Overview
A global energy storage and power infrastructure organization is seeking a Senior Counsel with substantial project finance experience to lead the financing of renewable energy, battery storage, and data center infrastructure projects. This role requires managing multiple live transactions simultaneously, operating independently, and engaging commercially with lenders, investors, and internal business teams.
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 all 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 simultaneously 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 EPC contracts, equipment procurement agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), and interconnection agreements, primarily in the context of bankability review and lender consent processes.
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (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.
- Proven 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 their interaction with project financing and tax credit eligibility.
- Experience with construction financing and term conversion is highly valued.
- Corporate finance or capital markets experience is a plus.
- Ability to manage a high-volume workload with multiple active deals, competing priorities, and tight deadlines, maintaining composure and sound commercial judgment.
- Commercially minded with strong instincts for practical risk allocation.
- 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%.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced, rapid growth environments.
- Must successfully pass a pre-employment background check.
Preferred Qualifications
- Passion for sustainability and the mission of advancing resilient energy infrastructure.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $146,000 to $234,000 per year (total compensation package across all U.S. locations).
- Annual bonus plan.
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
- 401(k) 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 of paternity leave.
- Generous holiday allowance.
- Flexible time off plus sick leave.
- Reimbursement for home office equipment, phone, and internet expenses.
Location
- Headquarters in Westlake Village, California and Lugano, Switzerland, with regional development across North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Additional Information
- The organization participates in E-Verify.
- Equal employment opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion across all backgrounds and identities.