Senior Counsel, Real Estate, Land Use, Siting

Eversource Energy

Senior Counsel providing legal support for real estate matters at Eversource Energy. Collaborating on transactional matters and regulatory agreements while based in Manchester, NH with a hybrid schedule.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeManchester • New Hampshire • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $176,930 - $196,590 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provide legal support to Eversource clients in a broad array of legal matters
Handling acquisition, modification, and disposition of real estate rights
Negotiating a wide range of agreements associated with company operations, assets, capital projects, and diverse real estate holdings
Collaborating with in-house legal counsel, internal business clients, company management and external stakeholders
Attending in-person meetings, hearings before federal, state and local regulatory agencies

Requirements

What you’ll need

Requires a Bachelor’s degree and Juris Doctor degree
Minimum of 5 years of experience in a law firm, government agency, corporate law department or equivalent experience
Knowledge of and experience with real estate, land use, and transactional matters
Title reviews, negotiation and enforcement of easements, rights of way, leases, licenses, encroachments, option agreements and purchase and sale agreements
Candidates having prior utility, energy industry, or siting experience are strongly preferred
Experience with environmental law, litigation, data and cyber security issues and emerging AI technology is a plus
Excellent written and oral communications skills and legal research abilities

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive total rewards program
Potential incentive

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Hard Skills & Tools

real estate lawland usetransactional matterstitle reviewsnegotiationeasementsrights of wayleaseslicensespurchase and sale agreements

Soft Skills

written communicationoral communicationlegal researchcollaborationnegotiation

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeJuris Doctor degree