Legal Counsel
Pubblicato il 13-09-2026 - GreenYellow Italia in Milano
Legal Counsel – Italy
About GreenYellow
Founded in 2007, GreenYellow is a global leader in the energy transition, specializing in solar generation, energy efficiency, and energy storage.
Operating in around
20 countries across four continents, GreenYellow has built over
1,300 solar plants and delivered more than 3,600 energy performance contracts, helping clients significantly reduce their energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Since 2022, GreenYellow has been majority-owned by Ardian , one of the world's leading private investment firms, which supports the company's growth and international expansion. Together, they are accelerating GreenYellow's expansion in Europe to help corporates achieve their decarbonization goals.
For a talented, driven, and collaborative individual, working at GreenYellow is an opportunity to learn, make an impact, and progress their career at an exceptionally high rate. That's our promise to such a candidate.
Your Mission
Reporting to the GY Italia General Manager with reporting duties to the Legal Director Europe (both members of the Executive Committee of the European BU), you will support commercial activity in the italian region.
As Legal Counsel for Italy, you will report to the GY Italia General Manager with reporting duties to the Legal Director Europe. You will support GreenYellow's commercial activity across Italy, ensuring legal rigor and business alignment across the region.
A few examples of your responsibilities:
Implement GreenYellow's contractual policy on commercial agreements with suppliers and customers (purchase agreements,
EPC, PPAs, energy efficiency contracts), including drafting, review, and monitoring.
Provide support and advice to operational teams (sales, technical, finance, etc.) on legal matters affecting day-to-day business.
Contribute to the drafting and continuous improvement of contract templates.
Provide legal support on project financing activities, overseeing the structuring, negotiation, and drafting of the related contractual documentation.
You will be the internal point of contact for all matters relating to GDPR and data protection: policies, DPAs with customers and suppliers, data breach management, and liaison with the DPO. You will be required to step in wherever a privacy-related issue arises.
Assist in the management of pre-litigation and litigation matters.
Draft internal notes and summary tables for internal presentations, and help develop training and internal organization tools.
Participate in legal monitoring in business law and, where applicable, energy law for the Italy region.
Liaise with the Paris legal team to ensure consistency of legal practices across GreenYellow's European operations.
What we look for
Postgraduate degree in business law.
4-6 years of experience in a energy company or law firm, in commercial law.
Expertise in PPA and UaaS contract drafting and negotiation.
Strong analytical skills and ability to summarize complex legal matters clearly.
Reasoning ability.
Given the necessary knowledge, you can solve complex problems. You think from first principles and structure your ideas sharply. You resist the influence of biases. You identify and take care of the details that matter.
Drive.
You're extremely ambitious in everything you do—and your initiative, effort, and tenacity match the intensity of your ambition. You feel deeply responsible for your work. You hold yourself to a high—and rising—bar.
Team spirit and autonomy.
You give generously and without the expectation of receiving in return. You support the best idea, not your idea. You're always happy to get your hands dirty to help your team. You're reliable, honest, and transparent.
Responsiveness and strong organizational skills. Open-mindedness and adaptability.
Fluent in Italian and English is essential; proficiency in French is appreciated.
What we offer
Permanent Full-Time position as "Quadro" or, alternatively, a freelance collaboration (Partita IVA), depending on the candidate's preference.
Milan based with
2days/week of lavoro da remoto
Benefits: meal vouchers, health insurance, welfare
Gross Annual Salary ranges between €60,000 and €85,000, depending on the contractual agreement plus Bonus.