Responsibilities
Position Overview
The Legal Counsel – Energy Storage (LAC) will act as a strategic legal business partner supporting the full lifecycle of battery energy storage projects across Latin America.
This role requires strong experience in complex commercial contracting, particularly in EPC, O&M, supply, and project development agreements within the energy or infrastructure sector. The successful candidate will combine technical legal expertise with pragmatic, solution-oriented thinking and a strong understanding of risk allocation in energy projects.
Main Responsibilities
1. Commercial & Project Contracting
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of agreements related to energy storage projects, including:
- EPC Agreements
- O&M Agreements
- Battery Supply Agreements
- Framework Agreements / MSAs
- Distribution and Channel Partner Agreements
- Vendor and subcontractor agreements
- NDAs, LOIs, MoUs
- Support tender processes and project bids, identifying legal and commercial risks.
- Structure and negotiate risk allocation mechanisms aligned with project finance and technical realities.
2. Business Partnering
- Act as a proactive and trusted advisor to Sales, Project Management, Procurement, Service and Finance teams.
- Provide practical, commercially focused legal advice to enable deal execution while protecting the company’s interests and targets.
- Support strategic decision-making in high-value and complex transactions.
3. Regulatory & Risk Management
- Provide guidance on local regulatory and compliance matters impacting energy storage projects.
- Identify and mitigate legal, contractual, and operational risks across the project lifecycle.
- Ensure contracts reflect applicable laws and regulatory requirements in relevant LAC jurisdictions.
4. Cross-Border & Regional Support
- Support cross-border transactions and coordinate with external counsel where required.
- Contribute to the standardization and improvement of contract templates and internal processes.
- Assist the Head of Legal – Energy Storage in strengthening the in-house legal function in the region.
Requirements
Mandatory
- Law degree with solid knowledge of Chilean law (qualification to practice in Chile preferred).
- Minimum 5 years of professional experience in commercial law.
- Strong experience in drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements.
- Experience in:
- Energy sector (renewables preferred), OR
- Infrastructure / EPC contracting, OR
- Industrial / technical equipment supply projects
- Full professional proficiency in English (written and spoken).
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-growing and dynamic environment.
Highly Desirable
- Direct experience in Battery Energy Storage (BESS), renewable energy, or power projects.
- Experience with EPC and O&M agreements.
- Experience working across multiple Latin American jurisdictions.
- In-house experience in a multinational company
Key Competencies
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Commercial mindset with sound risk judgment.
- Ability to balance legal protection with business enablement.
- Structured, solution-oriented thinking.
- Comfortable working in cross-cultural and multidisciplinary teams.
- High level of ownership and accountability.
We offer you
- Opportunity to join a fast-growing global leader in energy storage.
- Exposure to cutting-edge battery storage projects across Latin America.
- International working environment.
- High-impact role with significant business visibility.
About us
Trina Solar is an internationally recognized solar energy company. Our growing global presence includes regional headquarters in Switzerland, US, Japan and China with offices in Madrid, Munich, Milan, the UK, San Jose, Seoul, Tokyo and Shanghai, to provide our customers with timely, reliable service.
As Trina Solar continues to expand its capacity, we are looking for talent who is passionate about solar energy. From research and development to sales and marketing to manufacturing and operations, Trina Solar looks for people who thrive in exciting, challenging and dynamic work environments to become a part of our dedicated team of professionals and contribute daily to bringing clean, reliable and cost effective solar energy solutions to customers around the globe.
Join us in our mission to promote and develop solar energy as a source of clean, renewable energy for all.
