Senior Commercial Counsel

Location: Remote

Department: G&A

About the Role:

We are looking for a Project Financing attorney to build the commercial division of our legal department. You will need to be both the strategic architect and the day-to-day executor. This is a highly visible role during a critical inflection point for a high-growth late stage start-up company. This opportunity offers meaningful equity, rapid advancement, and the chance to do some of the most consequential legal work of your career.

 

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Build the legal portion of the Commercial (Projects & Supply Chain) side of our business – develop our preferred structures and strategies and the form agreements to go with them 
• Own the structuring, financing, and delivery of our commercial projects, including SPV documents, loan agreements, security packages, IP licensing agreements, EPC agreements, and the like 
• Own the legal portion of our global procurement, including master services agreements, POs, warehousing agreements, and similar
• Partner with the sales team in winning new projects, including by drafting responses to RFPs 
• Partner with regulatory teams to ensure the commercial portion of the business remains in compliance with applicable laws 
• Manage outside counsel as necessary

 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Requirements:

• 6+ years of Biglaw and/or in-house legal experience 
• Deep expertise in project financing and implementation of complex infrastructure projects
• Familiarity with commercial procurement for complex infrastructure projects
• Desire to independently drive the building of the commercial division of the Legal department 
• Willingness to directly handle the substantive legal work to limit outside counsel fees 
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school 
• Active license to practice law and in good standing in the United States 

Bonus Points:

• Experience in Chambers ranked Projects / Infrastructure practice 
• Experience with projects in the Middle East or APAC regions 
• Start-up experience 
• FOAK experience 
• Experience with IP licensing structures and technology-related legal issues. 

 

Location:

This is a fully-remote position that can be located anywhere in the United States. Team members primarily work on West Coast time.