Project Attorney

CrossBoundary; Cape Town; On-site; USD 50 000 - 80 000; Full time

Job summary

CrossBoundary is seeking a full-time Project Attorney to support its legal team in expanding renewable energy markets across Africa. The role involves drafting and negotiating project documentation and advising on corporate matters, requiring a legal expert with experience in energy projects. This position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic and growing field.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ post-admission experience in a premier law firm or in-house legal department.
• Experience with PPAs, EPC contracts, and O&M agreements.
• Fluency in English; French is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Review, draft, and negotiate key project documents for renewable energy projects.
• Ensure legal compliance of all project agreements.
• Advise internal teams on strategic and contractual matters.

Skills

Legal expertise

Risk assessment

Negotiation

Project finance understanding

Organizational skills

Education

Law degree

Job description

Project Attorney - Development
CrossBoundary Energy

About the Firm
CrossBoundary Energy develops, owns, and operates distributed renewable energy solutions for businesses, offering cheaper and cleaner energy through power purchase and lease agreements. With a secured portfolio exceeding $710M, the company boasts over 500MW of solar PV and wind generation, approximately 600MWh of battery energy storage, and around 50MW of enabling thermal generation assets. Their clients include industry leaders like Rio Tinto, Unilever, Diageo, Heineken, and Devki Group.

The diverse portfolio features large-scale renewable-led hybrid power plants for mines, rooftop and ground-mount solar PV plants for industrial clients, and distributed solar PV and battery power solutions for telecommunications sites. As a member of the CrossBoundary Group, founded in 2011, CrossBoundary Energy is dedicated to unlocking the power of capital for sustainable growth and strong returns in underserved markets. Learn more atwww.crossboundaryenergy.com.

Job Description

CrossBoundary is recruiting a full-time project lawyer to support the legal team in proactively servicing internal business units and engaging with external stakeholders, in the pursuit of expanding renewable energy markets across Africa and shaping the future of distributed energy deployment on the continent and beyond. The successful candidate will work closely with senior counsel to structure, draft, negotiate and close project documentation for CBE’s distributed energy projects, and ad hoc advise on general corporate matters for CBE. The successful candidate will engage directly with the business development, project development, and commercial teams in her/his day-to-day functions.

Who We Are

CrossBoundary operates in underserved markets that also hold immense investment opportunities. The chosen candidate will play an important role in a unique, talented and commercially oriented team of highly experienced lawyers who have joined from leading international law firms. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make a large impact on the renewable energy landscape in Africa and beyond and will have integral involvement with the globally expanding CrossBoundary Group. Our Team members come from diverse backgrounds, but share a number of qualities: curiosity, humility, integrity, a drive for excellence, and a bias for action.

Who You Are

• Self-starter who is passionate about creating lasting change in developing markets

• A practical thinker known for choosing the simple, robust solutions where more complicated approaches would deliver the same results

• Legal expert within a commercially minded, solution-oriented team

• Adept at identifying and mitigating risks introduced by key terms in PPA, EPC, O&M, financing and other project contracts as well as project structuring and implementation

• A patient puzzle-solver; you have the composure and skill to approach a problem from many angles over time until you can unlock a solution. You persevere and find a way

• Networker skilled at building and maintaining professional relationships across countries, personalities, and the political spectrum to achieve positive impact

• Ethical and highly-principled; knowledgeable about the most rigorous international standards for ethical relations with government, which you exemplify in all situations.

• A systematic and highly-organized lawyer; takes personal accountability for tracking numerous activities across workstreams and driving them all to successful conclusion

• Keen understanding of what drives key stakeholder decisions

• Effective in a fast-moving and complex environment
• Well organized, systematic, and calm under pressure

Primary Responsibilities

• Assist in reviewing, drafting and negotiating key project documents for CBE projects in our expanding markets

• Ensure legal compliance of all project agreements in the numerous countries in which CrossBoundary is present or has project interests

• Work closely with the investment, business development, regulatory and engineering teams to help drive business development strategy, identifying risks that arise

• Assist in reviewing, drafting and negotiating key finance documents such as Share Purchase Agreements, Shareholders' Agreements, Loan Agreements and other finance documents for CBE

• Advise internal teams on strategic and contractual matters

• Update and improve precedent agreements over time, as appropriate

• Monitor project agreement compliance across jurisdictions

• Collaborate with outside counsel on specific projects

• Work autonomously to identify, prioritize, and address commercial, regulatory and legislative hurdles across jurisdictions

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and qualifications:

• 2+ years’ post admission experience in a premier law firm and/or an in-house legal department
• Experience with PPAs, EPC contracts, O&M agreements, project sale and acquisition agreements, project structuring for renewable energy facilities, and the development of renewable energy facilities in emerging markets

Required skills and qualifications

• 2+ years’ post-admission experience in a premier law firm and/or an in-house legal department focused on energy projects

• Experience working on PPAs, EPC contracts, O&M agreements and other project documents

• Experience with projects in multiple jurisdictions across Africa

• Good understanding of project finance concepts and structures

• Proficiency in corporate compliance

• Familiarity with drafting, reviewing and negotiating finance documents, share purchase agreements and shareholders agreements

• Law degree with strong academic credentials from an accredited university

• Bar admission

• Fluency in the English language, additionally French language skills would be a benefit

• Fluency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.)

• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously

Think you have what it takes but are not sure you check every box? Research shows that while men apply to roles when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria, womenoften only apply when they meet every requirement. If you're passionate about what we're building, we want to hear from you!

Location / Travel

• The successful candidate would be based in Cape Town, South Africa or Nairobi, Kenya. The position will require international travel.

Equal Opportunity Employer
CrossBoundary is an equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request [e-mail]

Contact
Interested candidates should apply athttps://www.crossboundary.com/careers/.