Sr. Assistant General Counsel

Strata Careers•Durham, NC

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About The Position

Strata Clean Energy, a national developer, contractor, owner, and operator of solar energy and battery energy storage projects, offers its attorneys a multi-disciplinary legal practice. Attorneys at Strata are key members of the legal department, assisting the General Counsel and executive team in achieving strategic objectives from both legal and business perspectives. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, this position will collaborate closely with personnel across all Strata departments. With demonstrated expertise and merit, the successful candidate will not only be an individual contributor but also expected to assume supervisory and managerial responsibilities for certain functions and resources within the legal department.

Requirements

JD from an accredited law school.
Current license to practice law in a U.S. state.
Minimum 12 years of relevant experience (e.g., finance, M&A, general commercial/transactional work), including significant renewable energy experience.
Possess effective drafting, negotiating, and client communication skills to: (a) identify complex legal issues, (b) develop and implement alternative solutions, (c) negotiate independently, and (d) cope with fast-paced and ever-changing relationships.
Problem-solver with a pragmatic approach to satisfactorily address legal issues in relation to commercial objectives.
Possess effective time management, project management, dispute resolution, and interpersonal skills.
Creative, adaptable, and independent thinker.
Strong team player.
Ability to focus, direct, and manage the efforts of external legal and other resources.
Quality and execution focused.
Possess strong leadership qualities to motivate colleagues and clients to drive initiatives to conclusion rapidly and efficiently.

Responsibilities

Work alongside external counsel, and lead internal resources, in negotiating, drafting, and closing corporate and project-level (debt and tax equity) finance transactions.
Assist Strata’s solar and energy storage project development teams in all matters and phases relating to project development, including site control, permitting, interconnection, power purchase agreements, and tolling agreements.
Assist the engineering, procurement, and construction team as-needed, particularly with respect to EPC contract negotiations in connection with project finance and M&A transactions.
Independently evaluate, negotiate, and close M&A transactions, including those involving in-service and development-stage projects.
Manage other attorneys in supporting matters relating to the asset management and operations and maintenance teams, including contract negotiation and administration.
Provide leadership and support relating to any and all legal matters and questions presented to the legal team, such as reviewing and analyzing disputes, assisting on real estate title matters, contractor licensing requirements, due diligence requests, RFP reviews, procurement contracts, IT matters, etc.
Identify, manage, and advise business clients and executive management on risk allocation and mitigation.
Contribute to creating, developing, and implementing processes, procedures, best practices, systems, and controls within the legal department and more broadly, and recommend improvements thereto.
Stay constantly abreast of current events and developments affecting the renewable energy industry, with particular emphasis on possible impacts to Strata’s business, and help evaluate opportunities and issues relating thereto.
Bring a positive, energetic, “can-do,” problem-solver attitude to the workplace.
Understand the core issues, negotiation points, contracts, and risks as well as external counsel, and is responsible for directing external counsel in a manner so as to achieve Strata’s desired outcomes.