Description:

What You Can Expect
A French Multinational Electric Utility Company Assistant General Counsel – Retail (AGC – Retail) will manage the legal affairs associated with A French Multinational Electric Utility Company and its subsidiaries, which operate A French Multinational Electric Utility Company commercial and industrial retail power and gas sales business in the United States (“A French Multinational Electric Utility Company”).

As part of the legal team in the North America region (United States and Canada), the AGC – Retail, based in Houston, TX will report to the Chief Legal and Ethics Officer, North America (the “North America CLO”) with a matrixed relationship to the executive leading A French Multinational Electric Utility Company US Retail Business and the Global Business Unit attorney managing retail.

Daily you will manage the legal affairs of A French Multinational Electric Utility Company US Retail Business, including contract negotiations, compliance, risk management and litigation management. You will provide legal and strategic guidance as part of the leadership team for A French Multinational Electric Utility Company US Retail Business, ensuring compliance with a complex and ever-evolving legal and regulatory framework that governs the retail power industry in the United States. You will manage a team of attorneys and legal professionals focused on A French Multinational Electric Utility Company US Retail Business. You will develop a network of reliable external legal advisors, and coordinate and manage these relationships with outside counsel, monitoring and controlling legal spend ensuring cost-effective legal support.

What You'll Bring

You will have earned a Juris Doctorate from an ABA accredited law school
You must be licensed to practice law in at least one state in the United States with retail electricity choice (Notable Examples: Texas, New York, Massachusetts)
You Must have at least ten (10) years' of combined legal experience across the described areas set forth above
You will have at least five (5) years of experience in a major corporation in a major corporate legal department
You will have prior energy industry experience with a company focusing on retail power sales
You are experienced at planning and organizing legal work to meet individual, team and business line objectives while achieving quality and value
You will have flexibility to handle additional responsibilities as defined at the request of the North America CLO or the executive leading A French Multinational Electric Utility Company US Retail Business

Essential Physical Abilities

Ability to meet highest attendance requirements
You have native proficiency in English with the ability to communicate and present; verbally, digitally, and in writing
Ability to handle multiple assignments on a timely basis with a high degree of accuracy.

Additional Details:

This role is eligible for our hybrid work policy
Must be available to travel domestically up to 10% of the time with the need for some overnight trips
Must possess a valid U.S. driver's license/clean driving record
Must be willing and able to comply with all A French Multinational Electric Utility Company ethics and safety policies
Work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job