The Role
The Contracts Counsel will draft, review, and negotiate various commercial agreements, ensuring alignment with business objectives while managing legal risks.
Summary Generated by Built In
Last Energy is seeking an in-house Contracts Counsel to join our growing legal team. In this role, you will draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements that support our operations, supply chain, and strategic partnerships. You’ll work closely with cross-functional stakeholders across business, finance, engineering, procurement, and project delivery to help the company move quickly while managing risk thoughtfully.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial and energy/infrastructure development agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, vendor/supplier contracts, consulting agreements, PPAs, EPC/turnkey construction contracts, interconnection and offtake arrangements, and O&M agreements.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to structure deals, assess risk, and ensure contracts align with business objectives
- Identify key legal and commercial issues and propose practical solutions that enable execution while protecting the company
- Support procurement and supply chain contracting, including vendor onboarding, template development, and negotiation playbooks
- Help maintain and improve contract processes, tracking, and internal guidance to support a growing contracting volume
- Coordinate with outside counsel as needed on specialized matters
- Assist with other legal matters as assigned in support of a scaling energy and infrastructure business
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- J.D. and active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction
- 5-10 years of experience in commercial contracting (in-house and/or at a law firm)
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills with experience managing multiple contracts in parallel
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating energy and infrastructure development agreements, PPAs, EPC/turnkey construction contracts, interconnection and offtake arrangements, O&M agreements, and other project delivery and supply chain contracts
- Ability to communicate clearly with non-legal teams and operate as a practical business partner
- Comfort working in a high-growth, high-urgency environment with shifting priorities
- Strong judgment and ability to balance legal risk with commercial reality
Skills Required
- J.D. and active bar membership
- 5-10 years of experience in commercial contracting
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills
- Experience with energy and infrastructure agreements
- Ability to communicate clearly with non-legal teams
- Comfort working in a high-growth environment
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The Company
What We Do
Last Energy's mission is to decarbonize global energy production and increase access to clean, affordable power. We are a full-service developer of micro modular nuclear power plants with the goal of finally scaling nuclear by dramatically reducing the time and cost of construction
