You will provide timely legal advice and support to Corporate Finance, Engie In-house bank and the other HUBs for a variety of financial transactions and projects, such as syndicated and bilateral facilities, guarantee facilities, bonds, project finance, securitization transactions, intra-group lending, corporate guarantees, bank guarantees, comfort letters, pledges, asset finance, treasury management, cash pooling, IRS/FX hedging…

As a Senior Legal Counsel:

• You report to the Head of financial Law & Project Finance
• You collaborate with your colleagues and are part of an international team based in France, Belgium & the UK
• Your are part of the business support of Engie providing support to the stakeholders located all over the world

And carry the following key accountabilities:

• You provide accurate and comprehensive advice to senior management and other internal stakeholders regarding a variety of matters, such as financial law, securities, contract law, international private law.
• You work closely with the operational teams to learn and understand the business and associated challenges, opportunities and risks
• You maintain a proactive and pragmatic approach in helping to identify and mitigate risks for the company
• You analyse, summarize, negotiate and draft contracts as well as other transactional matters
• You may be involved in ad hoc missions within the group providing transactional assistance on specific projects
• You partner with the ENGIE Group Legal Line and ensure our company applies ENGIE Group’s rules and recommendations in terms of Legal & Ethics
• You inspire and empower with exemplary leadership in your field of expertise

YOUR PROFILE as Senior Legal Counsel

• You hold a European or equivalent Law degree (Master) with minimum 7 years relevant experience in a law firm or in the in-house legal department of a financial institution
• You have an in-depth knowledge of relevant areas of financial law.
• You are business minded, financially astute, conversant with financial instruments.
• You deliver your expertise with passion and quality
• You are business-oriented
• You value feedback & learning culture, and walk the talk
• You have strong collaboration skills
• You demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills, strong drafting and negotiation skills, team-spirit.
• You build strong and trusting sustainable relationships, and create your networks
• You are able to work autonomously and bring up pragmatic solutions to problems
• You show good resilience and keep your cool in all circumstances
• You demonstrate the highest level of trust, confidentiality and integrity
• You are a fluid communicator in English and French (or possibility to acquire sufficient knowledge of French within a very short timeframe).