Legal Manager: Corporate – Renewable Energy | Cape Town<\/b>
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Copper Quail is recruiting for one of South Africa's leading IPPs — a serious player in utility -scale renewables with an active deal pipeline and a growing asset portfolio.
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This is a senior in -house role for a corporate commercial lawyer who wants to sit where the transactions happen. You'll lead the legal side of M&A, project acquisitions and disposals, corporate finance and energy trading — advising the senior team directly and running your own calls on structure, risk and execution.
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What you'll be doing (overview — not the full picture):<\/b>
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Leading legal workstreams on M&A, disposals, restructures, JVs and project transactions — SPAs, subscription agreements, SHAs, JDAs
<\/li>Supporting corporate finance: funding, equity investments, refinancing and security documentation
<\/li>Acting as primary legal advisor to the Sales and Trading teams — electricity trading, aggregation, virtual wheeling and grid -related commercial arrangements
<\/li>Overseeing corporate governance, compliance and the Group Company Secretary function
<\/li>Managing trust and SPV structures, including an employee ownership trust
<\/li>Leading commercial contracting across the Group and managing external counsel
<\/li>Mentoring a small legal team (3–5)
<\/li><\/ul>The basics:<\/b>
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LLB and admitted attorney
<\/li>8–10 years post -qualification experience in corporate commercial law
<\/li>Proven negotiator on complex, high -value transactions
<\/li>Renewable energy sector experience gets you to the front of the queue
<\/li><\/ul>Worth knowing:<\/b>
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This is a role with real decision -making authority — you interpret, you advise, you approve within mandate. Fast -paced environment, tight deadlines, complex deals. If you need external counsel to hold your hand, this isn't it.
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