Senior Commercial Counsel

About the Role

We are looking for a Project Financing attorney to build the commercial division of our legal department. You will need to be both the strategic architect and the day-to-day executor. This is a highly visible role during a critical inflection point for a high-growth late stage start-up company. This opportunity offers meaningful equity, rapid advancement, and the chance to do some of the most consequential legal work of your career.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Build the legal portion of the Commercial (Projects & Supply Chain) side of our business – develop our preferred structures and strategies and the form agreements to go with them
• Own the structuring, financing, and delivery of our commercial projects, including SPV documents, loan agreements, security packages, IP licensing agreements, EPC agreements, and the like
• Own the legal portion of our global procurement, including master services agreements, POs, warehousing agreements, and similar
• Partner with the sales team in winning new projects, including by drafting responses to RFPs
• Partner with regulatory teams to ensure the commercial portion of the business remains in compliance with applicable laws
• Manage outside counsel as necessary

Requirements

• 6+ years of Biglaw and/or in-house legal experience
• Deep expertise in project financing and implementation of complex infrastructure projects
• Familiarity with commercial procurement for complex infrastructure projects
• Desire to independently drive the building of the commercial division of the Legal department
• Willingness to directly handle the substantive legal work to limit outside counsel fees
• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school
• Active license to practice law and in good standing in the United States

Bonus Points

• Experience in Chambers ranked Projects / Infrastructure practice
• Experience with projects in the Middle East or APAC regions
• Start-up experience
• FOAK experience
• Experience with IP licensing structures and technology-related legal issues.

Location

This is a fully-remote position that can be located anywhere in the United States. Team members primarily work on West Coast time.