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Join a team where safety comes first. Where we support each other, learn as we go, and make space for everyone to grow and contribute. This is your chance to be part of something big - while being closer to nature and leading a balanced, purposeful life.
Legal Counsel - Corporate Finance
Stegra is seeking a Legal Counsel - Corporate Finance to join our Legal team and support both our equity financing activities and our large-scale project debt financing, together with more general corporate legal work. Reporting to the Head of Legal - Corporate Finance & Company Secretary, and working closely with our Lead Counsel – Project Finance, you will play a central role across the full spectrum of the company's financing activities, from equity raises and governance matters to debt documentation and compliance on our major project financing package, including ECA and public funding arrangements.
This is an opportunity for a commercially minded lawyer who wants broad exposure across both equity and debt finance, working alongside senior stakeholders on some of the company's most important legal and financial matters. It is also a unique opportunity to work closely across and learn from all financing aspects of a one-of-a-kind project with an interesting and extensive capital stack enabling an ambitious and meaningful project.
As Stegra continues to grow, the role offers significant exposure to a broad range of legal and finance matters, close collaboration with senior stakeholders, and the opportunity to help shape how legal support is delivered within a rapidly expanding international organization.
Key Responsibilities
As a fast-growing company with cross-over functions between teams, the scope of this role will evolve, however, core responsibilities include:
- Supporting equity financing transactions, including capital raises, share issuances, stakeholder management and related governance and shareholder documentation.
- Supporting the company’s activities within M&A and joint ventures, including due diligence, transaction structuring, and negotiation and execution of transaction documentation.
- Supporting the company’s activities within off-balance sheet financing transactions and outsourcings.
- Assisting with company secretarial matters, including preparing board materials, board resolutions, and compliance with governance documentation.
- Supporting on the company's project debt financing, including loan agreements, security documents, and compliance with ECA and public funding conditions; as well as overseeing covenant compliance processes across multiple lending tranches.
- Coordinating and managing direct agreements with project counterparties and supporting intercreditor arrangements and multi-party lender coordination.
- Efficiently liaising with lenders' counsel, ECA counsel, technical advisers, insurance advisers, and other external specialists under tight drawdown deadlines.
- Coordinating and building strong relationships with internal stakeholders (finance, tax, treasury, project delivery) and external parties (lenders, investors, law firms, ECAs, and regulatory bodies) on financing-related matters.
- Monitoring ongoing compliance with financing covenants, reporting obligations, and regulatory requirements across both equity and debt workstreams.
- Preparing summaries and reports on financing status, risks, and compliance for internal stakeholders and management.
- Contributing to the development of scalable legal processes, templates, and playbooks to support the company's financing operations as it grows.
Minimum Qualifications
We are looking for candidates who meet the following criteria:
- A Master of Laws (LL.M. or equivalent) with strong academic credentials.
- Minimum 5 years of relevant legal experience at a leading law firm, within M&A, corporate finance, banking and finance, or capital markets. Relevant in-house experience is also a merit.
- Demonstrated ability to independently manage transactional workstreams, from term sheet to complete documentation through drafting, negotiation, and execution.
- Strong analytical and drafting skills, with a commercial mindset.
- Effective communication and stakeholder management skills across both legal and finance functions.
- A collaborative team player, comfortable working and learning across two related but distinct financing disciplines.
Demonstrated ability to manage and organize high-volume transactional document sets, maintain accurate tracking of open items and workstream status, and coordinate effectively across multiple external advisers simultaneously, particularly under deadline-driven transaction timelines.
- Fluency in English (written and spoken); additional languages are a plus.
What Will Set You Apart:
- Experience in both equity and debt financing transactions and M&A.
- Experience in project finance, structured finance, or capital-intensive projects.
- Experience with or exposure to joint venture structuring and negotiation.
- Experience with or exposure to off-balance sheet financing transactions and outsourcings.
- Familiarity with export credit agency (ECA) or public funding financing structures.
- Experience with company secretarial or corporate governance matters.
- Familiarity with project finance security structures, including pledges, assignments of contract rights, and direct agreements, and with intercreditor or coordination agreement mechanics in multi-tranche lending structures.
Personal Qualities
We value people who take initiative, build trust, and contribute to a collaborative workplace. You are curious, open to challenging established approaches, and treat others with respect. You are proactive, adaptable, results-driven, and able to prioritize and work independently with full ownership of your responsibilities. As a person you are likely independent, resilient, proactive and organized. You like to solve complex problems, work in a highly complex environment and have the ability to thrive in a fast-paced and evolving business environment.
Benefits at Stegra
At Stegra, you’ll join a company where your work has real impact on the climate, the industry, and future generations. We’re building a culture rooted in safety, trust, and inclusion, where people feel supported to grow and thrive.
You’ll receive fair, competitive compensation aligned with collective agreements, along with benefits like up to 30 days of paid vacation, occupational pension, parental benefits, and insurance. If you need support with relocation or immigration, our relocation department will help guide you through the process, whether it’s permits, housing or other practical matters. You can also enjoy perks like subsidized gym memberships and bike leases, plus the everyday benefits of life closer to nature.
Read more about Benefits at Stegra here.
Our Stockholm Office
Our modern Stockholm office is located on Norra Stationsgatan, close to Karolinska University Hospital in central Stockholm. Here, you’ll find a bright, collaborative workspace where cross-functional teams connect, share ideas, and drive progress. Whether you're visiting regularly or working hybrid, you'll be part of a vibrant office culture with easy access to the city’s energy and amenities.
