Attorney, M&A

Treaty Oak Clean Energy

Attorney for M&A handling renewable energy and battery storage projects at Treaty Oak Clean Energy. Advising on project development, mergers, acquisitions, and legal matters in a hybrid role.

Posted 5/16/2026full-timeAustin • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Advise on mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures involving utility-scale renewable energy and battery storage projects.
Support project development, procurement, construction, environmental, and permitting matters related to renewable energy projects.
Advise on joint venture structuring, partnership agreements, and corporate governance matters at both the project and holdco levels.
Draft and negotiate transactional documents, including purchase and sale agreements, asset purchase agreements, joint development agreements, operating agreements, development services agreements, letters of intent, and related ancillary documents.
Lead or support project-level and corporate M&A closings, including due diligence management, document negotiation, and closing coordination.
Manage buy-side and sell-side due diligence across legal, title, permitting, and contract workstreams, and support integration of acquired assets into existing business operations.
Counsel senior leadership on project- and portfolio-level transactions while managing external counsel and transaction costs.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders and external advisors to drive successful transaction execution.

Requirements

What you’ll need

3 to 5 years of relevant experience advising on mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, with additional experience in utility-scale renewable energy project M&A, development, procurement, construction, environmental, or permitting matters.
Strong interest in renewable energy project development.
Experience with joint venture structuring, partnership agreements, and corporate governance matters at the project and holdco levels.
Proven ability to draft and negotiate a broad range of transactional documents and manage complex closings.
Experience conducting and coordinating due diligence across multiple legal and commercial workstreams.
Excellent negotiation, communication, and legal writing skills, with the ability to align legal strategy with company growth objectives.
Highly organized with the ability to manage complex, multi-state acquisitions across concurrent workstreams.
JD from an ABA-accredited law school and active bar membership in good standing in an applicable state.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Compensation will align with individual skills and experience, alongside potential bonuses based on both personal and company-wide performance.
Benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, 401(k) match, lunch for employees in the Austin office, paid time off, and holidays.
Eligible employees also participate in bonus incentives in addition to salary.

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Hard Skills & Tools

mergers and acquisitionsjoint venturestransactional document draftingdue diligence managementnegotiationcorporate governanceproject developmentprocurementconstructionenvironmental permitting

Soft Skills

negotiation skillscommunication skillslegal writing skillsorganizational skillscollaborationstrategic alignmentleadershipproject management

Certifications

JD from ABA-accredited law schoolactive bar membership