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Role Description

Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, the Associate, Counsel, will work across verticals within CleanCapital, including capital markets and finance, origination, project contracts, asset management, acquisitions, and general corporate contracts. Experience in distributed generation solar and/or storage project finance and development is a plus.

Core Responsibilities

• Manage deal closings for the debt and tax equity financings of solar and storage projects.
• Track third party closing deliverables, including consultant reports, contract amendments, and title documents.
• Coordinate with external counsel to maximize efficiency and manage legal expenses.
• Draft ancillary documents required in connection with debt and tax equity financings, acquisitions, and asset management, including corporate governance and other deliverables.
• Support corporate legal matters, including entity formation, governance, compliance, and contract management.
• Work with internal teams across the company (development, construction, finance, acquisitions, and asset management) to review and draft contracts and advise on contract interpretation.
• Job description may evolve over time.

Qualifications

• Law degree from an accredited law school.
• Must be licensed in good standing and admitted to practice in relevant state bar.

Requirements

• Must have at least 2 years’ experience at a top tier law firm as a practicing attorney in the corporate or project finance (or similar) transaction group.

Psychosocial Skills / Human Skills / Behavioral Skills

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to take ideas and run with them from concept to conclusion.
• Technical understanding of clean energy business processes.
• Exceptional verbal and writing communication skills with superiors, peers, partners, and other stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills while managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment.
• Excellence in Microsoft Office (Word and PowerPoint) and Adobe Acrobat.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The physical demands of this job require an individual to be able to work at a computer for most of the day, be able to participate in conference calls and travel to team retreats on a time-to-time basis. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Conditions

If working remotely, your work environment is what you make of it, however CleanCapital encourages everyone to have a dedicated workspace that, for the most part, can be free of distractions. If working in one of our Corporate Offices, the work environment is usually quiet (normal city traffic noises are common), a blend of artificial and natural light, temperate and generally supports a collaborative work environment. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

CleanCapital provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants in all company facilities without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, childbirth, physical disability, mental and/or intellectual disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner or civil union status, gender (including sex stereotyping and gender identity or expression), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related), genetic information, or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.