Provide legal advice and support on a wide range of legal activities, including incorporation of entities and SPVs, obtaining power generation business licences, giving assistance to Feed-in Premium (FIP) application and other regulatory permits and licences related to the Battery Energy Storage System (BESS), onshore wind and solar generation business.
Advise on renewable energy/power generation regulatory framework with a proper understanding of the main terms and conditions of tender documents, bidding requirements, consortium/ MOU/EPC agreements with partners to participate in tenders, project financing agreements, power purchase agreements (PPA), balancing agreement and other typical contracts/ agreements used domestically or internationally by the renewable energy industry.
Draft (either in English or Japanese, or both) and negotiate simple and complex contracts including those related to renewable energy power generation projects as non- disclosure agreements, sales and purchase agreements, energy performance contracts, commission framework agreements, engineering procurement contracts, joint venture agreements, acquisition-related documents, powers of attorney, corporate guarantees, and others.
Advise on general business law issues and managing the legal issues of all areas of the company, including but not limited to corporate matters, disputes related to the development of project, procurement, human resources, safety, security, insurance and sustainability issues.
Provide support for M&A opportunities, by working closely with in-house M&A Counsel and external counsel.
Represent the department as required in liaison with the Country Manager / Business Development Units and other relevant support units such as Finance, Corporate Finance, Accounts, FP&A, Asset Management Office, Engineering and Procurement office, Operations and Maintenance Unit, etc. in APAC and Spain.
Anticipate and manage any legal risks connected with or resulting from business strategy and operations.
Provide relevant legislative monitoring and secure compliance of business operations with relevant laws and regulations.
Pro-actively create and maintain awareness of business employees for compliance with relevant laws and regulations.
Deliver high-quality work under deadlines.
Any other assignment as and when required by the APAC General Counsel or Legal Head Office.