Legal Counsel EMEA (m/f/d)

Fluence is the leading global energy storage technology and services company, created and backed by Siemens and AES, two industry powerhouses and pioneers in energy storage. Fluence unites the scale, experience, breadth, and financial backing of the two most experienced icons in energy storage.

Our mission is to create a more sustainable future by transforming the way we power our world. Energy storage is critical to this transformation, yet today the market is fragmented and customers face the challenge of finding a trusted technology partner amidst conflicting technical claims, inexperienced vendors and installers, and new market entrants with limited power sector knowledge.

Fluence brings the proven technology solutions and services that overcome the commercial and regulatory barriers that stand in the way of modernizing our energy networks. We are the partner that can deliver at a global scale with the most experienced and knowledgeable team in the world.

Fluence (Nasdaq: FLNC) is a global market leader in energy storage products and services and digital applications for renewables and storage. With a presence in 30 global markets, Fluence provides an ecosystem of offerings to drive the clean energy transition, including modular, scalable storage products, comprehensive service offerings, and the Fluence IQ platform, which delivers AI-enabled digital applications for managing and optimizing storage and renewables. The company is transforming the way we power our world by helping customers create more resilient and sustainable electric grids. For more information, please visit fluenceenergy.com.

 

We are guided by our passion to transform the way we power our world. Achieving our goals requires creativity, diversity of ideas and backgrounds, and building trust to effect change and move with speed.

Fluence currently has thousands of MW of energy storage projects operated or awarded worldwide in addition to the thousands of MW of projects managed by our trading platform—and we are growing every day.

Fluence is defined by its unwavering commitment to safety, quality, and integrity.

We achieve our goals and meet our customer’s needs by cultivating curiosity, adaptability, and self-reflection in our teams.

We value the diversity in thought and experience of our coworkers and customers. Through honest, forthcoming, and respectful communications we work to ensure that Fluence is an inclusive and welcoming environment for all. 

Fluence is seeking candidates for the role of Legal Counsel, EMEA.

The Legal Counsel, EMEA, will have an in-depth role in overseeing the legal matters of Fluence’s EMEA organization with a focus on contracting of complex battery energy storage projects. This includes legal aspects of the delivery of energy storage systems to our customers, managing the contractual relationships with our supply chain, but also all sorts of corporate issues in Germany, the Netherlands, the UK, and other jurisdictions we are active in, and also will definitely include any stuff that ends up on a corporate lawyer’s desk.

The role will be part of Fluence’s EMEA Legal Department. This position offers an opportunity to make a difference by contributing to the effective, accurate and profitable operations of a global organization with the mission to change the way we power our world (and – we take this mission seriously! Most people at Fluence share that mission personally).

We’ll tell you more about Fluence below, but first let’s talk about you!

•You are responsible, agile, leading and fun. (Hint: these are Fluence’s core values, and we mean it. Seriously.). Beyond that, you fiercely innovate, enjoy thriving together with others (at Fluence the”We” is paramount), and always stive to deliver excellence

•You have a “generalist” background and gained a minimum of two years of experience drafting, interpreting, and negotiating contracts. We are not too bothered about “your” jurisdiction – but an openness to work in common and civil law jurisdictions is necessary. For a lawyer, that probably means you are “daring”. If you have also seen and worked on a wide variety of other matters that come across the table of an in-house lawyer in a small legal department – even better.

•You are interested in thinking out of the box on how legal departments are working. improving the processes of a legal department – what’s Legal Tech?. 

•You read legalese fluently, but you never, ever speak legalese.  You enjoy boring your family and friends with your vast knowledge of legal matters that come up in the life of an international group of companies. And you entertain your colleagues from other functions in the same manner – and they like you for it.

•You probably began your career by laboring happily in a swanky law firm or have been exposed to the joy of an in-house legal department.  

•You have excellent judgment, both in business and interpersonal matters, except you like lawyers.  You can win the day for your client, and the other side thinks you’re awesome.  People sometimes tell you “Wow, I didn’t know lawyers could be cool.”

•Ideally, you have some experience in industrial equipment, construction or utility projects.  If your experience comes from the renewable energy or energy storage sector, we might think you are very fancy indeed.

•You have impeccable ethics and a commitment to compliance and safety. (We don’t make jokes about compliance or safety.)

•You exude strong interpersonal skills, flexibility and a highly self-motivated work style. In a room full of industrial-grade rock stars, you’ll blend in like a chameleon – and together with these rock stars – form the group delivering the next No. 1 hit.

FLUENCE AND YOUR NEW JOB

Fluence’s core values are: Responsible, Agile, Leading and Fun.  What on earth does that mean for you?

Fluence is defined by our unwavering commitment to safety, quality, and integrity.  We take personal ownership in what we do, developing trust in our relationships with internal and external stakeholders.  We firmly believe in having honest, forthcoming, and fair communications.

•This role will support the EMEA Management and all Fluence functions in managing and mastering their legal challenges. The office is not located in a legal ivory tower – you are expected to be a part of the team and add value in close interactions with your peers.

•In other words, you will be a lawyer in a broad and customer-facing role, and all of us are responsible for great customer service.

Agile:  

Here at Fluence, we strive to continuously improve, to be intellectually curious and be adaptive to our customers’ and employees’ needs.  Collaboration is key, both in our partnerships with our customers, and with each other.  Fluence prioritizes the most critical efforts that allow for the greatest impact.  

•This role will support the EMEA region.  The subject matter, technical details and personalities will be numerous and varied.

•Job location is flexible.  (What? Really? Yes!) Within EMEA, we have a physical office in Erlangen, Germany, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and London, UK, so occasional travel to this location and to all other places where the business needs legal eagles should be expected, along with other occasional business travel.  But this role, like most of our “office” roles, will work remotely most of the time.

•Most Fluence people wear multiple hats.  On any given day you might provide overflow legal support on any topic, from contracting to employment law, privacy, intellectual property, real estate, or simply corporate housekeeping.  Nobody at Fluence says “that’s not my job!” 

•Our lingua franca is English. Looking at our project forecast, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, or Swedish language skills would be cool. 

Our goal is to create a more sustainable future by transforming the way we power our world. The company offers proven energy storage technology solutions designed to address the diverse needs and challenges of customers in a rapidly transforming energy landscape. Fluence works closely with customers as their trusted advisor throughout their journey and provides advisory, financing, and project lifecycle services.

•You aren’t expected to arrive at Fluence being an expert in energy storage.  You’ll climb the learning curve quickly. 

•Our customers value us for our expertise, and this role will be on the front lines, interacting with customers frequently.  Soon you’ll know more about energy storage than most other lawyers in the world.

We are always looking for employees who are excited by challenges and the opportunity to be problem-solvers.  Our entrepreneurial mindset allows for creativity, sense of urgency and fulfillment.  Our employees love what we do and are passionate about the way we power our world.  

•Granted, this is an intangible – how do you measure fun?  Suffice it to say, we work very hard to maintain a vibrant company culture.  We value diversity, inclusiveness and respect.  Even toward our lawyers!  People at Fluence don’t take themselves too seriously – we take our products and our customers seriously.  (And ethics, and safety, and compliance.)

•As some of us like to say, “Winning is fun!”.  At Fluence, you’ll be doing a lot of winning and we don’t settle for anything less.