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Job ID 21146

Legal Counsel

General Information

Country
Australia
State/Region
Victoria
City
Melbourne City Centre
Team
Legal, Corporate Affairs and Audit
Seniority
Specialist (2-4 years of experience)
Job Type
Permanent
Hire Type
Full-Time
Work Regimen
Hybrid
Posting Date
24-Mar-2026
Expiration Date
30-Apr-2026
Company
Enel X Australia Pty Ltd

Description and Requirements

  • Bring your exceptional legal background and expand your career to be a part of our growth in APAC
  • Join a global team committed to the world's energy transition
  • Hybrid work opportunity with a Melbourne CBD location

At Enel X Australia, our mission is to help accelerate Australia’s energy transition by unlocking the full value of flexible demand. We partner with organisations to decarbonise and electrify their energy use, while optimising their participation in the energy market through our market-leading Virtual Power Plant (VPP).

Enel X is part of the Enel Group, a global energy leader at the forefront of the transition to clean energy. Enel has been recognised in global sustainability rankings and continues to feature in leading ESG benchmarks for its emissions reductions and investment in the clean energy transition.

Enel X deploys crucial technologies to support the decarbonisation of organisations in Australia, including demand flexibility, onsite renewables and electric mobility to help businesses reduce emissions, manage risk and create new value. At the core of our offering is our market-leading Virtual Power Plant (VPP), which operates and optimises distributed energy assets in real time, 24/7. By combining deep market expertise with advanced technology, we enable customers to unlock new revenue streams, confidently participate in evolving energy markets, and deliver critical flexibility that supports a reliable, renewables-led grid.

What you will do:
In this role, you will join a high-performing legal team that is working to connect new businesses to our VPP. The Legal Counsel will work closely with the Enel X business teams across Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, China, and India to manage our existing, new, and potential projects across these jurisdictions. 

Key Responsibilities:
  • Contract drafting and negotiation – draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of corporate and commercial contracts, including flexibility services agreements, energy supply agreements, memorandums of understanding, letters of intent, agreements with regulators, share purchase agreements, complex vendor goods and services supply agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, land lease agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, sales agreements, non-disclosure agreements;
  • Analysis of laws and regulations – assessing and keeping abreast of key regulatory changes and developments in the law, analysing the impacts of such changes and developments to the business, advising the business of related risk management requirements, operational impacts, and implementation procedures, applying the analysis of applicable laws and regulations to business matters and transactions;
  • Legal advice for business teams – deliver ongoing legal advice, guidance and support, to all regional teams for all corporate and commercial projects and transactions (including tender management and transaction structuring), regulatory issues, labour law related matters, disputes, and business as usual arrangements;
  • Risk analysis and assessment – conduct thorough assessments of contractual and commercial risks and provide advice and solutions to the business teams to manage and mitigate such risks;
  • Legal research – conduct legal research on a variety of topics as and when they arise in respect of existing, new and potential projects and keep abreast of all developments and changes in the law for the purposes of advising the business teams on changes required to business processes and operational management;
  • Company secretarial – prepare board papers, directors papers, shareholders’ resolutions, advise on company constitutions and articles of association and ensure all reporting is up to date and completed in accordance with regulatory requirements;
  • Knowledge development – ensure the continuous development and imnprovement of legal templates, information papers, guidelines and training documents within the Legal and Corporate Affairs Team;
  • Stakeholder management – understanding and managing all stakeholder expectations in achieving commercial outcomes and business goals, including across customer facing teams, support functions, shareholders, directors, external counterparts, both locally and globally;
  • Compliance management – upholding local regulatory requirements and Head Office Global Policies and Protocols while balancing risk on all business related matters.

Who you are:
In order to succeed in this role, you need to possess most of the following attributes:
  • 5 years’ Post Qualification Experience
  • be admitted as a solicitor, qualified to practice in VIC or NSW
  • Bachelor degree or higher in Laws
  • prior top-tier private practice work experience
  • demonstrable legal technical experience including in the areas of renewable energy contruction projects, corporate M&A, joint ventures
  • proven transactional and risk management experience
  • proven experience across APAC jurisdictions and understanding of cultural, regulatory and legal landscapes across APAC countries
  • strong communication skills and ability to comprehend complex legal structures while identifying legal issues and advising on commercially viable solutions
  • effective stakeholder management skills and ability to influence business lines and senior stakeholders
  • an intellectually curious mind and ability to work proactively
  • effective matter management skills including ability to multitask, prioritise, set and meet deadlines, work independently, and perform tasks with emphasis on accuracy and high attention to detail
  • self-motivated, comfortable operating without day-to-day direction
  • be willing to work across various timezones to support our local, regional and global needs
  • ability to work in a team or individually, in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Apply Now!

If this role feels like a fit for you and you’re looking to be part of an inclusive and supportive team, hit the "Apply" button. We’re excited to meet suitable applicants so send us your CV and a cover note addressing 5 of your key strengths for the role.

Due to high volume of applicants, only successful candidates will be contacted.

Who we are:

Enel X Global Retail is the Enel Group’s global business line that offers services to accelerate innovation and drive the energy transition. World leader in the sector of advanced energy solutions, Enel X Global Retail manages services such as demand response for approximately 6.6 GW of total capacity globally and 59 MW of behind-the-meter storage capacity installed worldwide. Through its advanced solutions, including energy management and financial services, Enel X Global Retail provides each partner with an intuitive and personalized ecosystem of technological platforms and consulting services, focused on the principles of sustainability and the circular economy in order to provide people, communities, institutions and companies with an alternative model that respects the environment and integrates technological innovation into daily life. Each solution has the power to transform the goals of decarbonization, electrification and digitalization into sustainable actions for all, in order to build a more sustainable and efficient world together.

Innovation, Trust, Proactivity and Responsibility are the core values of our Organization. We are always looking for different perspectives, ideas and points of view. Each person is important to us, independently from their gender, age, nationality, ability or any other form of diversity or specificity. We are a people focused Company and we work to empower all our colleagues through development programs and lifelong learning.

We promote work flexibility recognizing the importance of well-being and work-life balance.

Find out more information on our website: www.enelx.com


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