Justin Leger

Justin is Co-Managing Director of Eden Sustainable and one of the two faces of the business in the market, whether that's in a client's boardroom, a promotional video or on stage at an industry event. He leads on anything legal or process-driven, while Jamie Brimblecombe leads on finance. The two of them go into sales meetings together, so a customer can put every question, technical, legal or financial, to the people who actually make the decisions.

He joined Eden in March 2021 from Stephens Scown LLP, where he was a partner and had spent 11 years advising on clean energy projects. Eden had been his client for several years prior to the switch. He moved across because he wanted to work in a business doing something for the greater good, and because he was tired of giving advice that might never be acted on. Now he makes the calls, and he can be far more commercial than a lawyer ever gets to be. Between his legal career and his time at Eden, he has helped deliver more than 150 commercial solar projects (both front and behind the meter).

That background shapes how he talks to property owners and finance directors. The misconception he hears most is that signing a PPA and granting a lease of the roof airspace will tie up the building, making it harder to sell, refinance or let. It doesn't. The lease sits alongside the owner's title in the same way as any other occupational interest, and every Eden PPA is drafted from day one to pass to a buyer, with a buy-out option built in if the purchaser would rather own the system outright. Lender consent is handled the same way. Eden engages with the owner's funder early, so the questions a bank would raise at refinance are answered before anything is signed. Justin has negotiated these arrangements from both sides of the table, and in his experience a building that comes with a long-term, below market electricity supply is an asset to a buyer, not an obstacle.

Outside work, Justin plays football, golf and padel, and when he isn't with his wife and two children, you'll find him digging holes on his allotment in the hope that one day he might grow something worth eating. The weather isn't helping. Summers that swing from drought to downpour have made every season a gamble, and it's a small, muddy reminder of why he wants more solar on more roofs and less fossil-fuelled power on the grid.