Associate General Counsel - Energy/Infrastructure JN -062026-176960

Goodwin Recruiting; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 275,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity opportunity

Employer-paid family medical benefits

401(k) with immediate vesting

Job summary

Goodwin Recruiting is seeking an Associate General Counsel in Houston, TX to join its executive team and shape the legal strategy behind large-scale energy, digital infrastructure, and development projects across North America.

The role reports to the General Counsel and involves close collaboration with investors, lenders, developers, engineers, and commercial teams to advise on corporate, financing, development, governance, and strategic matters.

Qualifications

• Strong drafting, negotiation, and business counseling skills.

Responsibilities

• Support corporate, financing, development, governance, and strategic matters for the company.
• Lead legal strategy for multi-billion-dollar development projects across North America.
• Collaborate with executive leadership, investors, lenders, developers, engineers, and commercial teams.

Skills

Drafting

Negotiation

Business counseling

Job description

Associate General Counsel | Houston, TX

Build the Infrastructure Powering the AI Economy

A highly capitalized infrastructure platform is seeking an exceptional Associate General Counsel to join its executive team and help shape the legal strategy behind some of the most significant energy, digital infrastructure, and development projects in North America.

This is a rare opportunity to move beyond traditional legal practice and become a strategic business partner at a company developing and investing in large-scale infrastructure assets at the intersection of power generation, energy transition, hyperscale data centers, digital infrastructure, and next-generation technologies.

Reporting directly to the General Counsel, the Associate General Counsel will work closely with executive leadership, investors, lenders, developers, engineers, commercial teams, and external advisors on a broad range of corporate, commercial, financing, development, governance, and strategic matters.

Why Consider This Role?

• $275,000–$325,000 base salary
• 30–40% annual bonus
• Significant equity opportunity
• 100% employer-paid family medical benefits
• 401(k) with immediate vesting
• Direct partnership with an accomplished General Counsel and executive leadership team
• Lead legal strategy for multi-billion-dollar development projects across North America

Ideal Background

• 5–12 years of corporate, project development, energy, infrastructure, or commercial contracting experience
• Strong drafting, negotiation, and business counseling skills
• Experience supporting complex transactions, development projects, and executive stakeholders

This is a unique opportunity to help build one of the most exciting infrastructure platforms in North America while gaining broad exposure to executive decision-making, strategic transactions, and transformational growth.

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