Senior Legal Counsel, Compliance & Regulatory

• Design, build and maintain the Group compliance framework — ethics and business conduct, policies, governance, risk assessment, controls, monitoring, reporting and training
• Lead legal and regulatory compliance for REMIT-regulated activities and advise on energy and trading regulation
• Support AI governance and advise on the EU AI Act, NIS2, cybersecurity and operational resilience, including incident response and third-party risk
• Lead anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions and trade controls, competition and antitrust compliance, whistleblowing and compliance investigations; own KYB and risk-based due diligence including ESG and supply-chain requirements
• Lead GDPR compliance across the Group, including privacy-by-design, DPIAs, international data transfers and regulatory engagement
• Lead engagement with regulators and advise on compliance aspects of customer contracts, tenders, market entry, product launches and M&A
• Report to the General Counsel and work closely with Quality and ISO certification, Information Security, Finance, Product and Commercial teams
• Join the Legal team from 1 Jan 2027

Key requirements:

• Qualified lawyer in a relevant European jurisdiction with approximately 10+ years of post-qualification experience, including substantial compliance and regulatory experience in an international environment
• Proven track record designing, implementing and leading compliance programmes with commercial judgement
• Experience working in or advising technology businesses, including software, SaaS and cloud-based products
• Good understanding of energy and trading regulation (REMIT), AI, cybersecurity and operational resilience regulation (EU AI Act, NIS2), and privacy and data protection (GDPR)
• Experience across business integrity, ethics, third-party risk management, and ESG and sustainability-related regulatory requirements
• Excellent judgement and communication skills, able to advise at senior leadership level and engage with regulators
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally; fluent professional English required

Nice to have:

• Experience in the energy sector, including wholesale energy markets, trading, optimisation, market data or forecasting
• Certifications such as IAPP CIPP/E, CIPM or AIGP
• Familiarity with ISO standards such as ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 37301, ISO/IEC 27701 and ISO/IEC 42001