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About the Role
The Senior Counsel will provide legal support for the company’s established and growing utility-scale, solar energy and energy storage pipeline in the U.S. and Canada, focusing on Real Estate, Land Acquisition, Environmental/Permitting and Development activities.
Responsibilities
- Interact with external counterparties, including title companies, environmental and tax consultants, outside counsel, lenders, and investors.
- Oversee all strategic real estate legal support for site control, project finance and M&A transactions.
- Conduct and respond to due diligence inquiries.
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage real estate provisions in LOIs/term sheets, real estate agreements and closing deliverables for real estate, permitting/environmental and real property tax abatement matters.
- Review title commitments, title proformas, title policies and surveys.
- Oversee title curative work in connection with project development, finance, construction and/or operations.
- Provide general real estate legal support for all aspects of project development, including project design, site control, tax abatement, permitting, interconnection, offtake, and financing opportunities.
- Provide general corporate real estate legal support to the corporate team for corporate facilities.
- Manage, develop, and oversee internal real estate legal processes.
- Develop legal strategies for new and innovative transactions, including finance structures and site control for new types of renewable projects.
- Coordinate with and oversee outside real estate, tax and permitting legal counsel and consultants.
- Assist with various corporate and governance matters.
- Manage significant direct financial impact.
Requirements
- U.S.-credentialed law degree from a top-tier ABA accredited law school.
- Minimum of 5 years of substantial experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating real estate agreements within a top-tier law firm and/or corporate legal department.
- Demonstrated real estate experience with all aspects of project development, including site control, permitting, interconnection, offtake opportunities, and financing.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with outside parties, including title companies, consultants, lenders and investors.
- Responsive and hardworking, with the ability to manage a heavy workload in a fast-paced environment with minimal oversight.
- Excellent organizational and planning skills, with meticulous attention to detail.
- Ability to work as a team member and maintain relationships across the organization.
- Clear communicator, comfortable explaining issues to junior commercial team members and presenting risks and structures to the executive team.
- Ability to uphold standards of discretion and confidentiality and exercise good judgment.
- Entrepreneurial, creative, and strategic.
- Ability to travel 0 – 15%.
Skills
- Real Estate Law
- Land Acquisition
- Environmental Law
- Permitting
- Project Development
- Contract Negotiation
- Due Diligence
- Title Review
- Corporate Governance
Location
- Austin, TX
- Remote U.S.
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Law degree
About the Company
- Recurrent Energy's mission is to power the world with solar energy and create a better and cleaner Earth for future generations.
- Recurrent Energy is a leading global developer, owner, operator, and asset manager of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects.
- Recurrent Energy Power Services provides operations, maintenance, monitoring, engineering, and asset management services for renewable energy facilities across North America.
- The company has a proven track record spanning six continents.
- Recurrent Energy brings together experts across every stage of the renewable energy lifecycle.
- The company is backed by the innovation, strength, and global reach of Canadian Solar.
- Recurrent Energy is helping accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy future.
- The company values Trust, Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, and Inclusiveness.
- For more information about Recurrent Energy, please visit www.recurrentenergy.com
Equal Opportunity
- Recurrent Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
- Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.