Real Estate and Development Counsel
Longroad Energy
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $150,000 - $225,000 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Structure, negotiate, draft and review various commercial agreements with customers, suppliers and other third parties, including equipment procurement, EPC, O&M, lease, power purchase agreements
- Support negotiations, drafting and critical review of real estate documents, including lease option and purchase option agreements, leases, easements, shared facilities agreements, crossing agreements, and mineral rights waivers or shared use agreements.
- Manage local counsel and title insurers in connection with real estate transactions
- Coordinate with project development team to ensure project development agreements are financeable
- Advise project teams regarding critical risk issues in negotiations with various project stakeholders (e.g., landowners, regulatory agencies, governmental authorities, title companies, service providers, suppliers, etc.)
- Assist with financing and M&A transactions
- Manage outside counsel
- Assist with maintenance of contract database, including improving standard form agreements, where applicable
- Coordinate efforts with other corporate legal and senior management staff regarding corporate and project requirements to ensure maximum value and appropriate risk management
- Identify critical project risk issues and make recommendations
- Cross-team collaboration and coordination of legal workload with colleagues. Work as a team and as an effective manager of resources, both internal and external
Requirements
- Law degree required (J.D.) and must be admitted in a U.S. jurisdiction to practice law
- 4 years of experience in the development of power facilities or infrastructure for an energy project developer or other energy company
- Significant experience advising clients with respect to real estate/property
- Ability to identify risks and propose solutions to mitigate risks
- Ability to handle multiple projects and work successfully in a dynamic team environment
- Proficiency in Windows environment, MS Office, Outlook, Excel; technically savvy
Benefits
- health, vision/dental insurance
- flexible spending accounts
- 401(k) plan
- accrued paid time off
- life insurance
- disability coverage
- merit-based salary increases
- incentive plan participation
- comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- paid parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
commercial agreementsreal estate documentscontract managementrisk managementfinancing transactionsM&A transactionsproject development agreementsnegotiationdraftingcritical review
Soft skills
cross-team collaborationteam managementproblem-solvingcommunicationorganizational skillsability to handle multiple projectsdynamic team environment
Certifications
J.D.admitted to practice law in U.S. jurisdiction