Description:

A Nuclear Electric Power Generation Company has an immediate opening for a highly skilled and knowledgeable Assistant General Counsel in our Chicago office. The individual will primarily provide transactional legal support for built-transfer agreements (“BTAs”) and, merger and acquisition (“M&A”) transactions. Depending on the individual's background and interests, the role may also include a variety of other matters supporting utility-scale onshore wind energy, solar energy, and energy storage transactions in the U.S. The successful candidate must be inquisitive, detail-oriented, team-oriented, and comfortable being part of a growing and dynamic corporate environment.

Responsibilities:
Provide support to RWE's Portfolio Execution, BTA & Repower team and to RWE's M&A team, as follows:

Provide transactional legal support for the company's BTA transactions including reviewing and/or negotiating purchase and sale agreements and related procurement contracts
Provide transactional legal support for the company's M&A transactions including reviewing and/or negotiating purchase and sale agreements and ancillary documents
Work with corporate and tax personnel to structure corporate ownership and draft related contributions, distributions and assignment agreements
Structure, negotiate, draft, and/or review various inter-affiliate agreements
Cross-team collaboration and coordination of legal workload with colleagues including coordinating with real estate, project development, and other internal and external legal teams
Support communications with outside counsel and consultants
Identifying critical project risks and making recommendations
Manage outside legal counsel

Qualifications:

A law degree is required (J.D. or equivalent) from an ABA-Accredited Law School and an active attorney license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
Minimum of 8 years of legal experience as a transaction lawyer
At least 5 years of experience in the renewable space, including specific legal knowledge and experience in solar and/or wind matters
Experience drafting and negotiating procurement and M&A documents
Ability to identify risks and propose solutions to mitigate risks
Ability to handle multiple projects and work successfully in a dynamic team environment
Proactive self-starter who understands the details within the larger context and who will propose and implement efficient routines and structures and systems where none currently exist
Resourceful and appropriate decision-maker, knowing when to inform a supervisor of a situation but also willing to become the “go to” person for matters
Diplomatic and able to get others to collaborate without overt use of authority
Able to express and articulate themselves clearly, including use of proper grammar and appropriate vocabulary, as well as the ability to describe a set of facts or information in an organized, precise, clear and unambiguous fashion
Good judgment, common sense, and ingenuity to apply knowledge to assess alternatives and to identify and recommend solutions
Able to adjust work schedule and maintain flexibility to meet transaction team needs
Proficient in Windows environment, MS Office, Outlook and Excel; technically savvy

The ideal candidate will have some or all of the following experience:

Knowledge of renewable energy investment, energy tax credits and government incentive programs
Familiarity with EPC contracts, energy transmission, and/or energy regulation
Drafting and negotiation of corporate finance documentation, including Letter of Credit and Revolving Credit Facilities, and/or real estate documentation
Combination of training with top tier law firm and in-house counsel experience
Experience in advising senior management