Senior Legal Counsel

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The Senior Legal Counsel’s role is to provide a variety of support to Renewables NA on transactional matters, as further described below.

The Senior Legal Counsel is often required to work in a fast-paced environment that requires strong organizational and time-management skills, attention to detail, and excellent communication and teamwork skills.

The position is based in The Woodlands, Texas with a hybrid work model of three days in the office and 2 days from home.

Responsibilities :

The Senior Legal Counsel provides a broad scope of support to the LCG legal department in support of Renewables NA. The Senior Legal Counsel’s responsibilities include, among other things :

• Provide legal advice regarding all aspects of renewable energy project development, construction, operation, acquisition, disposition, and financing, including, in particular :
• Preparation and negotiation of agreements related to the acquisition or disposition of renewable energy projects, such as letters of intent, purchase and sale agreements, shareholders agreements, and other ancillary agreements such as confidentiality agreements and assignment and assumption agreements,
• Providing support to financing activities (tax equity, minority equity and project financing)
• Providing support to development activities and procedures (permits, licenses and authorizations, and dealing with potential oppositions, allegations and disputes)
• Preparation, negotiation (and dealing with execution and performance issues) of agreements related to the development, construction and operation of renewable energy facilities, which agreements may include equipment purchase agreements, balance of plant agreements, turbine supply agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, power purchase agreements, public tenders and auctions procedures, interconnection agreements and other related documentation, all in accordance with Repsol objectives and policies.
• Provide legal advice on various aspects of renewable energy projects.
• Interact and coordinate efforts with other internal teams.
• Coordinate efforts with the other legal teams.
• Identify critical project risk issues and communicate those risks to the appropriate members of the legal team.
• Conduct legal research and analysis.
• Efficiently manage outside counsel
• Other tasks and projects as assigned.

Qualifications :

• Juris Doctorate from ABA accredited law school.
• Admission to practice law in at least one U.S. state, preferably in Texas.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience negotiating and drafting complex commercial agreements.
• A minimum of 7 years of experience in legal matters relating to renewable power generation (wind experience is a plus).
• Strong communication skills and a proven ability to advise business managers on complex legal matters.
• Proven responsibility and organizational and time-management skills.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Solid computer skills and in-depth knowledge of relevant software, such as MS Office Suite.
• Integrity, good judgment, and strong decision-making abilities.
• Careful handling of confidential information.
• Strong information-gathering and information-monitoring skills.
• Initiative and flexibility; and
• Respectful of others and having excellent teamwork skills.

Repsol is an Equal Opportunity Employer M / F / Disability / Veteran

Required skills :

Job posting end date :

30-08-2024