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 Solar’s 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.