Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Senior Counsel - Energy Products

Legal Counsel & Legal SupportConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A current Australian practising certificate is required.
At least 10 years of post-qualification experience at a well-regarded law firm or comparable in-house experience at an energy company is strongly preferred.
Experience structuring and negotiating contracts across the retail, residential, and distributed energy business cycle, from manufacture or business concept through delivery and beyond.
Ability to proactively identify problems, drive initiatives forward, make complex cost-benefit assessments, and identify pragmatic and creative legal and business solutions.
Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Ability to learn quickly and adapt, with intellectual curiosity, an open-minded approach, and comfort with ambiguity and risk.
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to earn colleagues’ confidence and communicate effectively with people at all organizational levels.
High standards, integrity, ethics, sound judgment, analytical skills, and strong oral and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

Provide advice on strategic regulatory and transactional matters for the Energy Products business across the APAC region, including commercial, utility, and consumer matters.
Lead advice on the sale, installation, and maintenance of Tesla products, including Powerwall, Megapack, and Megablock, solar, and Supercharger, as well as energy-related commodity trading, supporting regional business growth.
Support structuring and negotiating Energy Products sales, service, project finance, and development transactions, including equipment supply, construction, maintenance, lease, power purchase, software services, performance guarantee and warranty, and commodity procurement and sales agreements for energy storage projects.
Advise on new market entry, product launches, and regulatory compliance for the Energy Products business across the APAC region.
Support the International Corporate team with administration of local subsidiary companies.
Liaise with colleagues to support consistency of contracts and risk allocation across the global Commercial business.

Desired Qualifications

A J.D. or high Honours degree from a top-ranked law school is preferred.
A background in renewable energy equipment sales and service, the National Electricity Retail Law and Rules, consumer law and consumer credit, administrative law and tribunal rules, product liability, supply chain, trade, and logistics.
Familiarity with trading norms and regulations.

Category	Legal & Government Affairs
Location	Melbourne, Victoria
Requisition ID	287975
Type	Full-time

Job Description

Tesla is looking for a Senior Counsel, Energy Products (APAC), based in our Sydney or Melbourne offices to support the growth of our business in the Asia-Pacific region.You will focus on retail energy, residential, distributed energy (including virtual power plants), consumer protection, and other related matters with an emphasis on our retail and residential energy businesses across Australia, New Zealand and the wider APAC region.Our ideal candidate would have a background in renewable energy equipment sales and service, the National Electricity Retail Law and Rules, consumer law and consumer credit, administrative law and tribunal rules, product liability, supply chain, trade and logistics, and be passionate about delivering a world of amazing abundance.This is an amazing opportunity for a proactive and entrepreneurial lawyer to work at a fast-growing and dynamic company that is at the forefront of the global energy transition sector.

Job Responsibilities

Provide advice on a wide variety of strategic regulatory and transactional matters for the Energy Products business around the APAC region, including commercial, utility, and consumer matters.
Leading advice on the sale, installation and maintenance of various Tesla products (including Powerwall, Megapack and Megablock), solar and Supercharger, and on energy-related commodity trading and support the business as it seeks to grow at scale around the APAC region.
Supporting on structuring and negotiating Energy Products sales, service and project finance and development-related transactions including equipment supply, construction, maintenance, lease, power purchase, software services, performance guarantee and warranty and commodity procurement and sales agreements for energy storage projects.
Advise on new market entry, new product launches, and regulatory compliance for the Energy Products business around the APAC region.
Support our International Corporate team with administering local subsidiary companies.
Liaise with colleagues in support of consistency of contracts and risk allocation across the global Commercial business.

Job Requirements

Excellent academic credentials, preferably with a J.D. or high Honours degree from a top-ranked law school.
A current Australian practising certificate.
A minimum of 10 years’ post-qualification experience at a well-regarded law firm or comparable in-house experience at a company in the energy industry strongly preferred.
Experience structuring and negotiating contracts across the spectrum of the retail, residential and distributed energy business cycle – from manufacture or business concept to delivery and beyond. Familiarity with trading norms and regulations a plus.
A team player with the ability to proactively identify problems, drive initiatives forward, make complex cost/benefit assessments, and identify pragmatic/creative legal and business solutions.
Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively and to juggle competing priorities in a fast-paced, challenging environment.
A quick and flexible learner, intellectually curious, open-minded, adaptable, comfortable with ambiguity and risk, and excited by dynamic change.
Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to quickly earn the confidence of your colleagues and effectively communicate with people at all levels of the organization.
High standards, impeccable integrity and ethics, unquestionable good judgment, well-honed analytical skills, superior oral and written communications skills, and a keen sense of humour.

About the Company

Tesla

Makes electric cars, robotaxis and grid batteries

Tesla makes electric cars and batteries that store power for homes and utilities, and it develops self-driving software and humanoid robots. In 2023, its Model Y became the first electric vehicle to rank as the world's best-selling car. Buyers order the Model 3 sedan, Model Y SUV, or Cybertruck pickup directly from Tesla instead of through dealers, and they charge on its Supercharger fast-charging network. It also sells Megapack and Powerwall batteries, runs a robotaxi service, and charges drivers a monthly fee for self-driving software that still needs their supervision. Tesla was founded in 2003, with Elon Musk as its lead early investor and a recognized co-founder, and it is based in Austin, Texas.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Austin, TX
Founded: 2003

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