Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d)
Join Greencells - Shaping the Future of Renewable Energy
Greencells is one of Europe’s leading solar EPC providers, with a strong track record of delivering large-scale solar projects across the continent. Greencells is looking to expand its legal team with a Senior Legal Counsel with strong experience in international construction law and a particular focus on solar EPC contracting, project execution, claims and disputes across multiple markets, including the EU, UK, Ireland and other jurisdictions. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in international solar EPC projects, manage complex contracts, and support Greencells’ continued growth in Europe.
Your missionKey Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice on corporate, commercial, procurement, construction, and employment law matters across multiple jurisdictions, ensuring compliance with applicable regulations
- Advise senior management and the Board on legal risks and mitigation strategies
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of agreements, including supply, construction, sales, subcontractor, EPC, and O&M contracts
- Develop and maintain legal templates, standards, and best practices
- Coordinate and manage external legal counsel
- Support the development and implementation of compliance frameworks, policies, and guidelines, including areas such as anti-bribery, sanctions, business ethics, and third-party risk management
- Contribute to internal compliance processes, training, and investigations in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external advisors
- Support the business in EPC-related claims and dispute resolution across multiple jurisdictions
- Advise on dispute prevention, contract administration, and escalation strategies during project execution
- Handle complex contractual issues such as delays, disruptions, defects, variations, extensions of time, liquidated damages, and payment claims
- Assist project teams in protecting contractual rights, preparing notices, and managing claims documentation
- Coordinate litigation, arbitration, adjudication, and settlement processes in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external counsel
- Support management in assessing legal exposure and identifying commercially viable dispute resolution strategies
- Pragmatic and commercially minded legal professional with the ability to balance strong advocacy for the company’s position with a solution-oriented approach
- Provides sound, detail-oriented legal advice while aligning with the technical and commercial realities of projects to effectively support business objectives
- Reliable and quality-driven, with a strong commitment to delivering tasks through to completion
- Flexible and adaptable, thriving in dynamic and fast-paced environments while managing a diverse and demanding workload
- Hands-on team player with a collaborative mindset and a high level of accountability
- Passionate about renewable energy, ideally with experience in the solar or wider renewable energy sector
- Fluent in English; German and additional European languages are a plus
Greencells is one of Europe’s leading partners for the engineering, construction and operation of utility-scale solar power plants. With over 186 delivered projects and more than 3.7 GWp installed capacity worldwide, we bring performance, experience and speed to every project. We focus exclusively on large-scale solar. As a pure-play EPC and O&M provider, we combine in-house engineering with dedicated construction resources - including our own on-site teams - for full control over quality and timelines.
We offer an exciting and dynamic role with a high degree of responsibility and independence, and with the potential to gain a deep understanding of the renewable energy industry from both a commercial and legal perspective.
Due to our international presence, we encourage candidates with a law degree from either a civil law or common law jurisdiction to apply.
Greencells is headquartered in Saarbrücken, Germany. However, the company encourages remote working and, since this is a truly international role, the right candidate may just as well have Amsterdam or Algiers, Berlin or Budapest, Cape Town or Copenhagen - or elsewhere - as their home base.