Senior Counsel – Project Finance & Commercial

Overview

This role supports financing and legal structuring for renewable energy, battery storage, and data center infrastructure projects. The position involves leading end-to-end project finance transactions in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, managing multiple live matters simultaneously while partnering closely with lenders, investors, and internal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Project Finance

• Lead end-to-end legal structuring and negotiation of project finance transactions, including construction loans, term debt, tax equity, back-leverage facilities, and permanent financing for battery storage, renewable energy, and data center projects.
• Draft and negotiate credit agreements, security packages, depositary and accounts agreements, consent and assignment agreements, and related financing documents with lenders, tax equity investors, and institutional counterparties.
• Advise on financing structures for build-own-operate (BOO) assets, including collateral structures, security interests, and intercreditor arrangements.
• Manage lender due diligence processes and coordinate with lenders’ counsel through financial close.
• Advise on IRA tax credit structures, including investment tax credits (ITC) and production tax credits (PTC), domestic content requirements, energy communities, and Foreign Entity of Concern (FEOC) compliance as it relates to financing eligibility and tax credit qualification.
• Support refinancings, amendments, waivers, and ongoing lender compliance matters post-close.
• Manage multiple transactions at varying stages of execution without loss of quality or attention to detail.

Corporate Finance

• Support corporate-level debt facilities, revolving credit lines, and other balance sheet financing activities.
• Advise on entity structuring and capitalization for project-level subsidiaries and holding company arrangements.
• Assist with corporate governance matters tied to financing transactions.

Commercial Support

• Provide support related to bankability review and lender consent processes; EPC contracts, equipment procurement agreements, PPAs, and interconnection agreements are a plus.

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school.
• Member of a state bar in good standing.
• 8–15 years of project finance experience with significant exposure to energy, battery storage, infrastructure, or data center financings.
• Demonstrated track record closing complex project finance transactions from term sheet through financial close, including tax equity structures (ITC and/or PTC).
• Working knowledge of IRA incentive structures, domestic content and FEOC compliance requirements, and how they interact with project financing and tax credit eligibility.
• Experience with construction financing and term conversion is highly valued.
• Ability to manage a high-volume workload (multiple active deals, competing priorities, and tight deadlines) with composure and sound commercial judgment.
• Commercially minded approach to practical risk allocation; strong judgment about which issues to address.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills; confident advising and presenting to senior leadership and external counterparties.
• Willingness to travel domestically and/or internationally, up to 10%.
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment background check.
• Participation in E-Verify.

Preferred Qualifications

• Corporate finance or capital markets experience.
• Passion for sustainability and the organization’s mission and vision.

Compensation & Benefits

• Annual base compensation range: $146,000 - $234,000 a year (total compensation package across all U.S. locations).
• Annual bonus plan.
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• 401K employer matching.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and family.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Company-paid Life insurance, Short- and Long-term disability insurance.
• 8-weeks for Paternity leave.
• Generous holiday allowance.
• Flexible time off plus sick leave.
• Reimbursement for home office equipment, phone, and internet expenses.

Location

This position supports work across U.S. locations. Headquarters are in Westlake Village, California and Lugano, Switzerland (with regional development across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia).