Corporate Counsel

Jobot; Winchester (KY); Hybride; USD 175 000 - 225 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive salary

Excellent benefits package

Collaborative, friendly environment

Flexible work schedule

Generous PTO

Résumé du poste

Jobot is seeking a Corporate Counsel in Winchester, KY to join a growing energy provider's legal team in a hybrid, permanent role. The position focuses on commercial contracting, regulatory matters, and strategic transactions.

You will draft and negotiate EPCs, PPAs, and related agreements; counsel on board matters; advise on statutory and corporate rights; and coordinate with external counsel and regulatory filings as needed.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor degree and active bar license in Kentucky (KY).
• Minimum five years of contract/transactional legal experience.
• Experience before state and federal tribunals and courts is preferred.
• Experience in matters involving contract law.

Responsabilités

• Provide legal support across business functions, including contracting, procurement, project development, and risk management.
• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates major contracts and real property transactions (EPC, PPAs, technology, government contracts).
• Review and advise on board matters; attend meetings and report on legal issues.

Connaissances

Contract law

Negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Formation

JD – Kentucky Bar

Description du poste

Corporate Counsel

$175000 - $225000 per year | Winchester, KY | Hybrid | Permanent

A bit about us:

Our client, a rapidly growing energy provider in Kentucky, is looking to add a Corporate Counsel to their legal team!

Why join us?

• Competitive salary
• Excellent benefits package
• Collaborative, friendly environment
• Flexible work schedule
• Generous PTO

Job Details

Responsibilities:

• Provides legal support across a broad range of business functions, including: commercial contracting; supply chain and procurement; project development and construction; renewable energy initiatives; M&A transactions and project acquisitions; and risk management.
• Drafts, reviews, revises, or directs the preparation of all major contractual agreements and real property transactions involving the cooperative. This position regularly negotiates and advises on EPC agreements, purchase power agreements, technology contracts, government contracts, etc.
• Reviews board agenda items and resolutions for proper legal form and consistency with legal and corporate requirements, attends board committee meetings to provide counsel and advice to the standing and other board committees on legal matters, and provides information to the board on legal issues through reports and presentations.
• Provides legal advice and counsel to the cooperative and its business units on statutory, regulatory, corporate, or contractual rights, duties, limitations, and requirements.
• Formulates and recommends a cooperative position on legislation which would impact the cooperative and assists in pursuing the cooperative's interests in such matters.
• Provides input for the planning, management, and budgeting of internal and external legal services.
• Interacts and communicates with internal/external customers in a way that builds productive relationships.
• Serves as legal counsel in proceedings involving the cooperative in federal and state courts, the Kentucky Public Service Commission, and federal, state or local administrative or other governmental agencies or bodies.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

• Juris Doctor degree and active bar license in the state of Kentucky
• A minimum of five (5) years contract/transactional legal experience is required.
• Experience preferred in practicing before state and federal administrative or quasi-judicial tribunals, and all levels of state and federal courts.
• Experience in matters involving contract law.

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