[Hiring] Senior Counsel - Commercial @Energy Vault

Role Description

Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer, the Senior Counsel serves as a key member of the legal team, providing strategic and transactional legal support to the commercial efforts of the company. You are primarily responsible for drafting, negotiating, and managing agreements related to engineering, procurement, and construction of utility-scale energy storage projects across the United States.

• Draft, negotiate, and analyze a broad range of commercial contracts, including EPC and EEQ Agreements, LTSAs, Offtake Agreements, Software Agreements, procurement and supplier MSAs, lease agreements, PPAs, consultant agreements, and other origination-related contracts.
• Support project development and acquisition activities by preparing and negotiating interconnection agreements, land and lease agreements, MIPAs, Joint Development Agreements, and Development Services Agreements.
• Support project finance activities by drafting and negotiating financing, tax, and ITC agreements.
• Structure, draft, review, and negotiate a variety of other/related commercial agreements.
• Help to develop form files for repeat transaction types.
• Advise business teams regarding issues that arise during construction, including change orders, waivers and force majeure notices, and after construction, including warranty claims, as necessary.
• Provide timely and efficient commercial legal guidance on a broad range of business topics, including general corporate matters, intellectual property, commercial law, UCC, dispute resolution, commercial liability, and risk assessment.
• Support M&A activities through due diligence and negotiation.
• Manage and partner with a portfolio of external subject-matter expert legal advisors.
• Partner closely with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on commercial strategy, risk mitigation, and deal execution.
• Help shape a culture of collaboration, innovation, constant improvement, excellence, transparency, open mindedness, humility, integrity, efficiency, joy, compassion, and fulfillment.

Qualifications

• JD from an accredited law school.
• Member of a state bar in good standing.
• 6+ years’ total work experience after law school.
• 3+ years' experience with EPC contract drafting and negotiations.
• 2+ years’ experience in power generation, renewables, and/or energy storage.
• Past experiences that demonstrate the ability to handle multiple legal matters successfully and efficiently in various legal areas.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and analyze complex legal matters, to concisely summarize significant legal concerns, and to communicate those concerns effectively to businesspeople.
• Direct experience with assessing the level of legal and business risk in developing and communicating alternatives.

Requirements

• Problem Solving: You use rigorous logic and methods to solve difficult problems with effective solutions; you probe all fruitful sources for answers; you see hidden problems; you are excellent at honest analysis; you look beyond the obvious and don't stop at first answers.
• Results Focused: You can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; you are constantly and consistently a top performer.
• Action Orientation: You enjoy working hard; you are full of energy for the things you see as challenging.
• Effective Communication: You write and present well; you adjust to fit the audience and the message; you get a message across clearly and efficiently.
• Able to determine when to judiciously use outside counsel to ensure appropriate legal review while limiting legal spend.
• Ability to manage workload autonomously and keep initiatives moving without day-to-day oversight.
• Ability to juggle competing priorities across multiple internal stakeholder groups and recalibrate effectively as needs shift.
• Ability to recognize when an issue requires specialized legal expertise and to engage outside counsel strategically, ensuring clear scoping to manage and minimize legal spend.
• Willingness to travel domestically and/or internationally, up to 10%.
• Comfortable thriving in fast-paced, rapid growth environments.
• A passion for sustainability, our mission, and our vision is a bonus!
• Must successfully pass a pre-employment background check.

Benefits

• Annual bonus plan.
• Restricted Stock Units (RSUs).
• 401K employer matching.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and family.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Company-paid Life insurance, Short- and Long-term disability insurance.
• 8-weeks for Paternity leave.
• Generous holiday allowance.
• Flexible time off plus sick leave.
• Reimbursement for home office equipment, phone, and internet expenses.
• $146,000 - $190,000 a year.