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About the Role

Seeking a practical, business-minded, and highly organized Legal Counsel, Real Estate and Project Development to support the Company’s U.S. development platform. This role will focus on title, survey, curative, project closings, and related real estate matters, while also supporting broader development and project specific legal workstreams. The ideal candidate combines strong U.S. commercial real estate fundamentals with sound commercial judgment and a solutions-oriented approach.

Responsibilities

Oversee the review of title commitments, exception documents, surveys, and related due diligence materials to identify key legal and commercial risks.
Advise on appropriate next steps for title, survey, and curative matters.
Oversee the review of property surveys, development materials, and related project documents to identify easement and access issues, crossing requirements, encroachments, and other matters affecting project viability.
Help manage title curative workstreams, including surface, mineral, and other title issues.
Coordinate with internal teams and outside service providers to advance title curative issues toward resolution.
Work closely with development, engineering, and other internal stakeholders to identify and resolve title, survey, access, and curative issues.
Assist in developing and refining internal trackers, tools, and processes relating to title review, curative, survey matters, and closing readiness.
Review leases, lease amendments, easements, crossing agreements, access agreements, and other site-control or real estate-related documents.
Review and negotiate pro forma title policies and endorsements in connection with project sales, financings, and other closings.
Coordinate with title insurers, surveyors, land service providers, outside real estate counsel, and lenders’ or buyers’ counsel.
Support project closings by reviewing and coordinating real estate-related closing documents and managing title and survey workstreams.
Ensure closing deliverables are complete and insurable and financeable.
Conduct legal diligence and maintain issue tracking in connection with project sales, acquisitions, financings, and similar transactions.
Support broader development legal matters, including permitting-related agreements and access arrangements.
Provide secondary support on project transactions and related commercial agreements.
Support the General Counsel on other in-house legal matters.
Escalate material legal, commercial, or reputational issues as appropriate.
Handle day-to-day matters independently and efficiently.
Help maintain organized legal records, closing files, and supporting documentation.
Contribute to clear communication and coordination across internal and external stakeholders.

Requirements

5+ years of legal experience, with significant experience in U.S. commercial real estate, U.S. real estate finance, or U.S. project development.
Law degree and licensed to practice law in the United States.
Strong grounding in U.S. real estate fundamentals, including title review, survey review, easements, access issues, and real estate diligence.
Experience reviewing and negotiating real estate-related agreements such as leases, easements, access agreements, crossing agreements, amendments, and related documents.
Experience supporting closings, financings, acquisitions, dispositions, or similar transactions involving real estate assets or development-stage projects.
Strong commercial judgment and the ability to provide practical advice that balances legal risk with business objectives.
Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple matters at once and keep workstreams moving in a fast-paced environment.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with internal teams and external counterparties.
Comfort working independently while also collaborating closely with business teams and outside advisors.
Experience in solar, BESS, infrastructure, or other development-oriented industries is strongly preferred.
Experience in-house or in a role involving regular cross-functional business collaboration is an asset.
Familiarity with U.S. title insurance, U.S. survey practice, and U.S. real estate closing processes is strongly preferred.
Experience working with land professionals, title agents, surveyors, or other non-lawyer real estate service providers is an asset.
Highly tech-savvy, with an openness to adopting and using new tools, including AI, email marketing platforms, dialing systems, and automation tools.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
Clear and confident communicator who can drive accountability and improve execution without relying on formal hierarchy.
Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment and improve how a team works.

Skills

U.S. commercial real estate
U.S. real estate finance
U.S. project development
Title review
Survey review
Easements
Access issues
Real estate diligence
Lease review
Lease amendment review
Crossing agreement review
Access agreement review
Site-control document review
Real estate-related document review
Pro forma title policy negotiation
Endorsement negotiation
Project closing support
Legal diligence
Issue tracking
Permitting-related agreements
Project-level legal workstreams
Commercial agreement support
In-house legal matters
Legal record maintenance
Closing file maintenance
Communication
Collaboration
Organizational skills
Attention to detail
Problem-solving
AI tools
Email marketing platforms
Dialing systems
Automation tools

Location

United States (Remote)
Toronto (Hybrid)

Work Type

Fully remote (US-based candidates)
Hybrid (Toronto-based candidates)
Occasional travel within the United States

Experience Level

5+ years of legal experience

Education Level

Law degree
Licensed to practice law in the United States

About the Company

Solar Provider Group (SPG) is a global solar developer with offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands and active projects across North America and Europe.
The North American team is focused primarily on the development of solar and BESS projects in the United States and Canada, with most current activity in the United States.
SPG identifies, secures, and advances high-quality sites through the full development cycle, from early-stage land acquisition to construction readiness.
The team combines technical expertise, financial insight, and strong local relationships to deliver projects that accelerate the clean-energy transition and create lasting value for landowners and communities.

Equal Opportunity

SPG is committed to creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.
We believe that different backgrounds and perspectives strengthen our ability to make an impact.
Every team member should feel valued, respected, and supported as part of our mission to expand renewable energy.
SPG provides accommodations throughout the recruitment process in accordance with applicable laws.