Provide legal support across renewable energy projects including drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, real estate and permitting documents, acquisitions, financings, construction agreements, corporate governance, compliance, and managing outside counsel while partnering with cross-functional teams.
Lightstar Renewables is seeking an Attorney to join its legal team and support the development, acquisition, financing, construction, and sale of solar and battery energy storage projects across the United States. This position will report directly to the General Counsel and work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams throughout the organization.
This role presents a unique opportunity for an early-career attorney to gain broad exposure to project development, real estate, construction, commercial contracting, corporate transactions, and renewable energy law within a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.
This position is classified as remote with in-office/hybrid options available for candidates in the Boston Metro area.
Responsibilities:
Commercial Contracting
Project Acquisitions, Sales, and Financing Transactions
Construction and Procurement
Corporate Governance and Compliance
General Legal Support
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
Desired Attributes:
This role presents a unique opportunity for an early-career attorney to gain broad exposure to project development, real estate, construction, commercial contracting, corporate transactions, and renewable energy law within a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment.
This position is classified as remote with in-office/hybrid options available for candidates in the Boston Metro area.
Responsibilities:
Commercial Contracting
- Draft, review, negotiate, and administer a wide variety of commercial agreements, including confidentiality agreements, consulting agreements, professional services agreements, vendor agreements, software agreements, and other operational contracts.
- Assist business teams in identifying legal and commercial risks and developing practical solutions.
- Support the development and maintenance of contract templates, playbooks, and internal legal processes.
- Support the Origination team in the negotiation and administration of leases, purchase options, easements, access agreements, crossing agreements, and other real estate documents.
- Assist with title and survey review and resolution of real estate diligence matters.
- Coordinate with outside counsel, title companies, surveyors, and consultants on project development matters.
- Support permitting, land use, and regulatory diligence activities.
Project Acquisitions, Sales, and Financing Transactions
- Assist with project acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, financings, tax equity transactions, and other strategic transactions.
- Manage due diligence processes, data rooms, disclosure schedules, and transaction closing deliverables.
- Draft ancillary transaction documents, consents, certificates, and closing documentation.
- Coordinate with outside counsel and transaction counterparties to facilitate successful closings.
Construction and Procurement
- Support review and negotiation of EPC agreements, equipment supply agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, and related project contracts.
- Assist with contract administration, claims management, dispute resolution, and risk mitigation efforts.
- Provide legal support to construction and procurement teams throughout project execution.
Corporate Governance and Compliance
- Assist with corporate governance matters, including entity formation and maintenance, board resolutions, written consents, and organizational records.
- Support compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments affecting the renewable energy industry.
General Legal Support
- Provide legal guidance to Development, Finance, Construction, Asset Management, and Executive Leadership teams.
- Manage outside counsel and specialized consultants as appropriate.
- Support special projects and strategic initiatives as assigned by the General Counsel.
Preferred Skills and Qualifications:
- Experience in renewable energy, project development, commercial real estate, construction, infrastructure, project finance, mergers and acquisitions, or commercial contracting.
- Experience reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
- Familiarity with solar, battery storage, transmission, or other energy infrastructure projects.
- Experience working with cross-functional business teams.
- Prior law firm or in-house legal department experience.
Desired Attributes:
- Intellectual curiosity and eagerness to learn.
- Strong sense of ownership and accountability.
- Commercial mindset and practical approach to legal issues.
- Ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of the organization.
- Self-directed and effective in a dynamic, entrepreneurial environment.
- Passion for renewable energy and the clean energy transition.
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