Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel

ENSEK builds the cloud-native SaaS software that's transforming how energy retailers operate, innovate and manage at scale. We help retailers lower operating costs, improve billing accuracy for consumers, and enhance customer experience through automation and AI-driven insight, all underpinned by modern, cloud-native architecture.

ENSEK is at an exciting inflection point as we scale at pace towards new international horizons. If you're driven by solving complex, real-world problems and want to build modern technology that accelerates the global energy transition, you'll feel right at home with us.

About the Role

ENSEK is seeking a third lawyer to join the ENSEK Legal Team, reporting to the Head of Legal. This role will play an important part in supporting the business and enabling its ambitious growth plans through the provision of clear, pragmatic and commercially focused legal advice. This is an opportunity to help shape how legal support is delivered across the business - working closely with senior stakeholders and helping to drive continuous improvement in legal processes to support the business' growth plans.

We are looking for a UK qualified lawyer with at least 3 years post-qualification experience in commercial law, with demonstrated experience negotiating complex contracts - ideally in a technology or SaaS environment. Strong working knowledge of data protection and UK GDPR is also preferred. The successful candidate must have the ability to balance risk management with commercial pragmatism, and thrive in a fast-moving technology business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing clear, pragmatic advice to internal stakeholders and advising on contract risks, legal and compliance obligations and other miscellaneous queries handled by the legal team.
• Helping design and implement new legal processes and workflows, including supporting the transition to more automated systems to improve efficiency. This includes working closely with our teams to enhance the use of technology in legal and commercial workflows.
• Drafting, reviewing, negotiating and advising on a range of commercial contracts including NDAs, heads of terms, MSAs, Framework Agreements, customer contracts, supplier contracts, DPAs, partnering arrangements and reseller arrangements. This includes up-sells, variations and terminations.
• Applying ENSEK's contract playbook(s) when drafting and negotiating legal contracts and identifying deviations that require additional internal approvals, and supporting the introduction of additional contract playbooks.
• Supporting ENSEK's contract management processes (including business readiness and approval processes) and the management of the legal team's central documentation repository.
• Providing support in relation to documenting specifications and requirements suitable to be included in a contract.
• Advising on new supplier contracts and supporting ENSEK's supplier due diligence and on-boarding processes.
• Managing ENSEK's pre-litigation handling of disputes, including information gathering, providing initial internal opinions and supporting the preparation of without prejudice responses, offers and commercial settlements.
• Instructing and managing external legal advisers (where applicable), including management of deadlines and budget.
• Advising on data protection and supporting ENSEK's DPO.

Competency Requirements:

Behaviours:

• Delivers work reliably, with accountability for quality and deadlines
• Seeks and applies feedback to improve performance
• Balances execution of tasks with small process or efficiency improvements
• Raises challenges early, with suggested options
• Seeks clarity when faced with uncertainty, adjusting approach when needed

Knowledge:

• Deep subject matter knowledge within their area
• Applies established processes, methods and tools effectively
• Competent in using reporting/analytics to inform own work
• Understands compliance, governance and operational standards for their role
• Adapts methods of working as priorities shift

Experience Required:

• 3-4 years as a UK qualified solicitor, with experience in negotiating, drafting and advising on commercial contracts in a technology or SaaS environment and experience advising on data protection.
• Ability to think commercially and support the business on the legal and commercial implications of its contracting and other arrangements, including assessment and management of risk.
• Confidence to constructively challenge others, and use knowledge and experience to come up with solutions.
• Ability to independently manage varied workload and prioritise effectively.
• Experience in using AI to streamline legal processes preferred but not essential provided there is a willingness to utilise AI.
• Ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
• Willingness to develop sector knowledge and get involved in areas related to core knowledge.

Company Benefits

• 25 days' holiday + bank holidays
• Option to buy or sell 5 extra annual leave days per year
• Vitality Health Insurance, including private healthcare, virtual GP access, mental-health support and wellbeing perks (50% off gym memberships - Virgin Active, Nuffield, PureGym)
• Pension with 5% matched contribution
• Regular team-wide and company-wide events
• 2 volunteering days per year to give back
• Remote-first working environment with offices in London and Nottingham