Senior Counsel - Remote

Overview

This role involves serving as Senior Counsel to provide comprehensive, high-quality, and practical legal advice and risk-informed guidance to internal clients throughout the full project lifecycle. The focus is on complex commercial contracts supporting major nuclear projects, including customer and supplier agreements, engineering, procurement, and construction mega-project agreements, teaming agreements, claims, and related legal matters. The position requires collaboration with internal clients at all management levels, in-house colleagues, and management of outside counsel. The role operates at the intersection of legal, commercial, and operational teams to ensure alignment between business objectives and legal risk management, while supporting governance and internal approval processes. The position supports global business activities, potentially involving projects in Europe, the Middle East, and other regions. This is a remote position reporting to either the Assistant General Counsel, APx or Deputy General Counsel, OPx.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to commercial operations teams, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial agreements, financing agreements, and strategic corporate alliances.
• Offer prompt, practical, and risk-informed advice on complex commercial agreements, teaming agreements, joint ventures, engineering services agreements, and feasibility studies.
• Represent the organization in commercial negotiations and disputes, negotiating with counsel representing utilities, project developers, construction partners, vendors, and others.
• Demonstrate strong negotiation and stakeholder management skills in an international environment.
• Supervise and manage external counsel as appropriate.
• Train and advise management on legal issues, compliance, and risk mitigation.
• Travel domestically and internationally as required.
• Ensure compliance with laws and regulations while minimizing commercial legal risks, engaging with specialists to mitigate risks related to new reactor development.
• Stay current on legal developments within the scope of responsibilities and provide updates to clients.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from an accredited law school.
• 5-10+ years of experience representing clients in complex industrial, construction, procurement contract negotiations, or high-value major project litigation matters.
• Experience providing legal advice on the full scope of commercial business issues related to mega-project contract negotiations.
• Admission to practice law in an appropriate U.S. jurisdiction is required.
• Proven experience developing high-quality legal documents, including commercial agreements, letters, external correspondence, and memoranda.

Preferred Qualifications

• Foreign language skills.
• Prior in-house legal experience.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $144,000 to $180,000 per year, dependent upon experience, qualifications, and skills.
• Comprehensive medical benefits, potentially including medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage, and Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contributions.
• Wellness programs, including Employee Assistance Program support for employees and their household members.
• 401(k) plan with company match contributions.
• Paid vacations and company holidays.
• Opportunities for flexible work arrangements to promote work-life balance.
• Educational reimbursement and comprehensive career development programs.
• Global recognition and service programs.
• Employee referral program.

Location

• Remote position.
• The organization’s global headquarters are located in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, with over 11,000 employees across 19 countries.

Equal Opportunity

The employer is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.