Senior Legal Counsel

ACCIONA is a global company, leading in the development of regenerative infrastructure that creates a positive impact on society. Our workforce consists of more than 65,000 professionals, present in more than 40 countries across the five continents, all contributing in our mission to design a better planet. Are you a passionate individual who wants to make a difference, promote sustainable development, and find solutions to the biggest global challenges including climate change, overpopulation, and water scarcity? Come and join us in building the infrastructure our planet needs to achieve a sustainable future.

• Growing team and function

• Great team and leadership

• Career progression opportunities

The Opportunity

We are seeking a commercially astute Senior Legal Counsel to join our Sydney team. This is a pivotal role sitting at the centre of major infrastructure investments, where you will act as a true business partner—providing strategic legal guidance that directly influences project outcomes and financial performance.

 Key Responsibilities:

• Advise on complex legal and commercial frameworks underpinning long-term PPPs, including state government-backed performance regimes.

• Partner with financial sponsors and lenders to structure and negotiate multi-million-dollar equity and debt arrangements.

• Lead legal input across bid and origination phases, including drafting and negotiating NDAs, exclusivity, consultancy, and partnering agreements.

• Manage external counsel and provide guidance across full project documentation suites, including project deeds, D&C and O&M contracts, finance and equity agreements.

• Support assets through delivery and operations, advising on refinancing, claims, disputes, and broader legal risk, while ensuring ESG and contractual compliance

• Experienced and technically strong, with 8–15 years PQE across project finance, PPP/concession deeds, and/or construction law.

• Ideally you will have strong PPP experience, D&C front end and back end and project finance or equity experience.

• Extensive legal experience working on large scale infrastructure and/or renewable energy projects (ideally a mix of front and back end).

• Commercially astute, with a strong grasp of investor priorities, capital structures, and long-term risk allocation.

• A confident and influential communicator, bringing a proactive, pragmatic approach with strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills.