Senior Lawyer

ZORLU HOLDİNG A.Ş.

We are looking for a “ Senior Lawyer” to join Zorlu Holding Legal Department.

Lawyer will be specialized in Energy Sector and will carry out the following responsibilities:

Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in Law from reputable Universities, LLM is an asset,
• Bar admission in Turkey,
• 5 years of experience as a lawyer either in a reputable law firm or in a multi-national company,
• Practice in various fields of energy such as; electricity and steam generation and their retail, electricity sales, electricity distribution, solar panel sales and installation, natural gas sales and distribution is highly preferable,
• Experience in EPC projects and EPC contract management and O&M contracts is highly preferable,
• Experience in contract and commercial law, corporate law, energy law, banking and finance law, capital markets law,
• Experience in working public tenders, due diligence, mergers& acquisitions or finance projects is highly preferable,
• Experience in consultancy and litigation,
• Experience in arbitration is an asset,
• Experience in working as a team member,
• Ability to work in national and international projects,
• Proactive and strong follow-up on multi tasks,
• Practical and solution oriented,
• Good and positive communication and negotiation skills,
• Excellent command of written and spokenEnglish,
• Russian knowledge is an asset,
• Excellent command of MS Office applications and UYAP,
• No restriction in traveling domestic and abroad,
• Military service completion is a must for male candidates.

Job Description

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating all kinds of commercial and financial agreements and other legal documents,
• Carrying out project finance, EPC, due diligence, merger & acquisitions and public tender projects,
• Drafting and preparing all kinds of corporate documents,
• Providing legal opinion on various kinds of legal issues related to company’s day to day operations,
• Researching and evaluating risk factors regarding company’s activities,
• Representing company before courts, arbitration tribunals, mediators, debt execution offices as attorney at law,
• Participating in company’s compliance implementations such as KVKK/GDPR, competition law,
• Following up new legislations on company’s fields of activity and reporting related departments,
• Working in group cohesiveness with members of legal department in all tasks,
• Working in cooperation with company’s other departments and external counsels,
• Regularly reporting and achieving works and tasks.