Legal Counsel

Job description

## We're making energy fair, clean, and simple for all using technology. ### Octopus Energy started with a bold idea: to build Britain’s first truly digital energy supplier. By combining world-class tech with brilliant humans who care deeply about customers and driving the renewable energy transition, we made it happen and in 2025, we became Britain’s largest energy supplier. ### [Octopus Energy Group](http://octopusenergy.group/) is a global energy transition collective. 10 businesses working across 4 continents to tackle energy transformation at nearly every front. ### And we constantly push to make energy better. Tirelessly campaigning for fair protections for customers. And building innovative technologies that forge a path to a green energy system. ### We’re made up of 10,000+ authentic, committed people working around the world on stuff you'd never expect. We're united by a shared goal: to drive the global green energy revolution. Read [our Spotlight series](https://octopus.energy/blog/?category=Our%20community) to meet some of the team. ### We have an exciting opportunity for a qualified Legal Counsel to join the Octopus Energy Group Legal Team in London. ### We’re a small, ambitious team of 8 advising on all legal aspects of our rapidly growing global business. We’re looking for a lawyer who can turn their hand to anything, and having a solid founding in corporate and/or commercial law with a desire to take ownership of broader matters will make you a great fit. ### No two days are the same at Octopus Energy. This role offers a challenging and exciting opportunity to work on a wide range of legal matters, including M&As, Investments and other legal work where you can take ownership of your work from day one. ### What you’ll do… - Lead Corporate & Governance Matters: This means supporting on M&A, acquisitions, equity investments, employee share schemes, and core corporate governance. - Draft & Negotiate Commercial Contracts: This means you’ll get to handle complex commercial agreements, including key partnerships, tech licensing, innovative trials, customer-facing terms, and vendor supply agreements. - Provide Pragmatic Advisory Support: We move fast as a business so our legal team has to move fast as well. You’ll offer fast, commercial advice across diverse day-to-day matters including data protection, IP management, competition, and general compliance. - Scale International Operations: You’ll support our global expansion efforts as we enter new international markets and establish new entities. - Manage External Counsel: You’ll work directly with our small panel of external law firms on high-value or specialist transactions, ensuring work aligns with our internal business goals. - Drive Business Strategy: You'll collaborate directly with senior business leaders across all functions, operating within our flat hierarchy. You love to work with all kinds of people - you’ve got no functional shoulder pads - it’s not ‘my team versus other teams’, it’s ‘we’re all working together to change the energy system globally, and I’ll lend anyone a hand’. ### What you'll need... - To be fully qualified lawyer in the UK or similar common law jurisdiction, we’re most interested in the “right” person, but as a guide, you'll have around 2-4 years post qualification experience. - You’ll need solid founding in corporate and/or commercial law. In-house experience (or private practice with an in-house secondment) in a fast-paced environment is ideal. - You’ll need to be comfortable taking end-to-end ownership of projects with light supervision, taking the initiative to get involved in acquisition steps, and executing tasks independently. - You have a pragmatic, business-first approach to risk. You know how to unblock deals rather than just spot problems. - You'll need the ability to juggle competing deadlines, multi-task, and make firm decisions on legal queries in a fast-paced setting. You’re pretty good at managing your day, we’re only human, but generally you can juggle a few balls and focus on what’s important. - To be genuinely passionate for Octopus Energy’s mission and what we're doing here!