Sr Legal Counsel

Posting End Date:

March 07, 2025

Employee Type:

Regular-Full time

Union/Non:

This is a non-union position

Enbridge Gas North Carolina (EGNC) is seeking a Senior Counsel with extensive experience in real estate and commercial law. This Senior Counsel role will focus on real property and right-of-way transactions, condemnations, and municipal law, as well as general commercial matters. This attorney position requires the skills and demeanor necessary to quickly learn and support a wide variety of EGNC’s legal needs, including advising internal clients on sound legal and risk analyses, while ensuring alignment with EGNC’s business objectives. Are you interested? Apply today!

This role will be based in either Raleigh or Gastonia

Here’s what you will do:

• Provide legal advice to EGNC and other Enbridge businesses, as required. Counsel internal clients expertly and reliably.

• Draft, review and negotiate real estate legal documents, such as right-of-way agreements, easement agreements, common use agreements, and agreements for the conveyance of real property, public permits and other public-way applications, including agreements with municipalities and the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial legal documents, such as sales and service agreements, agreements with builders, developers, and industrial customers for the construction of new natural gas facilities necessary to serve those customers.

• Monitor applicable local, state, and federal legislative and regulatory actions, court decisions, and advise clients concerning relevant developments.

• Direct and coordinate outside counsel and internal resources who provide legal services.

• May manage paraprofessionals and train or supervise less experienced lawyers or claims professionals.

• Provide clients with legal and risk analyses, recommended courses of action and financial reporting, as required.

• Ensure effective communications with all departments seeking advice on legal matters.

Who you are:

You have:

• A Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and are licensed to practice law in North Carolina.

• A minimum of 8 years of direct related experience.

• Experience with, and knowledge of matters related to the conveyance of real property and rights-of-way, condemnation, and municipal law, as well as a solid understanding of applicable areas of law and associated regulations.

• Experience with, and knowledge of, state public utility laws, regulations, issues, interaction with local authorities, and other legal matters related to the public utility and energy industry.

• The ability to work effectively and efficiently in a diverse and dynamic enterprise and coordinate a variety of internal and external activities having legal significance to the company.

• Independent judgement, initiative, and ability to work directly with clients.

You are:

• A good analyst, advocate, and presenter of legal points.

You exhibit:

• Good people skills, business sense, and awareness of the industry.

Working Conditions:

• Typical office work environment.

• Travel up to 25%.

• Enbridge provides competitive workplace programs that differentiate us and offer flexibility to our team members.  Enbridge’s FlexWork (Hybrid Work Model) offers eligible employees the opportunity to work variable daily schedules with a flexible start and end time, to opt for a compressed workweek schedule, and the option to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays.  Role requirements determine your eligibility for each option or combination of options. #LI-Hybrid #joinourteam

Physical Requirements include but are not limited to:

Grasping, kneeling, light – moderate