Legal Counsel
The AES Corporation
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: New York City • California, Colorado, New York, Texas, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $117,000 - $147,050 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Provide advice and counsel to development, permitting, interconnection, environmental, stakeholder relations, and project execution teams for renewable energy and battery storage projects from inception to construction-ready status
- Assist with public policy and regulatory issues and provide counsel in the identification of strategic markets
- Manage the negotiation and drafting of service agreements, development agreements, procurement agreements, permits and applications, etc.
- Work closely with real estate counsel and teams on cross-functional agreements
- Achieve and maintain industry knowledge and strategy expertise for solar, wind and battery storage projects
Requirements
- Renewable energy experience; wind energy, battery storage or general infrastructure project development experience a plus
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
- Ability to work effectively as an individual and as part of a team
- Ability to adapt to a variety of duties and often challenging tasks
- Smart, decisive, organized, methodical, biased toward action
- Three to six years of relevant legal experience, preferably at a major law firm or in-house
- Bachelor’s Degree
- JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission in at least one jurisdiction
Benefits
- full range of medical, dental, vision, life, financial, and/or other benefits
- 401(k) eligibility
- various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract negotiationservice agreementsdevelopment agreementsprocurement agreementspermittingpublic policyregulatory issuesproject executionstrategic market identificationcross-functional agreements
Soft skills
communication skillsteamworkadaptabilityorganizational skillsdecisivenessmethodical approachbias toward action
Certifications
Bachelor’s DegreeJD from an accredited law schoolactive bar admission