Legal Counsel, Commercial Legal Services

at  Centrica

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You will support a wide variety of legal work including supporting the customer facing businesses of British Gas. This will include the procurement of goods and services, the development of partnerships and collaborative arrangements with 3rd parties, and drafting of energy supply arrangements for businesses.
The role is a broad commercial position with a focus on balancing the need for clear and pragmatic commercial advice while ensuring compliance with the laws and regulations governing the supply of energy and services to consumers and businesses.

Key areas will include:

• Delivering high quality, high impact, high value legal and commercial support across the business with the right balance of risk awareness and pragmatism.
• Supporting the businesses in managing operational and regulatory risks, including the development and delivery of key policies, training and guidance to the business to better manage legal risk.
• Structuring, drafting, negotiating and facilitating non-standard contracts of major impact to Centrica.
• Providing advice to senior stakeholders on key business decisions, policy and customer journeys.
• Procuring advice and support from the wider Legal, Regulatory, Ethics, Compliance and Company Secretariat (“LRECS”) team on any other legal or regulatory matters that arise including privacy, IP, dispute resolution, employment or commercial issues and changes to regulation and legislation.
• Keeping informed of industry-specific laws and regulations and ensuring that appropriate risk management strategies are in place.
• Instructing and managing external lawyers and third parties where appropriate to ensure appropriate and cost-effective advice is provided to the business.
• Developing strong stakeholder relationships and networks within the function and the other business units to support the delivery of objectives and the management of risk.