Legal Counsel

EDF Trading • Houston, TX

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About The Position

EDF Trading North America, LLC is a major participant in wholesale energy markets and delivers customized energy solutions for our customers. We operate in every market and provide coast to coast coverage of financial and physical products in power, natural gas and NGLs, environmental products and financial crude oil products. We provide our customers with products and services that deliver access to markets, optimize their energy portfolio, hedge risk and manage assets. Our Wholesale Business operates throughout the value chain in the North American wholesale power markets and we are one of the leading wholesale natural gas marketers. Additionally, we provide environmental, congestion management and value added derivative products. With extensive pipeline agreements, we can manage natural gas offtakes, deliveries, capacities and supply anywhere across the continent. EDF Trading North America, LLC is part of the EDF Group, a global leader in low-carbon energies.

Requirements

• A minimum of 1year post qualified experience
• Licensed to practice law in relevant jurisdiction - Texas and New York
• Previous transactional law experience required
• Advanced MS Office Suite, specifically Excel

Nice To Haves

• Experience with wholesale power and gas contracts (NAESB, EEI, and ISDA) and structured energy transactions, highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Manage legal risks, ensure compliance with laws and regulations, and protect the company's interests in a highly regulated and complex industry.
• Provides support and advice to the business’s commercial teams and all the central support functions.
• Prepare contract assessments, redlines, recommendations and summary
• Assist with review, draft, and negotiation of confidentiality agreements, vendor and consulting agreements, assignments and amendments, guaranties, and other similar agreements
• Review master trading agreements of every sort in accordance with department guidelines and subject to senior lawyer oversight where required.
• Provide timely, technically accurate and commercially aware legal advice to the company's trading and origination teams
• Ensure that all legal risks are outlined for the business and advise on the legal process as required, including how best to mitigate such risks.
• Support Compliance and Regulatory affairs as required

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed