Environmental Counsel or Income Partner

ArentFox Schiff LLP; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 400,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

ArentFox Schiff LLP seeks a Counsel or Income Partner to join its nationally recognized Energy & Cleantech practice in any office location. The candidate will handle complex regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters, with substantial FERC experience and experience before state commissions.

A portable book of business is valued for Income Partner consideration. The role emphasizes strategic regulatory counseling, cross-practice collaboration, and support for energy-related M&A, while

Qualifications

• Significant experience representing clients before FERC.
• Experience with state energy regulatory agencies and public utility commissions.
• Strong regulatory and litigation experience in the energy sector.
• Experience advising on regulatory aspects of energy-related mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other transactions.
• Excellent written and oral advocacy skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage sophisticated client matters and collaborate across practice areas.
• Adept at developing business and expanding practice.

Responsibilities

• Represent clients in regulatory and litigation matters within the energy sector.
• Provide strategic regulatory counseling and support energy-related M&A and corporate transactions.
• Work with colleagues across energy, corporate, and litigation practices to navigate regulatory landscapes.
• Support litigation when required across other regulated industries.

Skills

FERC experience

State energy regulators

Regulatory litigation

Mergers & acquisitions (energy)

Written & oral advocacy

Business development

Independent contributor & team player

Job description

Who We Are

ArentFox Schiff is an award-winning, globally recognized law firm that delivers sophisticated, innovative, and practical legal solutions to clients around the world. With more than 600 lawyers and policy professionals, ArentFox Schiff's expertise is sought out by Fortune 500s, start-ups, international governments, non-profits and trade associations, and private individuals. Our work spans highly complex, global matters as well as the deeply personal issues that shape the lives of individuals and communities.

Why Join Us

At ArentFox Schiff, we know that diverse backgrounds produce different perspectives, richer thinking, and more creative solutions to the challenges our clients face. We hope you share that vision. Join us and take on the challenge of doing meaningful work while helping us build upon a culture that reflects our dedication to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We base all of our employment decisions on merit and do not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristic.

Job Description and Salary

ArentFox Schiff is seeking a Counsel or Income Partner to join its nationally recognized Energy & Cleantech practice in any of our office locations. This position offers the opportunity to represent a diverse range of clients in complex regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters involving the energy industry. The ideal candidate will have transactional experience advising clients on the development, acquisition, sale and financing of regulated energy assets and have will also have significant experience practicing before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), including advising clients on regulatory compliance, enforcement, rate, market, transmission, and related proceedings.

In addition to substantial FERC experience, candidates should have experience handling matters before state public utility commissions and other state energy regulatory agencies. The successful candidate will represent clients in regulatory and litigation matters, provide strategic regulatory counseling, and support energy-related mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions. This role will involve working closely with colleagues across the firm's energy, corporate, and litigation practices to help clients navigate the evolving energy regulatory landscape, and, if the firm's needs require it, supporting litigation in other regulated industries.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience representing clients before FERC.


• Experience with state energy regulatory agencies and public utility commissions.


• Strong regulatory and litigation experience in the energy sector.


• Experience advising on regulatory aspects of energy-related mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and other transactions.


• Excellent written and oral advocacy skills.


• Demonstrated ability to manage sophisticated client matters and collaborate across practice areas.


• An appetite for business development.


• The ability and confidence to both work independently and be a contributing member of a team.

We are open to considering candidates at the Counsel or Income Partner level, depending on experience and qualifications. Candidates seeking Income Partner consideration should possess a portable book of business of at least $500,000, together with a demonstrated ability to cultivate client relationships and expand their practice.

The good faith base salary range for this position is a minimum of $400,000 to a maximum of $500,000 per year. The actual salary rate offered to candidates within that range will depend on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, years of relevant experience, education, applicable bar admissions, and the candidate's overall qualifications for the position as assessed by the Firm. In addition to a competitive base salary, we offer a comprehensive bonus program with opportunities for discretionary incentives that may include productivity, business development, and merit-based components, subject to applicable policies.

Benefits

We know that the needs of our employees vary and can change throughout the different stages of life. That's why we offer a wide array of flexible benefit options designed to help you live healthy, live well, and live for tomorrow. In addition to medical, dental, vision, profit-sharing, generous paid time off, and numerous other benefits, we also provide a flexible reimbursement account that helps pay for the things that contribute to your personal well-being, in your own way.

Commitment to Equal Opportunity

ArentFox Schiff is committed to equal employment opportunity and diversity in the workplace. We base all employment decisions on merit and maintain a policy of considering all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion or creed, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, citizenship status, order of protection status, national origin, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, source of income, military or veteran status, unfavorable discharge from military service, or any other basis protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

* The job description is a general summary of the major duties. It may not specify all duties, tasks, and assignments associated with a job. It does not limit or in any way modify the right of management to direct, assign, and control the work of employees in a unit. Accuracy, attention to detail, ability to work effectively in a team environment, and ability to work in an atmosphere of multiple projects and shifting priorities are requirements of all jobs at ArentFox Schiff LLP. Additional job-related qualifications may be specified for some openings. Job descriptions are subject to periodic review and modification.