About the role

  • Legal Counsel at AES Corporation advising on renewable energy projects and managing legal matters in development and M&A team. Collaborating with internal teams to ensure compliance and mitigate risks.

Responsibilities

  • Provide advice and counsel to development, permitting, interconnection, environmental, stakeholder relations, and project execution teams for renewable energy and battery storage projects from inception to construction-ready status
  • Assist with public policy and regulatory issues and provide counsel in the identification of strategic markets
  • Manage the negotiation and drafting of service agreements, development agreements, procurement agreements, permits and applications, etc.
  • Work closely with real estate counsel and teams on cross-functional agreements
  • Achieve and maintain industry knowledge and strategy expertise for solar, wind and battery storage projects

Requirements

  • Renewable energy experience; wind energy, battery storage or general infrastructure project development experience a plus
  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
  • Ability to work effectively as an individual and as part of a team
  • Ability to adapt to a variety of duties and often challenging tasks
  • Smart, decisive, organized, methodical, biased toward action
  • Three to six years of relevant legal experience, preferably at a major law firm or in-house
  • Bachelor’s Degree
  • JD from an accredited law school and active bar admission in at least one jurisdiction

Benefits

  • full range of medical, dental, vision, life, financial, and/or other benefits
  • 401(k) eligibility
  • various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave

Job title

Legal Counsel

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

$117,000 - $147,050 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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