Senior Legal Counsel Germany

We pride ourselves on our values and our collaborative, supportive working environment. Our team is friendly, caring, highly professional, and deeply committed to making a real impact on the planet. As a rapidly growing company, we seek high performers from all backgrounds who are self-motivated, take ownership, and are passionate about driving improvements. At Aukera, mutual respect and effective collaboration are at the heart of everything we do.

About the Role

To support our continued growth, Aukera Energy is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal team in Berlin and provide dedicated legal support to Aukera Germany and its Managing Director.

Working alongside another Senior Legal Counsel in Germany, you will be part of Aukera’s international Legal team of lawyers across six jurisdictions. You will report to the General Counsel and collaborate closely with colleagues across the business.

This role offers broad exposure to the renewable energy sector, international matters and opportunities to travel to Aukera’s other European offices.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice and support to the Managing Director, General Counsel and Aukera Germany across all legal matters.

• Advise senior management, directors and shareholders on corporate, commercial and contractual matters, identifying and managing legal risk.

• Draft and negotiate a broad range of agreements, including land, consultancy, construction, supply, non-disclosure and other commercial agreements.

• Involvement and where relevant, responsibility, for corporate, contracting, financing and operational legal aspects at Aukera Germany and in relation to its renewable energy projects.

• Monitor regulatory developments in the renewable energy sector and advise on the applicable national, regional and local legal framework.

• Support property, planning, permitting and project development matters.

• Support the legal aspects of M&A, financing and operational transactions in Germany.

• Promote strong governance and ensure compliance with internal requirements and applicable external laws and regulations.

• Engage effectively with internal and external stakeholders, including managing external legal advisers and associated budgets.

• Support the General Counsel and wider Legal team on central and international matters requiring German legal input.

Experience and Qualifications

• Qualified to practise law in Germany, with relevant post-qualification experience.

• Strong experience in the renewable energy sector, ideally including onshore wind, solar PV or BESS projects.

• Experience gained in-house or in a leading law firm, with the ability to operate as a trusted business partner.

• Demonstrable experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial and project agreements.

• Sound knowledge of German corporate, commercial, property, planning and energy regulatory matters.

• Experience supporting transactions, including M&A and financing matters, is desirable.

• Fluent German and English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Commercially minded, pragmatic and comfortable taking ownership in a fast-paced, international environment.

• Collaborative, organised and able to manage competing priorities and external advisers effectively.