VP/SVP & Senior Tax Counsel

About LS Power Founded in 1990, LS Power is a premier development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, with leading platforms across generation, transmission and energy expansion solutions. Since inception, LS Power has developed or acquired 50,000 MW of power generation, including utility-scale solar, wind, hydro, battery energy storage, and natural gas-fired facilities. Through its transmission business, LS Power Grid, the company has built 780+ miles of high-voltage transmission systems with another 375+ miles currently in construction or development. LS Power actively invests in and scales businesses that are meeting the growing needs of the energy expansion, including electric vehicle charging, demand response, microgrids, renewable fuels and waste-to-energy platforms. Over the years, LS Power has raised more than $76 billion in debt and equity capital to support North American infrastructure.

Our Purpose, Mission, & Values

Our Purpose is to solve complex energy problems that improve the world

Our Mission is to make lives better by developing a cleaner and more reliable energy ecosystem

Our Values of integrity, Innovation, Teamwork, and Taking Ownership are part of what makes our company and our people successful.

Benefits

We provide our people the opportunity to share their unique perspectives, solve new challenges, and continue in their career growth. We are committed to supporting employees’ happiness, healthiness, and overall well-being by providing comprehensive benefits that include 100% employer paid premium healthcare, paid parental leave and more.

Compensation

The salary for this role is $350,000 - $450,000 plus bonus. This is the range that we in good faith anticipate relying on when setting wages for this position. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in New York. This salary range may also be modified in the future.

About The Role

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated self‑starter to join LS Power’s private equity team as a VP and Senior Tax Counsel, providing tax structuring advice and managing the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions and financings and advising on various strategic matters impacting the business. This role offers significant exposure to complex, high‑impact transactions and the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership. You will have a meaningful role and strong opportunities for professional development, supported by collaborative and high performing peers.

Responsibilities What you will do

- Provide tax structuring advice on mergers and acquisitions and other strategic transactions at all stages, including providing advice on bids, performing due diligence, drafting and negotiating term sheets and definitive transaction documentation, and supporting closing transactions and post-closing integration, including documentation relating to management teams.

- Assist in preparation of tax components M&A related investment committee meeting materials.

- Advise on tax aspects of financing activities relating to M&A transactions and refinancing of existing debt of portfolio companies.

- Collaborate and build strong relationships with cross-functional teams, including finance, regulatory, accounting, asset and energy management and investor relations.

- Advise on renewable transactions, including structure and qualification for federal income tax credits.

- Have in depth understanding of partnership and corporate federal tax structuring and operations.

Qualifications

What you will need

- J.D., with 15+ years of experience leading tax matters for complex M&A, financing, and other corporate transactions.

- Experience in structuring tax equity and other renewable focused transactions.

- Ability to be the primary in-house federal income tax attorney on M&A and other corporate transactions, including handling multiple transactions or projects simultaneously.

- Ability to quickly assess business challenges, make timely, pragmatic recommendations under pressure and identify, prioritize and resolve issues quickly and independently while balancing legal risks against business interests.

- Excellent communication, project management, negotiation and drafting skills.

- Ability to oversee state and local taxes.

- Renewable energy tax structuring experience, with a strong understanding of partnership and corporate tax modeling.

Why you should join us:

- Strong platform for the future : LS Power has a 30+ year track record and core capabilities that uniquely position the firm to capitalize on the evolving energy landscape.

- Sponsor ‑ side exposure : Work across platforms, add ‑ on acquisitions, refinancings, and other strategic transactions.

- Meaningful influence : Be involved early in deal structuring and decision ‑ making, not just documentation at the end.

- Complex, high ‑ impact work : Gain exposure to partnership and corporate structures, acquisition structuring, tax provisions, and tax equity.

- Clear growth trajectory : This role offers a defined path for increased responsibility, with the potential to evolve into a successor role to the Head of Tax.

- Competitive rewards : Strong compensation and comprehensive benefits, including employer ‑ paid premium healthcare.