Junior Legal Counsel

You’re detail-oriented, curious, and ready to build your legal career in a fast-moving business environment. As our Junior Legal Counsel, you’ll work closely with Senior Legal Counsel to ensure the company operates smoothly, ethically, and in full compliance with the law. This is a role for someone who wants to grow into a trusted legal advisor — combining technical skills, business awareness, and professional judgment. You’ll be part of a team that values precision, integrity, and proactive thinking.

The role will consist of, but not limited to, the following actions on a daily basis:

• Contract review and drafting: 
  • Conducting review and risk-based assessment of incoming contracts (NDA, master agreements, purchase and sale agreement, etc.)
  • Amending and drafting contractual templates to accommodate new use cases, products, or regulation.
  • Establish and maintain contract templates and a streamlined contracting process to improve efficiency and consistency.
  • Communicating with business partner and counterparty to negotiate and manage inquiries and issues regarding prospective and existing contracts.
• Compliance support: Monitor changes in legislation and assist in ensuring our policies and practices stay up to date.
• Assisting with claims
• Risk awareness: Identify potential legal issues early and help design practical solution
• Cross-team collaboration: Partner with departments such as Finance, HR, Risk, and Operations to provide legal guidance that supports their goals.

• Bachelor or Master degree in law, preferably with common law background, and a strong interest in commercial and/or corporate law.
• Native or fluent in English
• Minimum 5 years of professional experience, including 1–3 years of relevant legal practice in-house or at a law firm, ideally with exposure to trading companies.
• You have demonstrated experience as commercial lawyer with excellent contract drafting and negotiation skills
• The ability to communicate complex legal concepts in a clear, concise way
• An eye for detail combined with an understanding of the bigger business picture
• A flexible, proactive, pragmatic, collaborative and result-driven professional with an entrepreneurial spirit. 
• Eager to assume responsibilities and learn new tasks
• Ability to multi-tasking on different projects

• Work in an inspiring, fast-growing commodity sector.
• Competitive salary with a bonus scheme.
• Collaborative and ambitious culture.
• Get support with a relocation budget.
• Unlimited holidays
• Join a diverse team with 15+ nationalities.
• Pension scheme.
• Access a fully equipped gym 24/7.
• Weekly bootcamp fitness classes.
• Annual company trip.
• Free electric bikes during the day.
• Weekly Padel court.

As part of our hiring process, you will be invited to our office to meet the team and your prospective manager.
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Caely Renewables (Caely) is a solution-driven company committed to tackling climate change—the defining challenge of our era. We combine expert advisory with hands-on execution to support counterparty in environmental commodity transactions, including carbon credits, biofuels, and renewable energy certificates. Our skilled, dynamic team partners with counterparties to not only meet but exceed carbon reduction targets. Headquartered in Amsterdam, Caely is expanding rapidly across Europe and North America, with local offices in Genoa, Houston, and Stockholm to advance the global transition toward a sustainable future.