Job Description
Role Specification – Legal Counsel
Role Summary
Assisting the Energy team and the Private Credit team with structuring, drafting, negotiation and completion of deals. Also assisting with the management of the existing loan books including but not limited to drafting amendments, waivers and reservation of rights.
Working Environment
Triple Point Investment Management LLP (“Triple Point”) is a private investment firm founded in 2004. TPIM has seen significant growth in the last few years and now has more than 250 people working at its London head office in the heart of the City. Website: www.triplepoint.co.uk TPIM currently has assets under management totalling circa £3bn.
Triple Point has a highly motivated, professional and dynamic team, and ambitious growth targets. High standards of professionalism and ethics are required, though there is a dynamic and enjoyable working environment.
Key Responsibilities
• Providing legal advice to the Energy team on structuring deals, portfolio monitoring and reviewing direct agreements. You will also support commercial and contractual negotiations with the team, including drafting and reviewing power purchase agreements/corporate power purchase agreements, engineering, procurement and construction agreements, and operations and maintenance agreements.
• Providing legal support to the Private Credit team in relation to a variety of deals including cash flow lending, acquisition finance, leveraged finance, wholesale finance and structured finance.
• Drafting and negotiating a full range of finance documents including facility agreements, intercreditor agreements and security documentation
• Reviewing and advising on ancillary legal documentation, including sale and purchase agreements, hold harmless letters and non-disclosure agreements.
• Managing legal risks on transactions and advising on legal and commercial risks and solutions at the structuring/term sheet stage
• Attending to post-closing matters such as the registration of any relevant security at Companies House
Personal Specification
Knowledge & Experience
• Qualified solicitor ideally with a minimum of 4yrs PQE and holds a current practicing certificate
• Experience in Project Finance (including drafting and reviewing underlying project documentation) and one or more of the following areas: cash flow lending, acquisition financing, structured finance and leveraged lending
• Ability to demonstrate a good understanding of facility documentation
• Ability to demonstrate exposure to a broad range of deal structures
• Strong private practice training
IT Packages/Systems Used
• Intermediate to advanced IT skills
• Good command of Microsoft Outlook
• MS Office packages: Word and Excel
• Docusign
• Willingness to embrace and experiment with new technologies and AI
Favourable characteristics
• Pragmatism and commerciality
• Positive, proactive, smart, engaging and sociable
• Where accuracy is key, you take responsibility for your work and strive to get it right first time; people can rely on your work.
• Comfortable working to internal and external deadlines
• Seek to develop a genuine rapport and long term working relationships
• Knowledgeable and can be relied on for technical aspects of the role
• Able to demonstrate and display technical knowledge to gain credibility for Triple Point with external parties.
• Deliver high quality output that enhances Triple Point’s reputation for expertise
• Has a good awareness of what is going on in our sectors and are able to come with ideas about what we might do