Legal Manager

Legal Manager: Corporate Renewable Energy | Cape Town 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. 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. What you'll be doing (overview not the full picture): Leading legal workstreams on M&A, disposals, restructures, JVs and project transactions SPAs, subscription agreements, SHAs, JDAs Supporting corporate finance: funding, equity investments, refinancing and security documentation Acting as primary legal advisor to the Sales and Trading teams electricity trading, aggregation, virtual wheeling and grid-related commercial arrangements Overseeing corpo...