Principal Solicitor (Corporate & Regulatory)
- Employer
- Taylor Root
- Location
- England, London, City of London
- Closing date
- 12 Feb 2025
- Reference
- JN -012025-281229
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- Vacancy Type
- Solicitors, In-House
- Experience Level
- Senior Level
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
- Practice Areas
- Energy
Job Details

About the company:
Our client is renowned for its innovation and excellence in the gas distributor sector. With a strong market reputation and a commitment to delivering outstanding quality; they are seeking a Principal Solicitor (Regulatory and Corporate) to join their legal team.
About the opportunity:
The candidate will be responsible for providing legal support and advice to all functions. This is a senior position requiring expertise in regulatory, corporate and financing matters. The successful candidate will provide strategic and operational legal guidance across the organisation, ensuring compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards. As well as helping to drive improvements in business processes and participating in delivery training on legal and contractual issues.
Key responsibilities for the role including providing regulatory and compliance advice, corporate, financing and transactional expertise. You will be responsible for advising and leading from a legal perspective on all aspects of regulatory compliance, including obligations under the Gas Act 1986, energy codes, and related legislation. In addition to support engagement with regulatory bodies such as Ofgem, providing and/or co-ordinating advice on licence conditions, price controls, and other regulatory frameworks. Lead legal aspects of regulatory submissions, consultations, and compliance monitoring. As well as advising on financing arrangements, including debt facilities and investment structures.
The candidate must bring a proactive, business and solution-oriented mindset to legal matters and a proven ability to work collaboratively across the organisation and the wider legal team.
About you:
The successful candidate will have at least 8 PQE, having trained in a top UK law firm. in-house experience in a regulated industry. Strong expertise in regulatory law, ideally with specific experience in energy or utilities sectors. Proven experience in corporate law, including financing arrangements and commercial contracts
Ideally you would have experience of working in a fast-paced in-house environment. This role would suit someone who is commercially astute, pragmatic and who thrives in a collegiate and supportive environment.
This is an excellent role for someone looking to take on the challenge and opportunity of working with senior stakeholders. To explore this exciting opportunity further, please apply.
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Company
Established in the 1980s, Taylor Root is now widely recognised as being one of the world’s leading legal recruiters. Operating out of offices in the UK, Dubai, Asia and Australia, we are ideally placed to assist law firms, banks and companies with their legal recruitment on an international basis. Taylor Root has a strong track record in the recruitment of: Heads of legal and legal advisers; Law firm associates and partners; Contract/locum lawyers; Paralegals; Company secretaries and Compliance professionals.
We regularly recruit for positions in all of the following regions: Western and Eastern Europe; The Middle East; Asia including Hong Kong, Singapore, Tokyo, mainland China and Bangkok; Australia and New Zealand, across The Caribbean and Offshore locations. .
In areas such as Project Finance, Derivatives or Capital Markets, where an international search is appropriate, our offices aim to provide truly global coverage and deliver a comprehensive candidate shortlist.
Through hard work, a professional and ethical approach, and not being afraid to be objective, Taylor Root continues to foster excellent, long-term candidate and client relationships throughout all of its offices.
Taylor Root is a member of The SR Group. The SR Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy dedicated to raising standards in the business environments that we serve. The sectors we cover include tax, legal, human resources, marketing, professional support and executive search, dealing with a substantial number of the world's leading professional partnerships, multi-national corporations and international banking groups as well as small to medium sized developing organisations.
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London
EC4M 7RD
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Suite 614, Liberty House
DIFC
P.O. Box 506739
Dubai, UAE
T: +9714 448 7770
1918 Hutchison House
10 Harcourt Road Central
Hong Kong
T: +852 2973 6333
Level 15, Prudential Tower
30 Cecil Street
Singapore 049712
T: +65 6420 0500
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Sydney NSW 2000
Australia
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Melbourne
Victoria, 3000
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