Exhibit 4.1


 





SPECIMEN UNIT CERTIFICATE


 


NUMBER UNITS


U-


   


	
        SEE REVERSE FOR

CERTAIN

DEFINITIONS 
	Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp. 	
         

         



 


CUSIP [ ]


 


UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE CLASS A ORDINARY
SHARE AND ONE-HALF OF ONE WARRANT TO PURCHASE ONE CLASS A ORDINARY SHARE


 


THIS CERTIFIES THAT __________________
is the owner of __________________ Units.


 


Each Unit (“Unit”) consists of one (1) Class A ordinary
share, par value $0.0001 per share (“Ordinary Shares”), of Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands
exempted company (the “Company”), and one-half (1/2) of one warrant (each whole warrant, a “Warrant”).
Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one (1) Ordinary Share for $11.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Each Warrant
will become exercisable on the later of (i) thirty (30) days after the Company’s completion of a merger, share exchange,
asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses (each, a “Business
Combination”), or (ii) twelve (12) months from the closing of the Company’s initial public offering, and will expire
unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on the date that is five (5) years after the date on which the Company completes
its initial Business Combination, or earlier upon redemption or liquidation (the “Expiration Date”). The Ordinary Shares
and Warrants comprising the Units represented by this certificate are not transferable separately prior to                , 2020, unless Citigroup
Global Markets, Inc. elects to allow earlier separate trading, subject to the Company’s filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission of a Current Report on Form 8-K containing an audited balance sheet reflecting the Company’s receipt
of the gross proceeds of the initial public offering and issuing a press release announcing when separate trading will begin. No
fractional warrants will be issued upon separation of the Units. The terms of the Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement,
dated as of , 2020, between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent, and are subject to
the terms and provisions contained therein, all of which terms and provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance
hereof. Copies of the Warrant Agreement are on file at the office of the Warrant Agent at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York,
New York 10004, and are available to any Warrant holder on written request and without cost.


 


This certificate is not valid unless countersigned by
the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the Company.


 


This certificate shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.


 


Witness the facsimile signatures of its duly authorized
officers.


 


	
        By
	
        
	
        
	
        

	
        
	
        Chief Executive Officer
	
         
	
        Chief Financial Officer



 






    


     


    

 


Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp.


 


The Company will furnish without charge to each
unitholder who so requests, a statement of the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other
special rights of each class of shares or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of
such preferences and/or rights.


 


The following abbreviations, when used in the
inscription on the face of this certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable
laws or regulations:


         


	
        TEN COM

         
	
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        as tenants in common

         
	
         

         
	
        UNIF GIFT MIN ACT

         
	
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        Custodian

         
	
         

         

	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
        (Cust)

         
	
         

         
	
        (Minor)

         

	
        TEN ENT

         
	
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        as tenants by the entireties

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
        under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

         

	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
        (State)

         

	
        JT TEN

         
	
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        as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as
tenants in common
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         



 


Additional abbreviations may also be used though
not in the above list.


 






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For value received, ___________________________ hereby sells,
assigns and transfers unto ______________________________________________________________________________________________


PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY OR OTHER IDENTIFYING
NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE


 


_____________________________________________________________________________________________


(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS,
INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)


    


  


 


____________________ Units represented by the
within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint Attorney to transfer the said Units on the books of the within
named Company with full power of substitution in the premises.


 


    


	
        Dated
	
        
	
         
	
        

	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         

	
         

         
	
         

         
	
         

         
	
        Notice: The
signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the certificate in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.



       


	
        Signature(s) Guaranteed:

         
	
         

         

	
         

         
	
         

         

	 	
         

         

	
         

         
	
         

         

	
        THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION
        (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION
        PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 OR ANY SUCCESSOR RULES).

         
	
         

         



 






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In each case, as more fully described in the Company’s final
prospectus dated                 , 2020, the holder(s) of this certificate shall be entitled to receive a pro-rata portion of certain funds held
in the trust account established in connection with the Company’s initial public offering only in the event that (i) the
Company redeems the Ordinary Shares sold in its initial public offering and liquidates because it does not consummate an initial
business combination within the period of time set forth in the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of
association, as the same may be amended from time to time, (ii) the Company redeems the Ordinary Shares sold in its initial public
offering in connection with a shareholder vote to amend the Company’s amended and restated memorandum and articles of association
(a) that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to provide holders of Class A ordinary shares
the right to have their shares redeemed in connection with an initial business combination or to redeem 100% of the Ordinary Shares
if it does not consummate an initial business combination within the time period set forth therein or (b) with respect to any
other provisions relating to the rights of holders of the Ordinary Shares, or (iii) if the holder(s) seek(s) to redeem for cash
his, her or its respective Ordinary Shares in connection with a tender offer (or proxy solicitation, solely in the event the Company
seeks shareholder approval of the proposed initial business combination) setting forth the details of a proposed initial business
combination. In no other circumstances shall the holder(s) have any right or interest of any kind in or to the trust account.


 


 


 


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