Energy Project Finance Associate / Counsel

Energy Project Finance Associate / Counsel

Location: New York / Washington, D.C.

Practice Area: Energy & Infrastructure / Project Finance

An AmLaw 100 international law firm is looking to add talented Associates and Counsel to its growing Energy & Infrastructure Finance platform.

This is an opportunity to work alongside leading practitioners on complex, high-value transactions across renewables, traditional energy, digital infrastructure and broader infrastructure development.

The role

You'll advise major developers, sponsors, lenders and investors on a diverse range of financing transactions, spanning traditional project finance, tax equity, private credit, acquisition finance and structured lending.

The team is keen to hear from lawyers with strong transactional experience and an interest in working across an expanding energy and infrastructure market. Experience beyond traditional project finance is welcomed.

Key areas of focus

• Energy and infrastructure project finance transactions, including sponsor-side and lender-side representations
• Tax equity investments, tax credit transfers and renewable energy financing structures
• Private credit, acquisition finance and structured lending transactions
• Renewable energy projects, including solar, wind, battery storage and other emerging technologies
• Traditional energy and power projects, including oil and gas, LNG and midstream infrastructure
• Digital infrastructure and data centre financing and development
• Back-leverage, syndicated lending, bilateral facilities and other sophisticated financing structures
• M&A, project development and broader transactional work involving energy and infrastructure assets

Candidate profile

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience advising on energy project finance or infrastructure finance transactions
• Exposure to sponsor-side, borrower-side, lender-side or investor-side representations
• A background in renewable energy, power, traditional energy or broader infrastructure transactions
• Experience with construction financing, term loans, syndicated facilities or bilateral lending arrangements
• Strong technical drafting, negotiation and analytical skills
• A commercial mindset and the ability to work across sophisticated, fast-paced transactional matters
• An interest in expanding their experience across the wider energy and infrastructure landscape

The team is open to candidates at the associate or counsel level , with strongest interest around the junior-to-mid-level range , although outstanding senior candidates with the right subject matter alignment will also be considered.

Why this opportunity stands out

• Join a premier platform with a strong flow of energy, infrastructure, and project finance work
• Gain exposure to cutting-edge issues in the data centre and power markets space
• Gain exposure to high-profile transactions involving renewable energy, battery storage, LNG and digital infrastructure

For more information, please reach out to Riley Warner.

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