Scale Microgrid Solutions

Scale Microgrid Solutions

Legal Director

New York, NY · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 50 days ago
Business DevelopmentNegotiationProcess ImprovementProcurementCadenceEmbedded SystemsCritical ThinkingRenewable Energy

About the role

  • We are looking for a Legal Director to serve as one of the company's primary transactional attorneys.
  • Reporting to the General Counsel, you'll work a hybrid schedule in either our Ridgewood, NJ, HQ, our NYC office (Union Square area), or our California offices (Oakland and Santa Monica).
  • Strategic Advisory: Provide regulatory, permitting, and policy guidance/training on pertinent topics for cross-functional teams to streamline project development.

Responsibilities

  • You will support our continuing expansion into the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) space and energy infrastructure for data centers.
  • Support our business development and other cross-functional teams involved in deploying complex microgrid, energy center, and power infrastructure offerings tailored for data centers and large-scale industrial facilities.
  • Manage engagements with outside counsel when needed, balancing time, efficiency, and expertise with the cost of such engagements.
  • Support acquisition and financing activities, including performing early-stage legal diligence on target assets, portfolios, or developers, and assisting in negotiations with third-party financiers.
  • External Counsel Management: Manage engagements with outside counsel when needed, balancing time, efficiency, and expertise with the cost of such engagements.
  • Diligence & Acquisitions: Support acquisition and financing activities, including performing early-stage legal diligence on target assets, portfolios, or developers, and assisting in negotiations with third-party financiers.
  • Process Optimization: Propose and implement process improvements related to legal document management and contractual workflows to help the business scale efficiently.
  • The investment enables Scale to own and operate billions of dollars in distributed generation assets.
  • Ability to manage ambiguity and communicate complex legal concepts and strategic goals in a simplified manner to non-lawyers

Requirements

  • Extensive experience structuring and negotiating arrangements in the Commercial & Industrial (C&I) space, and/or the specialized development and power procurement frameworks required for data centers.

Skills

  • Exceptional business acumen, critical thinking skills, and professional cadence
  • Strong negotiation skills

Compensation

  • Some of the core virtues embraced by Scales' employees include: · Do the Right Thing · Act Like an Owner · Hustle · Demand Results · Go Together · Evolve or Disappear We offer a competitive compensation package and a comprehensive benefits

Benefits

  • Proven ability to manage multiple projects and priorities, work independently, and operate in a fast-paced, dynamic, entrepreneurial environment
  • Scale is backed by EQT, a firm with ~$250B in assets, bringing a depth of experience, resources, and capital that will enable Scale to continue pursuing our vision of powering the world with distributed energy.

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