leasing businessTechnology licensingYou’ll help provide ad hoc advice for all the interesting queries that an in-house legal team can expect to receive, such as data protection, competition, compliance, employment, office expansion and intellectual property mattersHelp us build the legal function globally as we continue to grow overseas and enter new countriesWe are not a “post-box” in-house team, we try and do as much work as we can ourselves. However, we do use a small panel of external law firms to support us on larger or more specialist transactions. You will be closely involved in these transactions, helping to select, liaise with and manage our external counsel, bringing your commercial understanding of the business to the legal processWe have a very flat, open structure at Octopus Energy. You’ll be reporting to our General Counsel, but will work closely with the business across all levels of seniority

What you'll need...

Ideally some experience in-house, so that you’re familiar with the variety and fast paced nature of an in-house teamYou’ll be expected to be independent, and be willing to take responsibility for your projects and make decisions with relatively light supervisionExperience in corporate law will be a bonus, but we are primarily a technology company in the energy industry, so we cover lots of different areasTo be a fully qualified UK lawyer. We’re most interested in the “right” person, but if we had to choose a number, we’d say you’ll need around 5+ years PQE experienceYou’ll need a sensible, commercial mindset to succeed here and must be comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment with direct exposure to senior management and stakeholdersBe excellent at prioritisation and happy to multi-task and manage a wide variety of transactions at once and be willing to take a view.Have a genuine interest in the Octopus Energy Group’s mission

Why else you'll love it here

Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership and most recently The Sunday Times, Best Places To Work 2023 Visit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits