Description:
Sheppard is seeking a Staff Attorney with 3+ years of experience to support the Energy and Infrastructure team in the firm's Houston office.Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP is a global Am Law 50 full-service law firm with over 1,200 attorneys across 16 offices worldwide, advising clients on high-stakes litigation, complex transactions, and cutting-edge regulatory matters across key industries, including energy, real estate and development, financial services, healthcare, and technology. Our teams are known for delivering practical, business-oriented counsel and for collaborating seamlessly across offices to support clients locally, nationally, and internationally.
The team seeks candidates who have experience supporting a broad range of sophisticated transactional matters, including:
- Structured energy transactions, including drafting and negotiating principal and ancillary documents and managing deal execution
- Complex energy finance and commodities trading matters, including coordinating diligence, advising on transaction structure, and supporting negotiations
- Power purchase agreements and other commercial transactions
- Transactions spanning the power, renewables and alternative energy, natural gas, and upstream oil and gas sectors
- Direct client interaction, coordinating internal specialist teams, and supporting closing and post-closing matters
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school
- 3+ years of transactional experience, preferably involving energy, infrastructure, project development, commodities trading, energy finance, or related commercial transactions. Candidates with other sophisticated transactional experience are also encouraged to apply
- Excellent drafting and issue-spotting skills, with strong attention to detail
- Strong communication and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple concurrent matters and drive workstreams forward
- Team-oriented mindset and ability to work effectively in a collaborative environment
