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About the Role

Eversource Energy, a Fortune 500 diversified electric and natural gas utility company, seeks to hire a full-time attorney with 10+ years of corporate and securities law experience. The ideal candidate will advise senior leadership on complex disclosure and governance matters, supporting the company's commitment to a clean energy future.

Responsibilities

• Serve as principal counsel providing legal guidance to specific Eversource Energy business segments.
• Provide strategy development and direct the development of legal plans for state and federal jurisdictions.
• Lead or play a key role in drafting and advising on filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including ’34 Act periodic reports, ’33 Act registration statements, proxy statements, and Section 16 filings.
• Ensure compliance with SEC and NYSE rules and regulations.
• Support and enhance disclosure controls and procedures and coordinate cross-functional disclosure processes.
• Advise senior management and executive leadership on disclosure and governance matters.
• Coordinate the review of earnings and other press releases, presentations, significant internal communications and other announcements.
• Advise the Treasury department on capital markets transactions, including debt and equity offerings, private placements, credit facilities, and loan agreements.
• Advise on and manage the preparation of Section 16 and Rule 144 filings.
• Advise directors and executive officers on insider trading policy and Rule 10b5-1 plans.
• Advise on and support general corporate and commercial matters, including reviewing and negotiating contracts.
• Support business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock purchases, and joint venture arrangements.
• Provide support on matters relating to the board of directors and senior management, including annual meetings, corporate governance, and legal entity management.
• Provide legal counsel on a diverse range of matters related to day-to-day operations, including investor relations, finance, treasury, internal audit, and compliance.
• Develop and implement policies and procedures and training initiatives.
• Maintain knowledge of industry trends, management practices, and industry-related legislation.
• Foster a productive, engaging, and inclusive work environment.
• Promote a positive, cooperative, and efficient work atmosphere.
• Develop and pursue a succession plan for all areas under sphere of control.
• Coordinate succession plan with Human Resources, Senior Management, and other Eversource Energy business groups.
• Guide direct reports when challenging situations are encountered.
• Build and maintain strong relationships and communications within the Senior Leadership team.
• Keep Senior Management informed of issues, impediments, and progress.
• Model standards of excellence and the values of Eversource Energy.
• Identify and address obstacles to goal attainment and emerging issues.
• Continually communicate corporate strategy, direction, and initiatives to staff.
• Be available to work emergency restoration assignments as required.
• Be available to travel between MA/CT/NH as necessary.

Requirements

• 10+ years of corporate and securities law experience.
• Substantial hands-on experience advising public companies on SEC reporting and disclosure obligations.
• Detail-oriented and business-minded.
• Comfortable advising senior leadership on complex disclosure and governance matters.
• Ability to use PC desktop applications (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel, Email).
• Requires complex organizational and analytical skills.
• Must be a good team player, well organized, and able to identify business-oriented solutions to complex legal problems.
• Admission in good standing to the Massachusetts; Connecticut; and/or New Hampshire Bar and Federal Bars preferred.
• Candidates admitted to practice in another state and in good standing will be considered but will be required to gain admission to the appropriate state Bar within one year.
• Must be available to work emergency restoration assignment as required.
• Must be available to travel between MA/CT/NH as necessary.
• Work is performed primarily in an office environment with occasional time spent in field and in court or before administrative agencies, as necessary.
• Work includes periodic involvement in time-sensitive projects having a potentially significant impact on Eversource success.
• Often involved in adversarial/confrontational situations.
• Works in an environment that often requires the performance of multiple simultaneous activities, where deadlines need to be met and work is performed under pressure while involving significant business commitments and results.
• Eversource will not offer immigration-related sponsorship for this position.
• Applicants requiring visa sponsorship to start employment with Eversource will not be considered.

Skills

• Corporate law
• Securities law
• SEC reporting
• Disclosure obligations
• Public company advising
• Complex disclosure matters
• Complex governance matters
• Legal guidance
• Strategy development
• Legal plan development
• Litigation
• Management decision support
• Department leadership
• Internal expert advice
• Legal matters integration
• Legal Department operations
• 3rd party lawyer oversight
• SEC filings (Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, S-3, S-8)
• Proxy statements
• Section 16 filings
• SEC rules and regulations
• NYSE rules and regulations
• Disclosure controls and procedures
• Cross-functional disclosure processes
• Senior management advising
• Executive leadership interaction
• Earnings release review
• Press release review
• Presentation review
• Internal communication review
• Announcement review
• Treasury department advising
• Capital markets transactions
• Underwritten debt offerings
• Underwritten equity offerings
• Private placements
• Credit facilities
• Loan agreements
• Pension management
• Rule 144 filings
• Insider trading policy advising
• Rule 10b5-1 plans
• General corporate matters
• Commercial matters
• Contract negotiation
• Business transactions support
• Mergers and acquisitions support
• Asset purchase support
• Stock purchase support
• Joint venture arrangement support
• Board of directors support
• Senior management support
• Annual meeting of stockholders support
• Corporate governance support
• Legal entity management
• Investor relations
• Finance
• Treasury
• Internal audit
• Compliance efforts
• Policy development
• Procedure development
• Training initiatives
• Industry trends knowledge
• Management practices knowledge
• Industry-related legislation knowledge
• Productive work environment fostering
• Engaging work environment fostering
• Inclusive work environment fostering
• Open communication encouragement
• Obstacle addressing
• Positive work atmosphere promotion
• Cooperative work atmosphere promotion
• Efficient work atmosphere promotion
• Succession plan development
• Guidance to direct reports
• Cohesive organization building
• Unified organization building
• Community leader relationship building
• Community organization relationship building
• Strong community relationship facilitation
• Common goals and objectives leveraging
• Eversource Energy mission furtherance
• Senior Leadership team relationship building
• Senior Leadership team communication
• Inter-disciplinary project spearheading
• Common work effort coordination
• Senior Management communication
• Obstacle identification
• Issue identification
• Goal attainment support
• Emerging issue addressing
• Corporate strategy communication
• Corporate direction communication
• Corporate initiatives communication
• Build trusting relationships
• Manage and develop people
• Foster teamwork and cross-functional collaboration
• Lead change
• Communicate strategic vision
• Create an engaged workforce
• Focus on the customer
• Take ownership & accountability
• Commercial transactional contract negotiation
• Executive compensation matters
• Incentive plans and programs
• Equity administration
• CD&A disclosure
• Say-on-pay disclosure
• ESG reporting
• Sustainability reporting
• Climate-related disclosures

Location

• Hybrid schedule

Work Type

• Full-time
• Hybrid

Experience Level

• 10+ years

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree
• Juris Doctor Degree

Salary/Compensations

• $230,000-$256,000
• $230,640.00-$256,270.00

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards program
• Overview of benefits programs available on careers site
• Eligible for a potential incentive

About the Company

• Eversource Energy is a Fortune 500 diversified electric and natural gas utility company with operations throughout New England.
• Eversource is committed to building a clean energy future for its customers, communities and employees.
• Eversource has a goal to reduce operational greenhouse gas (GHG) by 45% by 2035, and to achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050.
• Eversource has strong support of renewables.
• Eversource fosters a collegial, supportive and inclusive work environment.
• Team members collaborate to provide customers with safe, reliable and cost-effective service.

Equal Opportunity

• Eversource Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability status, or protected veteran status.
• VEVRRA Federal Contractor