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About the Role

Lead legal support for engineering, procurement, construction, and operations & maintenance activities for solar, battery energy storage system (BESS), and wind projects. Advise on contract strategy and administration from procurement through construction close-out and long-term operations. Support M&A transactions, project development, and corporate matters as needed.

Responsibilities

• Draft, negotiate, and administer EPC, equipment supply, and O&M agreements for solar, BESS, and wind projects.
• Advise on contract risk allocation, change orders, notices, claims, and disputes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide legal support on procurement strategy for major equipment and construction packages, including warranty and performance guarantee structuring.
• Advise on tariff and trade policy risk allocation in equipment supply contracts.
• Advise on tax credit-related contract provisions, including domestic content, prevailing wage and apprenticeship, FEOC, and related compliance.
• Supervise and manage outside counsel engagements, balancing legal cost and business need.
• Support project finance and tax equity counsel on construction-related conditions precedent, lender requirements, and diligence items.
• Work cross-functionally to ensure contracting processes and underwriting standards reflect risk tolerance and commercial priorities.
• Identify and help build repeatable contracting tools, templates, and processes.
• Lead M&A transactions and assist with project development matters on an occasional basis.
• Assist with additional corporate and commercial matters as needed.

Requirements

• JD and license to practice law in the United States (California and New York licensure a plus).
• 10+ years experience drafting, negotiating, and administering EPC, procurement, and O&M agreements for utility-scale solar, BESS, and/or wind projects.
• Ability to operate independently, providing sound business-informed legal judgment on risk allocation and negotiation strategy.
• Experience with U.S. renewable energy incentives (ITC/PTC under Sections 45/45Y and 48/48E) and associated requirements (e.g. domestic content, prevailing wage and apprenticeship, and FEOC) as they pertain to procurement, construction, and O&M agreements.
• Experience with tariff and trade policy risk in renewable energy equipment supply chains.
• Exposure to M&A due diligence or early-stage project development matters is a plus.
• Strong commercial judgment and a solution-oriented approach to managing risk in a fast-paced, leanly staffed environment.
• Excellent negotiation, drafting, and project management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent transactions across asset classes.
• Ability to communicate clearly with internal stakeholders and external counterparties and outside counsel.

Skills

• Contract negotiation
• Contract administration
• Risk allocation
• Procurement strategy
• Warranty structuring
• Performance guarantee structuring
• Tariff and trade policy
• Tax credit compliance
• M&A due diligence
• Project development
• Corporate law
• Negotiation
• Drafting
• Project management

Location

• San Francisco, CA
• Austin, TX
• Chicago, IL

Work Type

• Permanent
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 10+ years

Education Level

• JD
• License to practice law in the United States

Salary/Compensations

• $225,000 – $275,000 USD

Benefits

• Annual bonus based on individual and company performance
• Health, dental, vision, and other health and wellness benefits

About the Company

• Linea Energy is a growing company with a portfolio of solar, battery energy storage system (BESS), and wind projects.

Equal Opportunity

• Linea Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE) and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, arrest record, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Our management team is dedicated to this policy with respect to recruitment, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, benefits, employee activities, and general treatment during employment.