Interim Project Finance Paralegal

Major, Lindsey & Africa, LLC; United States; Remote; USD 74,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Interim Legal Talent group has an immediate need for an Interim Project Finance Paralegal to support a public energy company client on a full-time basis for 3+ months. This remote role focuses on project finance transactions in renewable energy and infrastructure.

Ideal candidates have at least 7+ years of paralegal or comparable transactional experience, especially in complex financings, M&A, and multi-entity structures.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of paralegal or comparable transactional legal experience.
• Experience supporting project finance, structured finance or other complex financing transactions.
• Strong understanding of renewable energy projects and the project finance lifecycle.
• Experience with large, sophisticated transactions such as M&A, real estate, infrastructure financing.
• Experience managing diligence, documentation, signing, closing and post-closing.
• Experience with complex corporate and project-level entity structures.
• Ability to navigate transaction documents, organizational charts and closing conditions.
• Strong coordination among in-house counsel, business teams, outside counsel, lenders and investors.

Responsibilities

• Support attorneys on project finance transactions involving renewable energy and infrastructure assets.
• Assist with due diligence, document preparation, execution, closing and post-closing activities.
• Coordinate and maintain transaction documents, closing checklists, signature packages and related materials.
• Support corporate transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures and other M&A matters.
• Apply experience from other sophisticated transactional practices to project finance matters.
• Review and organize corporate formation and governance documentation for project companies.
• Coordinate entity formations, qualifications, and related corporate records.
• Assist with transaction diligence and review of deal documentation.
• Manage large transaction closings and deadlines, coordinating with multiple teams.

Skills

Project finance

Transactional law

Organizational skills

Job description

Major, Lindsey & Africa’s Interim Legal Talent group has an immediate need an Interim Project Finance Paralegal.

Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced project finance paralegal to assist on a full-time basis for the next 3+ months.

Company

Publicly traded energy company.

Experience

7+ years of complex project finance and transactional experience within an in-house legal department or law-firm.

Location

Remote.

Responsibilities Include

• Support attorneys on project finance transactions involving renewable energy and infrastructure assets, including solar, wind, battery storage, and other energy projects.
• Assist with all stages of financing transactions, including due diligence, document preparation, execution, closing and post-closing activities.
• Coordinate and maintain transaction documents, closing checklists, signature packages, organizational documents, financing materials, and closing deliverables.
• Support complex corporate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, investments and other M&A-related matters.
• Apply experience gained from other sophisticated transactional practices, such as commercial real estate finance or large-scale M&A, to project finance matters.
• Review and organize corporate formation and governance documentation for project companies and other special-purpose entities.
• Coordinate entity formations, qualifications, organizational changes, officer/director actions, certificates and related corporate records.
• Assist with transaction diligence, including the organization and review of corporate, financing, property, contractual and other deal documentation.
• Manage large transaction closings, including tracking conditions precedent, outstanding documentation, approvals, signatures and closing deliverables.
• Coordinate with internal legal, development, finance, tax, treasury and business teams, as well as outside counsel and transaction counterparties.
• Maintain detailed transaction files and ensure documents are properly executed, organized and retained.
• Support multiple sophisticated transactions simultaneously while managing competing deadlines and priorities.

Qualifications Include

• 7+ years of paralegal or comparable transactional legal experience, preferably within a large corporation, major law firm, financial institution, energy company or other sophisticated transactional environment.
• Significant experience supporting project finance, structured finance or other complex financing transactions.
• Strong understanding of renewable energy projects and the renewable-energy transaction lifecycle.
• Experience with large, sophisticated transactions, such as M&A, commercial real estate, infrastructure finance, leveraged finance or comparable transactions.
• Demonstrated experience managing transactions through diligence, documentation, signing, closing and post-closing.
• Experience working with complex corporate and project-level entity structures.
• Ability to understand and navigate transaction documents, organizational charts, financing structures, closing conditions and related deal materials.
• Strong experience coordinating among in-house counsel, business teams, outside counsel, lenders/investors and counterparties.
• Exceptional organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage numerous documents, workstreams and deadlines simultaneously.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, sophisticated corporate legal department.

Preferred Background

Particularly strong candidates will have experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Renewable energy project finance
• Solar, wind or battery-storage transactions
• Construction and term financing
• Tax equity or other renewable-energy investment structures
• Energy or infrastructure M&A
• Joint ventures and asset acquisitions/dispositions
• Large-scale corporate transactional work
• Supporting transactions involving multiple project entities or special-purpose entities

Pay rate

$65

Individual compensation offered for this position within the pay range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Information regarding benefits can be found on MLA’s Website on the Consultant Resources Page: https://www.mlaglobal.com/en/consultant-resources

Major, Lindsey & Africa does not discriminate against applications on the basis of age, sex, race or any other protected characteristics pursuant to applicable state or federal laws.