Senior Legal Counsel

At Recurrent Energy, our mission is to power the world with solar energy and create a better and cleaner Earth for future generations. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., we are a leading global developer, owner, operator, and asset manager of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects.

Through Recurrent Energy Power Services, we provide operations, maintenance, monitoring, engineering, and asset management services that support renewable energy facilities across North America.
With a proven track record spanning six continents, Recurrent Energy brings together experts across every stage of the renewable energy lifecycle, from project origination, development, financing, and construction to operations, maintenance, and long-term asset management. Our work is helping shape a cleaner, more resilient energy future worldwide.

Backed by the innovation, strength, and global reach of Canadian Solar, we are helping accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy future while creating meaningful opportunities for our employees to grow, innovate, and make a lasting impact. Guided by our values of Trust, Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, and Inclusiveness, we are building a cleaner world for generations to come.
If you're passionate about renewable energy and driven to make a difference, join Recurrent Energy to power the world with clean energy and create a better, cleaner future for generations to come.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Associate General Counsel, the Senior Counsel will be a key member of the North America Legal Team and will provide legal support for the company’s established and growing utility-scale, solar energy and energy storage pipeline in the U.S. and Canada.  The Senior Counsel’s role will focus on Real Estate, Land Acquisition, Environmental/Permitting and Development activities and will have access and regular communications with all functional teams across the organization, including Project Finance, Construction, Operations and Tax. The ideal candidate will be a strong technical attorney and a pragmatic businessperson.

Responsibilities

·       Interacts with a variety of external counterparties, including title companies, environmental and tax consultants, outside counsel, lenders, and investors.

·       Act as the primary attorney to oversee all strategic real estate legal support for site control, project finance and M&A transactions, including conducting and responding to due diligence inquiries and drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing real estate provisions in LOIs/terms sheets, real estate agreements and closing deliverables for real estate, permitting/environmental and real property tax abatement matters.

·       Review title commitments, title proformas, title policies and surveys, and oversee title curative work in connection with project development, finance, construction and/or operations.

·       Provide general real estate legal support for all aspects of project development, including project design, site control, tax abatement, permitting, interconnection, offtake, and financing opportunities.

·       Provide general corporate real estate legal support to the corporate team in connection with corporate facilities.

·       Manage, develop, and oversee internal real estate legal processes.

·       Develop legal strategies for new and innovative transactions, including finance structures and site control for new types of renewable projects.

·       Coordinate with and oversee outside real estate, tax and permitting legal counsel and consultants, as needed.

·       Assist with various corporate and governance matters.

·       Significant direct financial impact.

Requirements

·        U.S.-credentialed law degree from a top-tier ABA accredited law school.

·        Minimum of 5 years of substantial experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating real estate agreements within a top-tier law firm and/or corporate legal department.

·        Demonstrated real estate experience with all aspects of project development, including site control, permitting, interconnection, offtake opportunities, and financing.

·        Experience working specifically on utility-scale solar energy and/or battery storage projects preferred but not required.

·        Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with outside parties, including title companies, consultants, lenders and investors.

·        Responsive and hardworking, ability to manage heavy workload in fast-paced environment with minimal oversight.

·        Excellent organizational and planning skills, with meticulous attention to detail.

·        Ability to work as a team member and maintain relationships across the organization.

·        Clear communicator, comfortable explaining issues to junior commercial team members and presenting risks and structures to executive team.

·        Ability to uphold standards of discretion and confidentiality and exercise good judgment.

·        Entrepreneurial, creative, and strategic.

·        Travel required 0 – 15%.

Recurrent Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.  For more information about Recurrent Energy, please visit www.recurrentenergy.com