Description:

A Solar Company reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset.

Basic Job Functions:
Prepare, review, and negotiate agreements and legal documents for U.S. commercial and corporate transactions. Serve as a legal subject matter expert supporting A Solar Company's transaction execution team. As a point of day-to-day responsibility within the legal department, partner with members of various business groups and other company associates, to assist in the company's day-today operations by reviewing legal aspects of various agreement types and perform under executed contracts.

Education/Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree and J.D. required.
  • Four or more years at a law firm or recognized in-house legal department specializing in contract management, contract fulfillment, and negotiation and documentation of corporate transaction agreements, sale of goods and services agreements, and warranty terms and conditions.

Required Skills/Competencies:
  • Experience preparing, reviewing, and negotiating contracts and legal documents for corporate transactions and sale of goods and services.
  • Experience reviewing and negotiating equipment supply agreements, change orders, warranty terms and conditions, non-disclosure agreements, term sheets and letters of intent, and related ancillary documents
  • Experience providing legal review and support to the contract fulfillment and management team.
  • Ability to successfully interact with colleagues from various functional areas.
  • Strong reading, writing and presentation skills.
  • Team and cross-functional player, with the ability to lead post-contract execution transactions and support negotiation and execution of new deals.
  • Highly organized multi-tasker capable of handling multiple projects at once
  • Enjoys occasional travel.
  • Proficient use of all Microsoft Office suite programs

Essential Responsibilities:
  • Prepare, review, and negotiate legal agreements and documents, including change orders, warranty terms and conditions, services agreements, non-disclosure agreements, contract amendments, assignment agreements, lien waivers, estoppels, parent guarantees, letters of credit, bylaws, officer's certificates, and other corporate transaction documents. Support department and business teams in review and negotiating module sale agreements with new and existing customers.
  • Review and respond to legal claims (including warranty claims) from contract counterparties and advise business leaders on risks related to any claims or potential claims.
  • Serve as the legal subject matter expert for A Solar Company transaction execution team, supporting team members with all legal requests, and prepare and provide training and process improvement efforts.
  • Support project teams by reviewing legal aspects of commercial arrangements, providing contract interpretation guidance, and attending project meetings.
  • Support contract review and negotiation for the sale of A Solar Company's products and services.
  • Form respectful, strong working relationships with existing and potential customers and their legal advisors.
  • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of all terms and conditions, transaction status and open issues
  • Interact with members of various other functional areas who will be impacted by the transaction, including accounting, treasury, tax, warranty, and subject matter specialists within the legal department and the company generally.
  • Commit to developing and sustaining a first-class in-house legal department, including by providing timely and clear legal advice to business, operational and functional counterparts, being supportive, solution-driven and team-focused and providing assistance to fellow members of the group.
  • Assist in developing and maintaining knowledge data base for contract management and post-contract execution, support development of legal document library for the Legal Department
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Job description subject to change at any time