Senior Counsel, Commercial Transactions

Overview

Legal counsel guiding renewable energy project transactions from structuring to close.

Key Responsibilities

• deal structuring
• document drafting
• risk advisory
• process improvement
• stakeholder management
• team collaboration

Tasks

-Partner with internal teams to guide all phases of project transactions, from LOI through execution, across development, acquisition, and financing deals. -Work directly with developers, investors, and lenders to close deals efficiently and equitably. -Engage and manage external counsel, while helping improve MEI’s templates, processes, and internal knowledge sharing. -Advise on legal and commercial risks while ensuring alignment with MEI’s strategic and long-term goals. -Draft, review, and negotiate key project and commercial documents, including (but not limited to): -Collaborate across teams — from Development to Asset Management — to create structures that support sustainable project success.

Requirements

• deal execution
• 8+ years
• juris doctor
• document drafting
• tax equity
• collaboration

What You Bring

-Deal execution skills – Proven ability to structure, negotiate, and close complex transactions involving multiple stakeholders under fast-moving or competing timelines. -Transactional experience – ~8+ years of experience at a top law firm and/or in-house legal department, including experience leading transactions from term sheet through close. -Strong legal foundation – Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction. -Document drafting expertise – Experience preparing and negotiating a wide range of corporate and commercial agreements, such as PPAs, EPCs, and acquisition documents. -Tax equity and lender documentation (partnership agreements, loan agreements, etc.) -Collaboration and communication – Ability to work effectively with diverse teams across Development, Finance, Operations, and external partners. -Industry familiarity – Experience in solar or broader renewable energy is a plus, but not required.

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Benefits

-Professional development stipend -Strong culture of collaboration, performance, and personal growth -PTO and company holidays -Employer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, life insurance -Medical, dental, vision -Membership Interest Purchase Agreements and Asset Purchase Agreements -401(k) and company match

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