Paralegal

Thank you for your interest in joining Alcazar Energy! Each role at our company offers the chance to make a tangible impact on the global shift towards sustainable energy. As you consider applying, reflect on how your unique skills, passion, and vision align with our mission to innovate and energize the world responsibly.

Alcazar Energy Overview: Alcazar Energy Partners-II (AEP-II) is an independent sustainable infrastructure fund focused on investing, financing, and developing utility scale energy capacity in selected emerging markets. Current target geographies include the Middle East and North Africa, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia.

Position Overview: Reporting to the Legal Director, the Paralegal will provide strong corporate paralegal support to Alcazar Energy's legal team across the fund, the management company and the holding companies and SPVs through which the fund invests in renewable energy platforms and projects. The role supports corporate governance, entity management, contract management and transactions, including drafting, filing, contract tracking and support on financial closings, and helps organise and structure the legal function as it grows.

Responsibilities:

· Manage corporate housekeeping for the group's entities across multiple jurisdictions, including statutory registers, filings, annual returns, share transfers, changes of directors and registered details.

· Prepare board and shareholder meeting packs, draft minutes, written resolutions, powers of attorney and certificates, and track execution.

· Maintain an accurate group structure chart and entity database, including directors, shareholdings, signatories and key corporate information.

· Coordinate notarisation, apostille and legalisation of documents, and liaise with corporate service providers and local counsel on entity matters.

· Draft and format corporate and commercial documents, such as standard agreements, letters, certificates and ancillary transaction documents.

· Manage the NDA workflow, including preparation, review against standard positions, circulation, execution and filing.

· Support transactions and financial closings, including Conditions Precedent (CP) tracking and follow-up, signing arrangements, closing checklists and preparation of closing bibles.

· Support due diligence, including setting up and managing data rooms, organising document requests and preparing summaries.

· Maintain contract and legal obligation trackers, monitoring key dates, renewals and deliverables.

· File and manage legal documentation in SharePoint, maintaining a clear structure and version control.

· Support KYC, compliance and regulatory filings, and assist with other legal projects as directed by the Legal Director.

Relationship Management:

· Work closely with the Legal Director and members of the legal team, as well as the investment, finance, development and delivery teams.

· Liaise with external counsel, corporate service providers, notaries, banks and registries on corporate and transaction matters.

· Coordinate with counterparties and advisers on document circulation, execution and closing requirements.

Leadership:

· Take ownership of corporate governance and entity management processes, working independently with minimal supervision.

· Help build and improve the legal team's templates, trackers, filing structure and processes as the function grows.

· Handle confidential information with professional discretion, and bring a reliable, structured and proactive approach.

Qualifications and Skills:

· Paralegal qualification or law degree, or equivalent practical experience.

· 3–6 years' experience as a corporate paralegal, ideally gained in a law firm and/or in-house within infrastructure, energy, private equity or investment funds.

· Strong experience in corporate housekeeping and entity management across multiple jurisdictions.

· Experience supporting M&A, financing or other transactions through to closing, including CP tracking and closing deliverables.

· Strong drafting skills for corporate documents, with excellent document management and filing discipline.

· Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook) and SharePoint; experience with entity management or contract management systems is an advantage.

· High level of accuracy and attention to detail, with strong organisational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities.

· Fluent English, written and spoken, is essential; Spanish and/or French is desirable.

We appreciate your time in considering a career with Alcazar Energy. By joining our team, you’re choosing to stand at the forefront of the renewable energy industry, contributing to projects that prioritize integrity, quality, and sustainability. As you share our commitment to making a difference, we look forward to potentially welcoming you aboard.