Uk Head of Legal - London, United Kingdom - newcleo

newcleo

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Date:20 May 2024

Location:
London, GB

Gloucester, GB, GL3 4AD

Manchester, GB, M1 6EU

Company:
newcleo

About _new_
cleo

Privately funded and headquartered in London, _new_cleo was launched in and since raised a total of EUR 400m - to be an innovator in the field of nuclear energy.

Its mission is to generate safe, clean, economic and practically inexhaustible energy for the world, through a radically innovative combination of existing, accessible technologies.

With visionary co-founders, _new_cleo capitalises on thirty years of R&D activity in metal-cooled fast reactors and liquid-lead cooling systems, and our senior management and advisory team can boast hundreds of years in cumulative hands-on experience.

Counting around 600 highly skilled employees across Europe, _new_cleo has business, scientific, operations and industrial manufacturing capabilities in a vertically integrated model designed to deliver its ambitious timeline for its plan-to-market.

- new_cleo's technology, mostly comprising a novel approach to already qualified solutions, addresses equally well the three challenges affecting the nuclear industry to date: waste, safety and cost.
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Waste: fast reactors are capable of efficient "burning" (i.e., fission) of depleted uranium, plutonium and Minor Actinides. When operated with MOX fuel generated from reprocessed nuclear waste, _new_cleo's reactors not only ensure sustainability by closing the fuel cycle, but can also boost energy independence.
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Safety: lead-cooled reactors operate at atmospheric pressure. The properties of lead (thermal properties, boiling point, chemical and shielding properties) together with _new_cleo's passive safety systems ensure very high levels of safety.
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Cost: _new_cleo's reactor design has been optimised over the last 20 years leading to the concept of an ultra-compact and transportable 200MWe module with improvements in energy density compared to other technologies. Costs are kept low by means of simplicity, compactness, modularity, atmospheric pressure operation and elevated output temperature.
- new_cleo is also working to significantly invest in MOX fuel manufacturing in developed countries, extracting energy from the current nuclear industry by-products.
- new_cleo is ready to develop a new, sustainable, and completely safe way of generating nuclear energy that will help humanity reach zero emissions, and mitigate of global warming.

Overview of the role:

The newcleo Legal Team is a high performing, high profile team, recognised as trusted advisors to the newcleo Exec, Board and group businesses.

Our role is to support growth, find pragmatic solutions to complex issues and provide constructive challenge in order to protect the interests of our stakeholders.

The UK Head of Legal (HoL) will be a talented, and highly driven proactive senior lawyer who will provide responsible and accountable legal leadership and proactive, timely, high quality, cost effective solutions to a wide range of interesting domestic and global commercial opportunities.

There will be UK and occasionally international travel, interaction with key stakeholders and the opportunity to build experience and expertise in nuclear law.

The HoL will report into the General Counsel (GC) and support and deputise for the GC in the UK as required to ensure delivery of legal advice is appropriate, timely and enables newcleo to deliver its mission with mínimal legal risk.

The HoL will be responsible for the line management and leadership of one member of the newcleo Legal team and is accountable to the GC for the delivery of expert levels of professional guidance, pragmatic advice, and practical support on legal and governance issues in a timely, fit for purpose and cost-efficient manner.

This will be a pivotal role in shaping the legal framework of our organization in the UK primarily but will provide legal guidance and support across all areas of our business, ensuring compliance with local and international laws and regulations.

The HoL's expertise will be vital in facilitating our growth and expansion, managing legal risks effectively, and collaborating with our lawyers in France and Italy to ensure a cohesive legal strategy across the organisation.

Main duties/role and responsibilities:

Provide end to end legal advice in negotiation and closing of commercial transactions.
Provide expert legal guidance and strategic advice to senior management and key stakeholders on all legal matters arising
Collaborate closely with internal departments, affiliated companies throughout Europe, external legal counsel, government agencies, and industry stakeholders to address legal challenges, resolve disputes and advance the company objectives
Adopt a business partner approach and work closely with the UK leadership team and their direct reports, business lines and functions to understand their legal advice needs and priorities, to encou