Associate Development Counsel - Real Estate
Company: Strata Clean Energy, LLC
Location: Durham
Posted on: May 28, 2023
Job Description:
About Us: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 were here to help you give your best
and have a good time doing it. At Strata, youre part of something
big. Were 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.
Overview: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.
Stratas attorneys serve as key members of the legal department and
assist the General Counsel and other members of Stratas 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 Stratas departments, in particular the solar energy and energy
storage development teams.Responsibilities:Essential Duties and
Responsibilities:
- Assist Stratas 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 Stratas
engineering, procurement, and construction(EPC) and operations and
maintenance (O&M) teams.
- In performing the foregoing tasks and duties, identify, manage,
and advise Stratas 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 Stratas 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 Stratas desired
outcomes.Qualifications: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 an equal 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 Clean Energy, LLC, Durham , Associate Development Counsel - Real Estate, Legal , Durham, North Carolina
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