(Senior) Legal Counsel (m/f/d)

Essen

Full-time

Fixed-term

85,000 - 125,000 € per year

Your mission

As (Senior) Legal Counsel at E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI), you will play a key role in supporting our international growth journey. In this position, you will provide pragmatic legal advice, drive legal processes, and work closely with stakeholders across multiple markets to support the expansion of charging infrastructure throughout Europe.

Your responsibilities

Advise international teams, management, and leadership on a broad range of day-to-day legal matters
Draft, review, negotiate, and further develop commercial agreements and legal documents, including site, lease and usage agreements, supplier and service contracts, cooperation and partnership agreements, financing-related agreements, and claim matters
Analyze complex legal and regulatory issues related to e-mobility and charging infrastructure and develop pragmatic business solutions, working closely with technical teams to identify legal risks early
Advise on regulatory requirements in e-mobility, energy, infrastructure, and technology, including energy law, metrology and calibration law, the German Energy Industry Act, and Federal Network Agency requirements
Lead negotiations with business partners, authorities, landowners, and other external stakeholders and support strategic partnerships and innovative cooperation models
Enforce the company’s rights in disputes and contractual breaches, support court proceedings, and develop efficient conflict resolution strategies
Support permitting and implementation matters related to the construction and operation of charging infrastructure, including building and environmental permits.
Represent the company vis-à-vis authorities, institutions, courts, professional bodies, and e-mobility industry associations, contribute to industry standards, and prepare legal statements and position papers
Drive legal processes, standardization, automation, and efficiency improvements
Coordinating external law firms and legal support across multiple jurisdictions
Support governance, compliance, risk management, and data privacy topics, including GDPR-related matters where relevant
Ensuring close stakeholder management across our headquarters and international markets

Your profile

Fully qualified lawyer (Second German State Examination or equivalent legal qualification)
Prior admission as Rechtsanwältin / Rechtsanwalt or in-house lawyer (Syndikusrechtsanwältin / Syndikusrechtsanwalt) and eligible for admission as in-house lawyer pursuant to § 46 BRAO
At least 3 years of professional experience as in-house legal counsel or in a law firm advising corporate clients
Strong expertise in commercial contracts, commercial law, corporate law, real estate law, or related fields; additional experience in governance, risk management, compliance, and/or data protection is an advantage
Experience in e-mobility, energy, infrastructure, or technology is a strong advantage.
Strong process-oriented mindset with the ability to structure and optimize legal workflows
Experience with or strong interest in Legal Tech, process automation (e.g., RPA), and AI. Motivation to actively use these tools to make legal work more efficient and effective
Pragmatic, business-oriented, and solution-focused approach to legal advice
Strong analytical skills paired with a hands-on mentality and entrepreneurial thinking
Enjoy working both collaboratively and independently
Willingness to take responsibility, actively drive topics forward, and continuously develop your own area of responsibility
Fluency in both German and English is mandatory
Excellent communication and negotiation skills with the confidence to engage with senior stakeholders

Why us?

People take centre stage: Become part of a dynamic, ambitious and agile team that develops solutions for the eMobility market and be part of our EDRI events
With us, you get the best of both worlds - 100% start-up with the support of a large company
The freedom you need: We offer you hybrid working with flexible working hours 
Workation: Enjoy the flexibility to work temporarily from abroad – within the EU
You will receive a competitive salary
A company pension scheme is of course also one of the benefits with us
Sustainable learning opportunities: We support you with a training budget of 5,000 euros per year
You get everything you need to get started: onboarding with welcome gifts and all the hardware you need

Contact

Diversity counts at E.ON. We welcome all people and are convinced that differences make us stronger. Become part of our inclusive and diverse corporate culture!
 
Seize the opportunity to become part of our E.ON Drive Infrastructure team and not only create prospects for the future of E.ON, but also for your own. 
 
We look forward to getting to know you!
 
Laura
Junior Recruiter
 
Do you have any questions or difficulties with your application? Please contact me at laura.ackermann@edri.com.

About us

E.ON Drive Infrastructure (EDRI) is a pan-European market leading charge point operator owned by the E.ON group. EDRI builds, owns, and operates public charging infrastructure for all types of electric vehicles. The company purpose is to build a sustainable world, by providing charging for everyone, everywhere. The team currently employs more than 200 people and operates more than 9.000 public charging points across 11 European countries: Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Together with location partners EDRI will expand its network by installing 1,000 additional high power charging points per year.