Associate Development Counsel - Real Estate
Company: Strata Solar, LLC
Location: Durham
Posted on: May 24, 2023
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Job Description:
Strata Clean Energy is a leading developer, EPC, and service
provider for utility-scale solar and storage systems in the United
States. We control and self-perform all processes from our
nationwide solar and storage developments, to construction,
O&M, and Asset Management.Our employees are empowered to drive
our business in a collaborative, creative, and passion-driven
environment that fosters long-term professional growth. There is a
lot to learn at Strata, but we're here to help you give your best
and have a good time doing it.At Strata, you're part of something
big. We're leading the industry in sustainable energy careers. We
are driving innovation to make a difference for our customers, our
employees, and our planet. Join us in powering the future.Strata
Clean Energy, as a national developer, contractor, owner, and
operator of solar energy and energy storage projects, provides its
attorneys with a multi-disciplinary law practice. Strata's
attorneys serve as key members of the legal department and assist
the General Counsel and other members of Strata's executive team in
executing overall strategic objectives from both legal and business
perspectives. Reporting to the Sr. Associate Counsel - Development,
this position will work closely with personnel in all of Strata's
departments, in particular the solar energy and energy storage
development teams.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Assist
Strata's solar and energy storage project development teams with
reviewing, drafting, and negotiating leases, easements, option
agreements, purchase agreements, and other project site control
documents and administering site control documents during project
development, construction, and/or operation.Review title
commitments, title proformas, title policies, title exception
documents, and surveys and provide analyses, support, and
supervision for title curative work required in connection with
project development, finance, construction, and/or operation.---
Provide real estate support for project finance and M&A
transactions, including conducting and responding to due diligence
inquiries and drafting, reviewing, and managing real estate closing
deliverables.Provide general real estate legal support to the
project development team for all aspects of project development,
including permitting, interconnection, and offtake
opportunities.Provide general real estate support, as needed, to
Strata's engineering, procurement, and construction(EPC) and
operations and maintenance (O&M) teams.In performing the
foregoing tasks and duties, identify, manage, and advise Strata's
commercial teams and executive management on risk allocation and
mitigation.Effective management of external legal
resources.Contribute to creating, developing, and implementing
processes, procedures, best practices, systems, and controls within
the legal department and, more broadly, recommend improvements
thereto.Cross-team collaboration and coordination with internal and
external colleagues.Stay constantly abreast of current events and
developments affecting the renewable energy industry, with
particular emphasis on possible impacts on Strata's business, and
help evaluate opportunities and issues relating thereto.Bring a
positive, energetic, "can-do," problem-solver attitude to the
workplace.While close collaboration with external counsel is
essential to this position, the successful candidate will be
working directly alongside and not merely managing or "outsourcing"
legal functions to external counsel. The successful candidate is
expected to understand the core issues, negotiation points,
contracts, and risks as well as external counsel and is responsible
for directing external counsel in a manner so as to achieve
Strata's desired outcomes.Education and/or Work Experience
Requirements:JD from an accredited law school.Current license to
practice law; Virginia or North Carolina license preferred but not
required.4 - 6 years experience in commercial real estate law and
contract drafting.Strong interest in renewable energy; prior
experience preferred but not required.General (i.e., non-real
estate) transactional experience preferred but not required.Possess
effective drafting, negotiating, and client communication skills
to: (a) identify complex legal issues, (b) develop and implement
alternative solutions, (c) negotiate independently and (d) cope
with fast-paced and ever-changing relationships.Problem-solver with
a pragmatic approach to satisfactorily address legal issues in
relation to commercial objectives.Possess effective time
management, project management, dispute resolution, and
interpersonal skills.Creative, adaptable, and independent
thinker.Strong team player.Ability to focus, direct and manage the
efforts of external legal and other resources.Quality and
execution-focused.Possess strong leadership qualities to motivate
colleagues and clients to drive initiatives to a conclusion rapidly
and efficiently.No third party solicitations or resumes will be
accepted for this or any other Strata Solar position.Strata Solar
is anequal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Strata
Solar is an equal employment and affirmative action employer
whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any
person employed or seeking employment based on race, color,
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or
ethnic origin, age, marital status, disability, veteran status,
genetic information or any other status or characteristic protected
under applicable law.
Keywords: Strata Solar, LLC, Durham , Associate Development Counsel - Real Estate, Legal , Durham, North Carolina
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