Assistant General Counsel

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Oversee legal strategy and provide proactive support throughout the entire BESS project lifecycle.

• Organize and facilitate the negotiation of essential project agreements.

• Offer senior legal guidance and strategic oversight on permitting, environmental assessments, land utilization, and siting issues.

• Collaborate with esVolta’s government and regulatory affairs team to monitor and provide insights on ISO/RTO market regulations.

• Lead or manage legal assistance for responses to utility and corporate RFPs.

• Counsel on commercial agreements with corporate offtakes, data centers, and hyperscale clients.

• Provide strategic advice on commercial risk distribution, project bankability, and offtake structuring.

• Oversee legal due diligence, transaction management, and closing processes for project and portfolio acquisitions.

• Act as the primary legal contact for lenders, investors, and counterparties regarding transactional issues.

• Collaborate with the Chief Legal Officer and VP, Deputy General Counsel to create and execute legal strategies that support the company's capital markets and M&A goals.

• Supervise and mentor junior members of the legal team.

• Select, direct, and manage engagements with external legal counsel.

⛳️ Requirements

• 15 years of relevant legal experience in a law firm, a sophisticated in-house legal department, or a government agency.

• Proven experience with utility-scale BESS projects in CAISO, WECC, SPP, ERCOT, or MISO.

• J.D. from an accredited U.S. law school and an active license in good standing required; preference for admission to the California, New York, or Texas bar.

• Prior in-house experience at an independent power producer, renewable energy developer, or energy storage company is highly desirable.

• Comprehensive understanding of permitting, environmental assessments, land use, siting, interconnection, real estate, procurement, and ISO/RTO market issues pertinent to utility-scale BESS projects.

• Extensive experience supporting project finance transactions, including construction lending, tax equity, and debt and equity capital markets structures for energy assets.

• Proficient in legal technology and contract management tools, including AI-assisted research, drafting, and workflow platforms.

• Strategic thinker with a commercial mindset, capable of functioning as a trusted business partner.

• Proven ability to independently lead legal workstreams, manage competing priorities, and deliver results under tight deadlines.

• Established record of managing cross-functional legal projects.

• Exceptional written, verbal, and presentation skills.

• Collaborative, adaptable, and responsive, with strong interpersonal and negotiation abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• 401(k) program with a 6% match.

• Monthly cell phone stipend.

• Medical, dental, and vision care benefits.

• 20 vacation days.

• 5 sick days.

• 9 observed holidays.