Associate General Counsel, Americas

Enfinity; Ohio; On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Impactful industry

Growth opportunities

Climate change impact

Dynamic environment

Job summary

Enfinity is seeking a senior legal advisor to guide business leaders on strategy, risk mitigation, and commercial decisions across the Americas. You will support the General Counsel, Americas in leading regional legal operations and ensuring alignment with global standards, while driving improvements in governance and contract management throughout development cycles.

The role involves drafting and negotiating site control documents, handling project finance and EPC contracts, and collaborating

Qualifications

• Experience with renewable energy infrastructure, project finance, M&A and project contracts is preferred.
• Strong contract negotiation experience in real estate, financing, mergers and acquisitions, EPC, and supply.
• Experience managing and directing junior counsel or paralegals in contract tracking and compliance.
• Experience advising senior business leaders and managing complex workflows.
• Comfortable in a lean legal environment with high ownership and autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior legal advisor to business leaders on strategy, risk mitigation, and commercial decision making.
• Support the General Counsel, Americas in leading regional legal operations and ensuring alignment with global legal standards.
• Drive improvements in legal processes, workflow improvement, governance frameworks, and contract management.
• Lead the legal work underpinning land acquisition and site control from option agreements through interconnection, permitting, and transition to construction-ready status.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage site control documents including options, ground leases, NDAs, MSAs, and related agreements.
• Structure land acquisition strategies with title and survey review, resolution of defects, and coordination with title companies.
• Address zoning, permitting and other land use matters; handle project financing agreements and EPC, O&M, and vendor contracts as needed.
• Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents and manage due diligence for M&A with outside counsel.

Skills

Renewable energy

Project finance

M&A

Project contracts

Contract negotiation

Real estate

EPC contracts

Junior counsel management

Strategic advising

Job description

ROLE

• Serve as a senior legal advisor to business leaders on strategy, risk mitigation, and commercial decision making.
• Support the General Counsel, Americas in leading regional legal operations and ensuring alignment with global legal standards.
• Drive improvements in legal processes, workflow improvement, governance frameworks, and contract management.
• Lead the legal work underpinning land acquisition and site control — from initial option agreements through interconnection, permitting, and the transition of projects to construction-ready status.
• Draft, negotiate, and manage the full suite of site control documents, including options to lease/purchase, ground leases, easements, memoranda of lease/option, non-disturbance and subordination agreements, and amendments and extensions throughout the development lifecycle.
• Structure and document land acquisition strategies in partnership with the development team, including title and survey review, resolution of title defects, and coordination with title companies and surveyors.
• Address zoning, permitting and other land use matters.
• Handle a variety of financing agreements, as needed, including fluency with project finance transactions, including construction loans, tax equity, long-term debt, intercreditor agreements and security documentation.
• Handle a variety of project contracts, as needed, including fluency with EPC, O&M, module/major equipment supply and strategic vendor contracts.
• Handle other commercial agreements, as needed, including fluency with consulting agreements, NDAs, MSAs, and other ordinary course business agreements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate transaction documents, including purchase and sale agreements, membership interest purchase agreements and related ancillary documents.
• Manage legal due diligence for M&A transactions and working with outside counsel on diligence memoranda and issue lists.
• Partner with development, finance, procurement, and asset management teams across the project lifecycle.
• Provide business-minded legal advice to support decision-making and risk management.
• Align legal strategy with business execution and timelines.
• Extracting obligations, deadlines, and covenants
• Developing and updating compliance matrices across financing and EPC agreements
• Ensure internal teams are alerted of upcoming deliveries and contractual obligations.

REQUIREMENTS

• Experience with renewable energy infrastructure, project finance, M&A and project contracts is preferred.
• Strong contract negotiation experience, particularly in real estate, financing, mergers and acquisitions, EPC, and supply.
• Experience managing and directing junior counsel or paralegals in contract tracking and compliance.
• Experience advising senior business leaders and managing complex workflows.
• Comfortable in a lean legal environment with high ownership and autonomy.

BENEFITS

• Opportunity to contribute to one of the most impactful industries.
• Professional and personal growth.
• Chance to make a real impact on climate change.
• Dynamic and supportive environment.