Senior Corporate Counsel

Description

Job Description

Standard Solar, a Brookfield Renewable Company, is a leading independent power producer focused on acquiring, developing, funding and operating DG-scale solar energy and storage projects throughout the US. We are looking to expand our in-house legal department with an attorney who has direct experience with preparing and negotiating agreements for the acquisition and development of DG-scale solar energy projects.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Provide transactional legal support for distributed solar acquisition and development transactions community solar, C&I/behind the meter, virtual net-metered, and AC/DC coupled storage

Review, draft and negotiate relevant agreements including MIPA/APAs, PPAs & VPPAs, term sheets and letters of intent, and other agreements ancillary to the acquisition and development of projects transactions

Serve as lead attorney on acquisition and development transactions

Prepare and negotiate term sheets and LOIs for the acquisition of assets

Provide practical legal advice and support on various commercial and legal matters relating to the acquisition and development of solar energy projects

Provide project-level legal leadership and support to the transactions and business development/deal origination teams

Advise General Counsel on risk management and contractual obligations.

Engage and manage outside transactional counsel

Play an integral role in the broader in-house legal team

Interface directly with developer, seller and offtake counterparties

Ensure quality, clarity and consistency across acquisition transactions

Reports directly to the General Counsel and Chief Development Officer

Minimum Education, Skills and Qualifications:

Juris Doctor from accredited law school

At least 5+ of experience in a law firm or in-house to renewable energy transactions, preferably in solar

Extensive MIPA experience a plus, strong working experience with MIPA/APAs required, PPA experience a plus as well

Ability to work closely with cross-functional internal teams and manage several transactions simultaneously

Excellent interpersonal, communication, negotiation, and legal leadership skills

Embrace and by the mission and values of Standard Solar working together to promoting clean energy!

About our Locations

This position can either be based in Standard Solars home office in Rockville, MD, its Los Angeles, CA office located in the Playa District Business Campus, https://www.playadistrictla.com/, or our NY office located at 200 Liberty.