Paralegal

NineDot Energy • Brooklyn, NY

10d • Hybrid

About The Position

NineDot Energy is a leading community-scale, clean energy developer focused on creating innovative energy solutions to support a resilient electric grid, deliver economic savings, address environmental justice, and reduce carbon emissions. The company plans to develop, build, and operate over 400 MW of clean energy systems by 2026. With backing from Manulife Investment Management and The Carlyle Group, NineDot is expanding its battery energy storage pipeline and advancing the decarbonization of New York's grid. This role offers an opportunity to build a platform from the ground up with a world-class team and is part of a company committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and paralegal certification.
• Notary Public in New York State.
• Proven experience as a corporate paralegal, preferably in renewable energy or commercial real estate development.
• Familiarity with real estate/construction litigation and insurance matters.
• Experience with Legal Operations, including contract management (legacy archives and template-driven new contracts) and maintenance of contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform(s).
• Proficiency in document management systems.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in assisting with legal research and document drafting.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a dynamic and fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Familiarity with the intricacies of corporate and finance transactions and construction litigation.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and revise a variety of legal documents, including contracts, agreements, and corporate policies under supervision of the General Counsel.
• Assist in maintaining corporate records and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Assist in forming and managing entities and our entity management system.
• Coordinate due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, financings and other transactions with the General Counsel and Associate General Counsel.
• Review, draft, and manage NDAs.
• Serve as gate-keeper to internal legal function and provide legal operations support to the legal team, including helping to set up, configure and administer the team’s contracts management platform to house legacy archives and establish templates and workflows to generate new contracts, drive collaborative review of negotiated drafts, obtain and record approvals, and execute and archive finalized agreements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• 5% employer match on your 401k retirement account
• 20 paid vacation days off, plus 7 sick days, 9 federal holidays and 3 personal floating holidays
• 12 weeks of 100% paid parental leave for both the primary and secondary caregiver within the first year of birth or adoption
• Wellness initiatives including a $1,000 stipend
• 16 volunteer hours plus two planned company-wide volunteer outings per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level