Senior Expert Regulatory Attorney

DTE is one of the nation’s largest diversified energy companies. Our electric and gas companies have fueled our customer’s homes and Michigan’s progress for more than a century. And as Michigan’s largest source of renewable energy, we’re creating a cleaner, healthier environment to power our future. We’re also serving communities beyond Michigan, where our affiliated businesses offer renewable energy, emission control technologies, and energy services to industries in 19 states.

But we’re more than a leading energy company... and working at DTE is more than just a job. At DTE, we take great care of each other and our customers, and we use our energy to be a force for growth and prosperity in our communities. When you join us, you’ll be part of a team that welcomes, recognizes, and celebrates differences and values everyone’s health, safety, and wellbeing. Are you ready to make that kind of difference? Bring your energy to DTE. Together, we can achieve great things.

Testing Required:

Not Applicable

Apply by:

Until if filled

Location:

Detroit - Corporate Headquarter - Walker Cisler Building

Bidding Restriction:

1 Year

Hybrid Role:

This role is hybrid, with an established schedule of in-person work required at an assigned work location. Any remote work is expected to be performed from an employee’s primary residence, unless allowed (or prohibited) through the Company’s remote work guidelines.

Emergency Response:

Yes – Must be available to perform a primary assignment in support of DTE’s emergency response to storms or other events that impact service to our customers.

Job Summary

Provides expertise and superior guidance on legal support and services in matters of complexity, sensitivity, and significant financial impact to the company. Serves as expert with in-depth legal knowledge in a specialized area. Leads legal projects and mentors’ other team members to ensure success of legal activities. Leads legal matters that relate to integrated resource and generation planning, rate making and rate case, or contested matters in relations to FERC, acquisition and construction of generation assets Represents company interests in formal and informal legal proceedings, including federal, state or local judicial, or dispute resolution processes. Provides trusted analysis, proposed solutions, and representation.

Span of control: 0; individual contributor.

Key Accountabilities

- Participates in the resolution of complex, sensitive, and/or financially significant legal matters and ensures resolution in an efficient manner

- Researches legal principles and precedents, including consulting with outside legal counsel to provide guidance, advice and support to business request legal matters, and recommendations on guidelines and policies

- Anticipates significant legal issues in the practice area of expertise and develops innovative legal solutions that support business objectives

- Creates and executes legal documents, including gathering relevant information using multiple sources and methods

- Represents the company legally in job related workplace disputes or claims of employer wrongdoing (e.g., wrongful termination, contract disagreements, unemployment issues, and discrimination)

- Develops legal resolutions with business problems in one or more specialized areas of legal practice

- Provides expert guidance and work instructions to other professionals, para-professional, and legal team members

- Represents and advocates for the company in litigation, arbitration, mediation or other disputes with courts, government agencies, or other legal authorities

- Provides expert support across business unit activities ensuring that legal issues, contracts, disputes, and complex transactions are conducted within the due diligence of the legal framework.

- Guides and directs leaders to ensure business units are operating in accordance with various legal parameters, regulatory, commercial and employment laws, including creation and regulation of corporations, and other legal entities, for local, state and federal regulations

- Drafts and executes legal documents, including gathering relevant information using multiple sources and methods

- Structures and negotiates complex financial transactions, often involving private placements, private equity, hedge funds, real estate, derivatives, and / or other alternative products.

- Leads structural and corporate issues pertaining to acquisitions, divestitures, strategic alliances, leveraged buyouts, re-capitalization, spin-offs and tender offers. Conducts due diligence and uses this information to develop integrated revenue/expense analysis, projections, and reports.

- Responsible for providing legal advice regarding regulatory issues working with other areas, like compliance, including advising on strategic regulatory issues and legislative matters

Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

Graduate of accredited law school and admitted to the bar in employee’s state of residence with 15 years of experience as licensed attorney in any of the following areas: commercial transactions and/or mergers and acquisitions, federal and state regulatory law (energy), environmental, litigation, corporate finance and/or governance, and labor and employment law, inclusive of 5 years of direct, consistent state or federal regulatory practice before FERC or a state PUC including experience handling at least one of the following types of matters: integrated resource/generation planning, rate making/rate case, or contested matters before the FERC; or acquisition and/or construction of generation assets, including experience personally handling at least one of the following: build/transfer agreements, purchase power agreements, acquisitions of generation projects or fleet.

Other Qualifications Preferred: Experience in energy industry

Other Requirements

- Exhibits exceptional verbal, written and presentation communication skills

- Proficient with computers and office software applications (e.g., Word, Excel, etc.)

- Advanced analytic and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify key issues from a broad range of alternatives and recommend optimal solutions for various situations

- Ability to work in a team and/or matrix structure, supporting multiple clients, procedures, and policy

- Ability to cope with multiple demands from leaders, peers, and subordinates in a positive and even-handed fashion; displays calm demeanor under pressure

- Competent with prioritizing and managing multiple tasks, issues, or projects, including high-visibility initiatives that require innovation, teamwork, and planning

Initiates new ideas and approaches; challenges orthodox practices and approaches with reasonable and sound alternatives

Additional Information

Incumbents may engage in all or some combination of the activities and accountabilities and utilize a variety of the competencies cited in this description depending upon the organization and role to which they are assigned. This description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by incumbents in this job. It is not intended as an all-inclusive list of accountabilities or responsibilities, nor is it intended to limit the rights of supervisors or management representatives to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision

PRIVACY NOTICE TO CALIFORNIA JOB APPLICANTS

At DTE Energy, we are committed to providing an inclusive workplace where everyone feels welcome and a sense of belonging. We seek individuals with a heart for service, a passion to help our communities prosper, and ideas to help shape the future of energy. We are proud to be an equal opportunity, employer that considers all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, disability, national origin, citizenship, height, weight, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other status protected by applicable federal and/or state laws.