Sr Transactional Attorney - Transmission

NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC (NEET) is the leading competitive transmission company in North America. NEET owns, develops, finances, constructs, operates and maintains transmission assets across the continent. NEET operates through its regional subsidiaries to integrate renewable energy and strengthen the electric grid.  NEET’s subsidiaries were among the first non-incumbents to be awarded projects by system operators and utility commissions in California, Kansas, Missouri, New York, Texas and Ontario.  The NEET portfolio includes operating assets in California, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Texas and Ontario, Canada as well as numerous projects under development across the United States and Canada.   NEET’s business also includes GridLiance, a transmission-only utility company that collaborates with rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities to invest in and build transmission projects.

 

Position Specific Description

NEET is seeking an experienced commercial attorney with energy-related transactional and project management expertise to support NEET’s development and  management teams. The attorney would be responsible for drafting and negotiating various commercial agreements, including purchase and sale agreements, build-transfer agreements, and joint development agreements related to transmission projects. 

The applicant must be a team player with a demonstrated commercial acumen who can interact successfully with clients, management, and counterparties and who can thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment. Experience in the following is highly preferred: acquisitions and divestitures, financings, development of large energy infrastructure projects, including transmission projects.   Must have at least seven years as a commercial transactional attorney.

 

Specific Responsibilities:

Deliver timely and quality written and oral legal advice to clients with minimal supervision.
Manage commercial transactions. Identify, mitigate and guard against legal and commercial risk.
Work to ensure budget compliance. Displace outside counsel. Ensure disclosure of material legal issues to General Counsel.
Significant budgetary responsibility; limited supervisory responsibility.

Job Overview

Employees in this job participate in complex legal matters and projects and deliver timely and quality legal services to clients with minimal supervision.

Job Duties & Responsibilities

•   Provides written and oral legal advice to clients
•   Anticipates and guards against legal risks involving the organization
•   Works to ensure budget compliance and avoids the need for outside counsel
•   Ensures disclosure of potentially material legal issues to senior leadership
•   Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

•  Member in Good Standing of State Bar
•  High School Grad / GED
•  Juris Doctorate
•  Bachelor's Degree
•  Experience:5+ years

Preferred Qualifications

•  None

 

Employee Group:  Exempt
Employee Type:  Full Time
Job Category:  Legal/Regulatory/External Affairs
Organization:  NextEra Energy Resources, LLC 
Relocation Provided:  Yes, if applicable

 

NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

 

NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to recruiting-coordinator.sharedmailbox@nexteraenergy.com, providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. Alternatively, you may call 1-844-694-4748. Please do not use this line to inquire about your application status.

 

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