Senior Corporate Counsel

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

📋 Description

• Draft, evaluate, negotiate, and interpret contracts related to energy and commercial matters, including BESS agreements, tolling agreements, PPAs, interconnection agreements, BESS equipment supply agreements, battery-specific safety, decommissioning, and end-of-life obligations, as well as other distributed energy resource contracts.

• Act as a senior legal advisor for structuring, negotiating, and finalizing battery storage and other energy storage transactions.

• Counsel sales and partnership teams on the legal implications, risks, and opportunities associated with commercial structures.

• Offer guidance on regulatory and market-specific issues impacting energy storage and demand response transactions across ISO/RTO markets, including PJM, ERCOT, MISO, and NYISO.

• Utilize knowledge of energy regulatory matters, intellectual property, data usage, privacy, and labor and employment law.

• Develop and enhance template agreements, playbooks, training materials, and operational guidance.

• Mentor junior legal team members in contract negotiation and matters related to the energy industry.

• Collaborate with sales operations, product, finance, marketing, field operations, regulatory, and engineering teams.

• Create compliance processes and offer practical legal advice to client teams.

• Define and implement workflow and process best practices to scale the legal department.

• Assist with various ad hoc legal matters.

⛳️ Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from a recognized law school; strong academic credentials are essential.

• A minimum of seven to ten (7-10) years of relevant legal experience, including substantial experience in the energy sector (required).

• Direct experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating battery energy storage system (BESS) contracts and related transactions (required).

• Extensive experience in drafting, preparing, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, particularly in energy storage, PPAs, tolling agreements, strategic partnerships, and product agreements.

• Working knowledge of U.S. energy markets, ISO/RTO structures, and regulatory frameworks governing distributed energy resources and energy storage.

• Experience with behind-the-meter or commercial and industrial (C&I) storage, as well as storage participating in demand response or wholesale capacity/ancillary services markets, is highly preferred.

• Strong problem-solving, innovation, and collaboration skills are crucial, along with a solid business acumen.

• Ability to independently manage a varied and complex workload, while prioritizing tasks and anticipating potential issues.

• Excellent drafting skills and meticulous attention to detail.

• Ability to perform swiftly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to effectively multitask and meet deadlines.

• Experience with Google Drive, Salesforce, Adobe PDF, Ironclad, and DocuSign is strongly preferred but not mandatory.

• Must reside in the United States and be authorized to work in the United States.

• Must primarily work from the home country; international work travel requires prior approval.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual bonus of 10-15%.

• Equity opportunities.

• Unlimited leave for full-time employees.

• Parental leave.

• Comprehensive benefits package aimed at promoting health, wellness, and financial security.

• Fully remote work arrangement.