Job Description

About US (GEMS)

ENGIE Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) provides energy supply solutions and risk management services to support its clients through their decarbonization journey, while optimizing ENGIE\xe2\x80\x99s assets and contributing to value creation. ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services with a leading energy management business, piloted by its entity "Global Energy Management & Sales" who built its savoir-faire managing the Group\xe2\x80\x99s large and diverse asset portfolio over 20+ years. 3,300 employees around the world develop our solutions, through +20 international business platforms. We cover the full energy mix: renewable and thermal power, natural gas & LNG, biomass, environmental products. Our experts provide tailor made solutions based on a wide range of savoir-faire in energy management with a strong focus on decarbonation and decentralization. Our +120,000 clients span the entire value chain: producers, asset developers, financial players, utilities, distributors and industrials. Our global reach and strong local presence enable us to offer these diverse clients tailor-made services and respond to rapid changes in mature or emerging markets alike. Our 4 expertise:

• Asset management
• Energy transition services
• Energy supply & global commodities
• Risk management & market access

At GEMS we encourage breakthrough results, team spirit, curiosity and innovation while preserving the right work/life balance for you. More info on GEM Hub (https://gems.engie.com) or LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/company/engie-global-energy-management-solutions).

Organization

ENGIE is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Together with our 101,500 employees, our customers, partners and stakeholders, we are committed to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions. Inspired by our purpose (\xe2\x80\x9craison d\xe2\x80\x99\xc3\xaatre\xe2\x80\x9d), we reconcile economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet, building on our key businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to our customers.

YOUR contribution

Context
The Global Energy Management & Sales (GEMS) business unit is the fully integrated trading arm of the ENGIE Group. GEMS teams manage a large and highly diversified energy portfolio, including electricity, natural gas, biomass, LNG and other fuels, CO2 and environmental products, and provide a range of trading risk management solutions to all types of market participants in Europe, Asia and in the US. GEMS manages the B2B supply business within ENGIE, including supply contracts and Power Purchase Agreements. Within the GEMS Business Unit, the Singapore-based Business Platform APAC and the Business Platform Australia is managing and developing the group\xe2\x80\x99s trading activities for these regions around 4 main pillars: risk management and market access, asset management, green solutions and energy supply businesses.


Role
The BP APAC Legal Team is responsible for providing legal support to the Business Platform APAC business and managing legal and regulatory risk in compliance with applicable laws and the Engie Group\xe2\x80\x99s internal policies and procedures. The Team is also a key participant in the implementation of this business platform\xe2\x80\x99s business development plan. The team supports the initial development of the activities in Australia.
We are now looking for a senior lawyer to join the Business Platform APAC Legal team, consisting of three lawyers (including the manager) and a paralegal. The main areas of focus are supporting the development of new businesses and related infrastructure, in particular in respect of the newly-established green products desk (carbon offset, green PPAs), legal onboarding including ISDA Master Agreement negotiation, derivatives transaction support, monitoring and adapting to APAC regulatory developments, and regulatory compliance support.
Key missions
The successful candidate will be required to:

• Develop and execute comprehensive legal strategies and solutions to facilitate the commercial objectives of the Business Platform APAC identifying and mitigating any transactional, regulatory and related risks and issues
• Work closely with front officers to contribute to business objectives through providing first class legal and regulatory advice relevant for the company\xe2\x80\x99s business
• Exercise sound professional judgment in identifying issues that need reference to management and/or colleagues legal experts within the business unit or the group
• Advise on legal and related issues as they arise in day-to-day trading/marketing activities, e.g. : transaction support including legal onboarding, drafting, reviewing, advising on and negotiating bespoke, single trade and master agreements on various energy commodities and their derivatives (i.e. green PPAs, gas, carbon offset agreements , guarantees of origin, verified emission reduction, financial derivatives,), contracts with trading related market participants such as brokers and trading platforms
• Conduct regulatory and other due diligence, review and advise on credit support, legal opinions and other conditions precedent relevant for the company\xe2\x80\x99s contracts and services
• Provide legal support in relation to event driven issues such as events of default, covenant breaches, waivers, trustee, inter-creditor issues, acceleration, and enforcement, reservation of rights while considering and advising on the impact on the company\xe2\x80\x99s financial position
• Maintain a deep understanding of APAC legal and regulatory frameworks, monitor compliance with applicable laws and internal policies, provide training on topical issues to GEMS colleagues and attend industry forums and round-tables
• Develop practice notes and assist with policy and guidelines formulation
• Advise on and execute the implementation of the reforms of commercial, financial or energy market regulation in the company\xe2\x80\x99s products and services
• Perform corporate secretarial work for the Singapore legal entity
• Deal frequently with other internal stakeholders in APAC, in the business unit and in the group
• Effectively manage external counsel

About YOU

Hard skills

• Experience and knowledge of providing legal advice in Asia-Pacific (renewable) energy commodity and emission carbon trading business

Soft skills

• Strong business sense, commercially minded
• Proven accountability and ownership of responsibilities and managed matters
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Team player
• Ability to work in a multi-cultural and multinational trading environment
• Proven organisational skills and attention to detail, particularly under pressure
• Adaptive to change

Education and professional background

• Qualified as a lawyer in a relevant jurisdiction with significant PQE experience in commodities trading, energy contracts and/or financial services, including substantial transactional experience with top-tier law firm, financial services provider and/or leading commodities firm. Qualification in Singapore is a plus, but another common law jurisdiction can also be considered

Languages

• Fluent English essential. Mandarin and/or other Asian languages a plus

About ENGIE

Our group is a global reference in low-carbon energy and services. Our purpose (\xe2\x80\x9craison d\xe2\x80\x99\xc3\xaatre\xe2\x80\x9d) is to act to accelerate the transition towards a carbon-neutral world, through reduced energy consumption and more environmentally-friendly solutions, reconciling economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. We rely on our key businesses (gas, renewable energy, services) to offer competitive solutions to our customers. With our 170,000 employees, our customers, partners and stakeholders, we are a community of Imaginative Builders, committed every day to more harmonious progress.