Head of Legal and Compliance

Sembcorp Industries Ltd; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy solutions provider in the UK is seeking a Head of Legal and Compliance. This key role will shape legal strategies and ensure compliance across the UK business. The ideal candidate brings corporate and commercial law expertise, as well as significant in-house experience in a senior leadership capacity. Responsibilities include managing a legal team and advising on major projects and transactions, with a competitive compensation package including benefits like pension and medical insurance.

Benefits

Pension

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Flexible working

Qualifications

• Experience as a corporate and commercial law generalist with a formative professional career spent in private practice.
• Significant in-house experience in another senior leadership role.
• Proven effectiveness in supervising other legal and compliance professionals.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the primary point of contact for legal advice and support.
• Leading, managing and mentoring the UK Legal and Compliance team.
• Ensuring compliance with Group policies and applicable UK legal requirements.

Skills

Corporate and commercial law expertise

Strong stakeholder management skills

Change management experience

Job description

Sembcorp Energy UK (SEUK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sembcorp Industries, is a leading provider of sustainable solutions supporting the UK’s transition to Net Zero. With an energy generation and battery storage portfolio of over 1.3GW in operation or under development, our expertise helps major energy users and suppliers improve their efficiency, profitability, and sustainability, while supporting the growth of renewables and strengthening the UK’s electricity system.

Our Wilton International site, within the Teesside Freeport, sits amongst a hub of decarbonisation innovation. At the site, we provide energy-intensive industrial businesses with combined heat and power (CHP) via our private wire network that supplies electricity generated by gas and biomass.

These services are complemented by our fleet of fast-acting, decentralised power stations and battery energy storage sites situated throughout England and Wales. These flexible assets deliver electricity to the national grid, helping to balance the UK energy system and ensure reliable power for homes and businesses.

The Role

Reporting to the UK CEO, with a reporting line into the Group CLO in Singapore, the Head of Legal and Compliance is accountable for all legal and compliance matters across the UK business and its subsidiaries.

Attractions

• Influence at senior level, directly shaping business-wide decisions.
• Leadership responsibility, managing and developing a small legal and compliance team.
• Greater challenge and scope, spanning major projects, acquisitions, disposals and strategic transactions.
• Senior leadership team compensation package including pension, private medical insurance, income protection, life assurance and flexible working.

Key Responsibilities

• Acting as the primary point of contact for legal advice and support, aligned with Group Legal and Compliance.
• Leading, managing and mentoring the UK Legal and Compliance team.
• Overseeing the delivery of legal services, legal strategy and the effective use of external counsel.
• Ensuring compliance with Group policies and applicable UK legal, fiscal, HR and regulatory requirements.
• Leading on risk management and legislative compliance across the organization as well as acquisitions, disposals and other major projects.
• Advising on banking facilities, lender relationships and financial instruments.
• Representing the company in dealings with banks and shareholders.
• Acting as Company Secretary and supporting relevant Boards.
• Providing strategic legal and commercial input as a member of the Senior Management Committee.

The Candidate

To be considered for the role, you’ll need to demonstrate:

• Experience as a corporate and commercial law generalist with a formative professional career spent in private practice.
• Significant in-house experience in another senior leadership role.
• Proven effectiveness in supervising other legal and compliance professionals, whilst also remaining hands-on with day-to-day matters.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and the ability to operate at senior management level.

Experience of leading or contributing to change management programmes is highly desirable, as is experience from another closely-related industry.

How to Apply

Please click on the link to register your interest and upload your CV. All interested candidates will receive an acknowledgement before any initial view on suitability or interview with our retained recruitment consultant.