Associate Attorney (In-House)

Energix Renewables

Energix Renewables is seeking a talented attorney with 5-8 years of experience to join its growing legal team in Arlington, Virginia.

This role offers the opportunity to serve as a key legal and business partner across the company's most significant transactions, including project acquisitions, financings, strategic investments, commercial contracting and renewable energy development activities.

The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership and business teams while helping drive the continued growth of one of the fastest-growing renewable energy platforms in the United States.

Energix Renewables is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, and is the subsidiary of an Israeli publicly traded renewable energy company (TASE: ENRG). We are an independent power producer that develops, constructs, owns, and operates renewable energy projects in the US. We use our financial stability and extensive project experience to build projects that create long-term value for local communities, landowners, our stakeholders, and the environment. Our work is based on a set of core values: professionalism, transparency, and loyalty.

At Energix, lawyers are more than legal advisors. They are trusted business partners involved in some of the company's most important transactions and investments.

You will gain hands-on experience across acquisitions, project financings, commercial negotiations and project development while working closely with senior leadership in a fast-growing renewable energy company. This role offers an exceptional opportunity to take ownership, make an impact and help drive the energy transition in one of the most dynamic sectors of the economy.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support acquisitions, divestitures, financings and other strategic transactions across Energix's renewable energy portfolio.
• Work directly with senior executives and business leaders on strategic initiatives and key commercial decisions.
• Collaborate with commercial team members and liaise with outside counsel for each of the foregoing
• Negotiate, draft, and manage transaction documentation for M&A, debt and equity investment transactions, from term sheet through closing, including due diligence
• Partner with development and finance teams in negotiations with contractors, suppliers, landowners, government agencies, investors, and finance institutions
• Provide legal support across a range of legal issues affecting a renewable energy company, including regulatory, commercial, construction, real estate, HR, and finance issues
• Coordinate and oversee outside counsel as required in support of litigation and other dispute resolution procedures
• Identify legal and commercial risks and develop solutions that support business objectives

Qualifications, Education and Training

• J.D. from an accredited law school; must be licensed to practice law in at least one state
• Minimum 5-7 years of relevant experience in a legal practice, preferably in the energy sector or in project development (but not required)
• Experience with M&A, project finance, infrastructure, energy, private equity or complex commercial transactions strongly preferred
• Commitment to bring practical and commercially-oriented judgment to bear in solving legal problems
• Strong written communication skills and a high level of proficiency in error-free drafting are required
• Self-starter with ability to work under pressure, manage multiple projects and competing priorities, meet deadlines, and adapt to change in a rapidly-growing and dynamic company
• Work experience prior to law school is preferred but not required

Job Location

The position is to work in the company office in Arlington, Virginia, with minimal travel requirements