General Counsel

General Counsel

SVEA Solar is looking for an excellent General Counsel who wants to use their legal expertise to help save the planet. As our General Counsel you will add value to, and be a “backbone” of our business. In this role you will ensure that the company operates within the law at all times, offer counsel on legal issues, create an effective guardian of the organization and facilitate business strategies development.

In the fast-growing company that SVEA Solar is, you will be part of the international management team, and be able to have a fundamental impact of the business development. As the company continues to expand globally, you will have a key role to make sure that we're always adapting to local regulations and laws and have a unified way of working across the organization.

Since this is a new role in the company, you will have the ability to set up new policies together with the management team, and really make your mark on the organization. This is truly a unique role in a truly unique company.

What you will do

In this role you will:

• Provide expert and strategic legal advice to management.
• Set internal governance policies and manage impact of external factors.
• Evaluate and weigh multiple inputs and impacts of any decision or course of action.
• Anticipate issues and estimate risks strategically.
• Identify proactive solutions that will eliminate or mitigate risks.
• Base your decision-making process on ethics and integrity.
• Create associations of trust and respect with key stakeholders.
• Deal with external parties (regulators, external counsel, politicians, clients).
• Attract, develop, direct, motivate and drive performance from team.
• Draft agreements that minimize risks and maximize legal rights.
• Meet legal objectives.
• Deal with complex, significant matters that cut across legal and related areas.
• Keep abreast of legislative changes.

You have

• Proven general counseling experience in business environment.
• Overall broad legal knowledge (corporate law, litigations, labor law, etc.).
• In-depth understanding of how legal issues affect organizations.
• Ability to develop legal strategy and objectives.
• Well-versed in how business operate with financial acumen.
• High degree of professional ethics, integrity and gravitas.
• Excellent judgement and analytical skills.
• First class interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to anticipate legal issues or risks and to “see around the corner”.
• BSc degree in Law or J.D. degree.
• MA or BSc in Business Administration will be considered an asset.

The company SVEA Solar

SVEA Solar was founded in Dec 2013 in Stockholm, Sweden, and has since the beginning been operating on the market of solar energy. Our offer consists of an eco-system of products within the market of solar energy, consisting of solar panels, batteries, EV-chargers and energy tariffs. All our products are synced and can be monitored in our in-house developed energy management platform, accessible from any smart phone, tablet or computer. As of today, SVEA Solar operates in a number of markets in Europe and have about 400 employees. The intention is to keep expanding the business globally to achieve our goal of a 100% renewable energy production.

The role is stationed in Stockholm but will include some travelling in Europe.

We use ”Veriferas” services to ensure that all the candidates being considered for employment lacks a background which is incompatible with SVEA Solars core values. The selection of candidates and interviews are ongoing and the position could be filled before the last application date.

We at SVEA Solar are excited to receive your application!