Paralegal/Sr. Paralegal

Luminace is one of the largest fully integrated decarbonization-as-a-service providers in North America, sponsoring accessible, reliable and renewable energy infrastructure to empower the zero-emissions future. Luminace serves more than 1,000 customers in the educational, commercial, industrial, utility and municipal sectors and has over 1,300 operational megawatts of distributed energy resources spanning 28 states, Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and Canada. Our offerings include on and off-site solar, energy storage and EV infrastructure. Luminace is a Brookfield Renewable (NYSE: BEP) company. Brookfield Renewable operates one of the world's largest publicly traded, pure play renewable power platforms. Brookfield Renewable's portfolio consists of hydroelectric, wind, solar and storage facilities in North America, South America, Europe and Asia, and totals approximately 21,000 megawatts of installed capacity and an approximately 27,000 megawatt development pipeline. Brookfield Renewable is the flagship listed renewable power company of Brookfield Asset Management, a leading global alternative asset manager with over $800 billion of assets under management.

 

Pipeline and Financing Transactions

• Acting as the paralegal on pipeline transactions by assisting internal legal counsel with due diligence and transaction management, including gathering, reviewing and summarizing information and agreements, and preparing and populating virtual data rooms with final project level agreements for later use in our various financings
• Preparing and coordinating change orders and other deliverables under engineering, procurement and construction contracts
• Interacting with various internal business unit(s), outside vendors, and outside counsel as required throughout the pipeline transactions to assist in managing the transactions
• Drafting and working with internal and outside counsel to review resolutions, assignment documentation and corporate closing documents such as officer’s certificates for our various financings

Corporate Activities

• Creating and managing legal entities in good standing, including upkeep of corporate databases and organizational charts
• Maintaining minute books and corporate entity database for Luminace entities, creation/dissolution of entities, preparing various resolutions (annual resolutions, dividends, capital contributions, transfer of interests, special approvals, etc.), completing corporate filings
• Researching and analyzing corporate law matters
• Assistance in signature process

Operational and other business matters

• Assisting internal legal counsel with various operational matters handled by the Luminace legal group such as contract review & drafting, legal research and negotiation
• Developing and maintaining procedures for contractual, regulatory and legislative compliance tracking and monitoring
• Providing recommendations and solutions following review and analysis of legal documents
• Processing outside counsel billing and related processes
• Playing a central role in the improvement of business processes

Requirements

• Ability to work in a dynamic, fast-paced team environment, to adapt quickly to changing priorities and to work under tight deadlines
• A strong collaborator and team-player with demonstrated success in building relationships across an organization
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with all organizational levels
• Advanced analytical and problem solving skills and strong attention to detail
• Excellent planning, time management, and organizational skills
• Resourceful, confident and independent self-starter

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of experience required
• Bachelor’s degree or paralegal diploma or equivalent education/experience
• Excellent knowledge of corporate and commercial law
• High proficiency in Microsoft Word and Outlook as well as knowledge of Excel and PowerPoint
• Proficiency in and familiarity with SimpleLegal billing software a plus
• Familiarity with engineering, procurement and construction contracts and change orders a plus
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong drafting skills with legal drafting expertise