Director, Legal, Energy & Power Procurement, EMEA

Role description

Role Overview

The Director, Legal, Energy & Power Procurement, EMEA is Nscale's dedicated UK-based counsel for energy and power procurement across EMEA, reporting to the VP, Legal, Real Estate and Construction. This is a hands-on execution role supporting the development and operation of Nscale's EMEA data centre campuses.

What You Will Do

Lead the negotiation of power procurement, utility supply, grid connection, interconnection and network-use arrangements for Nscale data centre campuses across EMEA. Draft and negotiate power purchase agreements, sleeved and corporate PPAs, energy supply agreements, renewable-energy arrangements and related certificates or attribute procurement structures.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will lead your own matters end-to-end, negotiate directly with utilities, generators, energy suppliers, developers and major equipment providers, and apply consistent commercial and legal positions across multiple jurisdictions. You will work closely with local external counsel where jurisdiction-specific advice is required.

Requirements

• 7+ years PQE legal experience in energy, power, infrastructure or major projects, gained in-house and/or at a top-tier law firm.
• Qualified solicitor or barrister in England and Wales, or another relevant EMEA jurisdiction, in good standing.
• Strong track record negotiating complex energy and power arrangements, including utility, grid connection, interconnection, energy supply, PPA, generation, equipment supply and O&M agreements.
• Experience supporting large-scale, mission-critical, industrial, infrastructure or energy-intensive projects.
• Experience working across multiple EMEA jurisdictions and managing local counsel effectively.
• Fluency in energy and infrastructure risk allocation, including pricing structures, capacity and volume commitments, delay remedies, credit support, performance guarantees, warranties, insurance, liability caps and dispute-resolution provisions.
• A confident first-chair negotiator, able to run multiple high-value contracts in parallel and drive them to signature.
• Ability to explain complex legal and commercial risk clearly to non-lawyers and senior stakeholders.
• Comfort working alongside real estate, construction, project finance, insurance, regulatory and technical counterparts.

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Bonus/commission
• Equity
• Healthcare
• PTO
• Retirement
• Learning budget
• Parental leave
• Wellness
• Visa/relocation support
• Remote flexibility