Legal Counsel

About US

ENGIE, a global leader in low‑carbon energy and services, relies on its Global Business Unit Supply & Energy Management (GBU S&EM) to provide reliable, sustainable, and affordable energy to all its customers. This strategic unit optimises the Group’s and clients’ production assets and designs tailored energy solutions for our 200,000 professional clients and 15 million consumers.

Senior Legal Counsel

Paris

Context

The S&EM Transversal Legal Expertise team is a functional central legal team supporting three Operational Areas (Energy Management, B2B and B2C) across a variety of businesses and geographies. The team consists of 15+ lawyers in Paris and Brussels and looks for a regulation and market‑conduct lawyer to accompany S&EM’s activities in day‑to‑day energy optimisation and trading operations while ensuring compliance with the applicable regulatory framework. This position is a great opportunity to work hand‑in‑hand with operational teams and be associated with a range of activities such as optimisation of the asset portfolio and wholesale energy markets for physical and financial products, both short‑term and long‑term.

Your Role

• Provide regulatory guidance to the business on regulations impacting S&EM’s activities (energy and trading) via comprehensive legal, regulatory and market‑conduct analyses that identify risks, issues and mitigating measures;
• Develop strategies, internal policies and solutions to facilitate market activities, business development and regulatory compliance, and develop – together with other support functions and operational teams – best practices in relation to market‑conduct topics and wholesale energy‑market regulations;
• Maintain a deep understanding of market‑conduct, wholesale and financial market regulations and the regulatory activities of regional and national regulators impacting S&EM’s activities, including training operational teams on regulations impacting S&EM’s activities;
• Lead, coordinate and advise on investigations (both internal and external) and regulatory inquiries in relation to energy market‑conduct topics in respect of S&EM’s activities such as from energy and financial regulators, market exchanges and transport system operators;
• Contribute to S&EM’s public‑affairs position and lobbying strategy towards public authorities and regulators to build favourable market design in respect of market‑conduct issues and energy market‑regulation topics, including coordinating S&EM’s contribution to national and European consultation papers on relevant market‑conduct and energy market‑regulation topics;
• Further S&EM’s interest by attending and participating in trade‑association committees (e.g. EFET, EURELECTRIC, EUROGAS) and liaise with relevant competent regional and national stakeholders;
• Contribute to other Transversal topics.

About You

• Qualified lawyer (preferably in Belgium or France);
• At least 8 years of professional experience;
• Prior experience in the energy sector;
• Prior experience in regulatory topics and/or energy law and/or public law and/or competition law within the EU is preferred. Experience with EMIR, MiFID, MAR and REMIT is a plus;
• Prior experience in litigation/investigations is a plus;
• Strong legal reasoning skills;
• Excellent presentation, analytical and drafting skills;
• Ability to understand in detail complex products and how the business functions from a legal and economic point of view;
• Effective manager of one’s time and external resources;
• Ability to work closely with internal stakeholders;
• Exercise sound professional judgment in identifying issues that need reference to management and/or colleagues legal experts within the business unit or the group;
• Strong business acumen;
• Ownership of responsibilities and managed matters;
• Self‑starter;
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills;
• Ability to work in a multi‑cultural and multinational trading environment;
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced and dynamic environment;
• Enthusiasm to learn and improve one’s skills;
• Proficient in both French and English. Dutch is a plus.

Location

Brussels / Paris. Occasional travels.

Diversity & Inclusion

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About ENGIE

ENGIE is a global leader in low‑carbon energy and services , committed to accelerating the transition towards a carbon‑neutral world . Our purpose (“raison d’être”) is clear: act to reduce energy consumption and develop cleaner, more sustainable solutions that balance economic performance with a positive impact on people and the planet. We rely on our core businesses — gas, power, renewable energy, and services — to deliver competitive, tailored solutions to our customers worldwide. With 96 000 employees and a strong network of partners and stakeholders, ENGIE is more than a company: we are a community of Imaginative Builders , working every day to create harmonious, sustainable progress . Business Unit: Supply & Energy Management. Division: S&EM LEGAL & ETHICS. Legal Entity: ENGIE Global Markets S.A.S.