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AES Clean Energy is a leader in clean energy development and one of the largest renewable energy IPPs in the country. Last year AES combined all of its clean energy business segments, including AES Distributed Energy and sPower, into a new division called AES Clean Energy. The newly-combined legal team consists of 21 attorneys and 3 paralegals. This position will play an important role within the legal group focusing primarily on tax equity and debt project financing transactions. This position requires a high level of expertise with the ability to clearly communicate, identify and mitigate risks and manage outside counsel.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Attend to all aspects and issues related to renewable project development and financing, with a special focus on financing of solar, solar plus storage, stand-alone storage and wind projects.
• Structure, draft, review and effectively negotiate tax equity and debt financing documentation, including portfolio financing structures with multiple projects being funded under the same construction debt, back-leverage debt, and tax equity partnership documents.
• Support senior members of the legal team and members of the finance team on corporate and project finance transactions.
• Structure, draft, review and effectively negotiate power purchase agreements, engineering, procurement and construction contracts and other project-related documents.
• Effectively and efficiently engage and manage outside counsel.

Desired Experience and Skills:

• 2 - 5 years of renewable energy experience, preferably at a major law firm or sophisticated in-house legal group.
• Experience in finance and project-related documentation.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to adapt to a variety of duties and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Smart, decisive, organized, methodical, biased toward action.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree
• J.D. from an accredited law school

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