Legal Counsel

23 Hours ago • 5 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

The Legal Counsel will support the Energy Trading business, working closely with various departments. Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with legal requirements, drafting and negotiating agreements (energy trading, commercial, IT/IP, and procurement), assisting with exchange and TSO onboarding, monitoring market legal structures, supporting licensing and passporting processes, partnering with teams to manage legal risk, and liaising with external counsel. The role requires a proactive, hands-on individual with strong communication skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment.

Must have:

Academic Law degree
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
Knowledge of and experience with Energy- and Contract law
Strong communicator
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

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WHAT YOU'LL DO

We are looking for a Legal Counsel to support our Energy Trading business who can work independently and who will work closely with various departments within IMC, including Risk, Compliance, Finance, Trading and Technology.

TASKS

Your core responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Ensuring that IMC Trading’s operations are conducted in compliance with legal requirements, IMC policies and ethical business practices
Contract drafting, reviewing and negotiating agreements, including energy trading-related agreements (e.g. BRP-, Gas License-, Hub-, Interconnector-, Border-point-, Exchange-, Broker-, EFET agreements) as well as commercial-, IT/IP-and procurement agreements
Assist in onboarding with exchanges and TSO’s
Monitor and interpret evolving market legal structures (changes to TSO framework agreements)
Support licensing and passporting processes across multiple jurisdictions
Partner with Compliance, Risk, Trading, and Operations teams to ensure legal risk is effectively managed
Liaise with external counsel in jurisdictions where the company does not have a local presence

WHAT WE LOOK FOR

Your skills and experience:

Academic Law degree
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience at a Law Firm and/or as In-house Legal Counsel
Demonstrable knowledge of and experience with Energy- and Contract law
Should bring a high degree of pragmatism, a strong sense of urgency and initiative
Motivated, proactive with a hands-on mentality
Strong and confident communicator
Collaborative team player with a good sense of humour
Ability to act independently and perform successfully in a fast paced, technology driven and by times high-pressured environment
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.