Associate/Senior Associate - Future Energy

We are recruiting for an Associate or Senior Associate to join our Real Estate Future Energy team in Scotland. 

This is an excellent opportunity for a driven Real Estate Lawyer to join our Legal 500 tier 1 ranked team and develop a specialism within one of the most exciting and topical sectors in the legal profession and beyond.   

Although this opportunity is based in Edinburgh or Glasgow, the successful candidate will benefit from TLT’s progressive fully flexible working approach, ‘TLT World’. 

It's never been a better time to join TLT. We are proud to have been named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row TLT has presented with this accolade in industry awards – having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022.   

Your Role 

• Dealing with drafting option agreements and leases on a wide range of clean energy projects (including wind, solar, battery storage, electric vehicles, and hydro). 
• Undertaking due diligence on these projects to include a review of title, enquiries, and searches. 
• Acting in relation to the financing of clean energy projects and large-scale acquisitions/disposals which will involve working with individuals in our corporate, banking, construction, planning and regulatory disciplines. 
• There will plenty of opportunity for client contact, running own files and early responsibility for delivery of transactions etc. 
• To provide all our clients with a quality service in accordance with the Firm’s procedures. 
• To maintain and improve relations with existing clients and spot opportunities for business development and enhancement of the current services we offer. 
• To achieve the budget and targets set by the Firm.    

Your Skills and Experience 

You must be: 

• A Qualified Solicitor (SRA or Law Society Registered), with experience in Real Estate, from 2-6 PQE level. Dual-qualified Solicitors (either in England & Wales or Northern Ireland) are also encouraged to apply. Experience working with clients in the future energy sector is essential for this role. 
• A forward thinker, with excellent analytical, communication and organisational skills, you will be self-motivated with the ability to manage workloads and deadlines 
• Commercially aware with enthusiasm for business development, and an appetite for keeping up-to-date with the latest developments in your practice area and sector focus 
• Able to understand your client’s business needs, and act in the best interest of the firm and the client 
• Ambitious and an enthusiastic team player, able to support senior fee earners and contribute to our collaborative culture.  

Your Team 

We are one of the UK's largest real estate groups, with a team of over 180, advising on thousands of transactions across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland each year. Clients instruct us for this experience, our depth of expertise and sector know-how. Many of our real estate partners are independently recognised as leading individuals in the field by the legal industry's annual directory rankings. Clients including many in-house lawyers trust us with both 'high profile' and business as usual work.  

We act across the industry for corporate occupiers, developers, banks, investors and public bodies. We're active in the future energy market, for example, advising on over 30% of all UK solar renewables projects and working on some of the UK's major energy infrastructure projects.  

We have over 150 energy lawyers within the Future Energy sector team, spanning all UK jurisdictions. This team is actively involved in advising on a high volume of deals, including some of the UK's largest and most complex clean energy transactions.  We act for developers, funders and sellers/purchasers of these projects. 

TLT is one of the top legal advisors in the Future Energy sector.  We have been ranked (i) in the top ten most influential law firms in clean energy M&A worldwide in Clean Energy Pipeline’s 2025 Clean Energy Legal League Table, and (ii) 4th in the top 20 global law firms by number of M&A deals - reflecting TLT’s position as one of the most active clean energy advisers across the globe.  

About TLT 

Fast paced, fast growing and forward thinking, TLT is the law firm that helps clients stay one step ahead, and we do the same for our people. 

We work with high profile clients in innovative sectors. With local, national and international reach, we have over 1,800 people in offices across the UK and a network of partner firms across Europe, India and the US. TLT was named Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2023. This marks the third year in a row the firm has taken away this accolade in industry awards - having previously been named Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards in 2021 and the British Legal Awards in 2022. 

Our purpose is to protect, prepare and progress our clients for what comes next and it’s essential that we do the same for our people, our planet and our communities too. In our open and collaborative culture, we encourage everyone to be their whole self, to have a voice and to contribute. 

Our Benefits 

We value our employees highly and we want you to feel valued. You’ll receive a competitive salary with an annual pay review. You will also have access to an extensive range of benefits via our flexible benefits scheme including 25 days holiday (which will increase to 30 days based upon length of service) and private medical insurance.  

At TLT we have a progressive fully flexible working approach. We empower our people to work in a place and at a time that meets their needs, those of their clients and of the wider team and firm. Part of this agile approach is a focus on hybrid working and supporting the work/life balance of our people. 

TLT is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment and encourages applications from all suitably qualified people, regardless of any of the characteristics protected by the laws in the locations in which we operate.  

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and are committed to providing reasonable adjustments, where necessary, to make interviews and jobs more accessible. Should you have any difficulty during the recruitment process, require any reasonable adjustments or an application to Access to work please contact the recruitment team on HR-Recruitment@TLTsolicitors.com