Introduction

What are you going to do 

The RoleWe're seeking a Senior Counsel to join a growing legal and compliance team, reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer. This is a broad, business-facing role covering transactional, corporate, employment, compliance, and dispute-related matters, supporting wind turbine sales, installation, service, and operations across the region. You'll act as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams and have real input into how the legal function scales alongside the business. Level and title will be confirmed based on the successful candidate's experience.

What You'll Do

  • Advise internal stakeholders on commercial contracts, corporate governance, employment, regulatory, and compliance matters
  • Draft, review, and negotiate a range of agreements: domestic and cross-border wind turbine supply, installation, service and maintenance, logistics, procurement, vendor, contractor, and confidentiality agreements
  • Support the build-out of company policies, governance processes, and internal controls
  • Advise on litigation, arbitration, mediation, and other disputes, including managing external counsel
  • Lead legal due diligence, flag risk areas, and support transaction structuring and closings
  • Track legal and regulatory developments (trade, ethics, compliance) and turn them into practical guidance for the business
  • Take on special projects as they come up

Essential skills and knowledge

What You'll Need

  • JD from an ABA-accredited law school
  • Licensed and in good standing to practice law in Illinois
  • At least 5 years of relevant legal experience, ideally with meaningful transactional work in-house, at a firm, or both
  • Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills, with the ability to give clear, practical, risk-based advice
  • Comfortable managing multiple priorities independently in a fast-moving environment
  • Strong interpersonal skills and the judgment to work across legal and non-legal teams
  • Proficient in Microsoft 365
  • Able to travel domestically and internationally as needed

Nice to Have

  • Experience drafting and negotiating wind turbine supply, installation, or service agreements
  • Background in dispute resolution, internal investigations, or compliance matters
  • Exposure to cross-border transactions, international trade, or ethics and compliance frameworks

What we offer 

What's on Offer

  • Annual bonus potential
  • 100% company-paid medical and dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents from day one
  • Affordable vision plan from day one
  • 401(k) with company match, fully vested from day one
  • Life, accident, critical illness, and short/long-term disability coverage
  • Paid maternity benefits
  • FSA options (healthcare, dependent care, transit, parking)
  • Generous PTO plus 15 paid holidays
  • Professional development reimbursement

Closing: 05 September 2026

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Process of your application

Application process & contact

We will now begin examining your application: We will take a close look at your application documents and ask you for additional information if necessary. If your qualifications match our requirements, we will invite you to meet us for the first time.

Project discussion with our customer

If the introductory meeting goes well for you and us, we will arrange a meeting with the customer who has the perfect project for you. This gives you the opportunity to find out more about the customer and the project.

The decision

If you enjoyed the project discussion and the customer is also convinced of your expertise, we will ask you the final and decisive question: Do you want to get started at Brunel?

Introductory conversation with Brunel

In an introductory meeting, we would like to find out more about your interests, ambitions and professional developments. At the same time, we report on working at Brunel and provide information about all career opportunities and prospects.

Welcome to Brunel

Now great times are beginning! With Brunel you have countless opportunities to help shape technological progress. You decide how your career path goes. We support you in every phase of your career. You always have security behind you: Brunel!