Counsel, Legal

Job description

**About Flatiron Energy** Flatiron Energy is developing and building grid scale standalone energy storage assets that integrate renewable energy onto the grid, replace fossil fuel plants, and increase grid reliability. Founded by a team of experienced energy storage experts, Flatiron has a demonstrated track record of developing critical infrastructure needed to achieve our reliability and energy climate goals. The team has deep experience in developing, constructing, and operating energy storage assets in wholesale markets. Flatiron is a portfolio company of Hull Street Energy and has significant committed capital for its growth plans. We are a growing company with a dynamic, fast-paced, challenging, creative, fun, start-up culture. The right candidate will be excited to help build the company from the ground up, recognizing the challenges and opportunities for growth inherent in such a role. The Flatiron team is passionate about fighting climate change while ensuring their projects have an equitable impact on surrounding communities. Flatiron is only looking for candidates who resonate with our mission. **Title:** Counsel **Reports To:** Senior Counsel **Location:** Flexible (preference for New York City, Denver/Boulder, or Boston) **Description:** Key legal team member reporting to Senior Counsel, supporting the company’s commercial, financing, and development objectives across a large portfolio of utility-scale standalone storage projects. This role partners with cross-functional teams to negotiate critical project agreements, execute transactions, and advance projects from development through operations. The ideal candidate is highly self-motivated and proactive, able to independently drive complex workstreams, exercise sound judgment, and build practical solutions to evolving challenges. Candidates should have a background in either project finance/investment transactions or EPC, procurement, and operational project agreements. The position offers regular exposure to executive leadership, meaningful ownership from day one, and a clear path for increasing responsibility as the legal function and portfolio scale. **Key Responsibilities** - Take ownership of discrete transactions and project workstreams, with appropriate guidance from Senior Counsel - Provide legal support for project financings and investment transactions, including coordination with lenders, investors, and outside counsel - Support in the development, structuring, negotiation, and execution of key project agreements, including EPC contracts, O&M agreements, and major equipment procurement agreements - Work closely with the development, finance, asset management, and operations teams to identify risks and develop practical solutions that advance projects to successful deployment - Contribute to the management of the company’s contracted portfolio, including negotiation, implementation, and ongoing interpretation of key project and commercial documents - Coordinate with and manage external counsel, counterparties, and advisors to efficiently execute transactions and project agreements **Key Qualifications** - Juris Doctor degree with 2-5 years of experience focused on renewable energy, energy storage, power generation, or other energy practice; in-house experience preferred - Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction - Experience supporting complex infrastructure or energy transactions, including project finance or major commercial contracting - Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, with the ability to distill complex legal and commercial concepts into clear, workable agreements - Strong interest in working across the full lifecycle of energy storage projects, from development and financing through construction and operations - Ability to engage thoughtfully with both transactional and operational legal issues that arise as projects are developed and deployed - Comfortable working in a lean, collaborative environment with meaningful responsibility and regular interaction with senior leadership - Candidates with experience focused on project finance and investment transactions, as well as those with experience focused in construction, procurement, and operational project agreements, are encouraged to apply **Compensation and Benefits:** - **Job Type:** Permanent, Full-time - **Salary:**Competitive base salary commensurate with experience - **Bonus:** Competitive bonus based on the achievement of milestones and performance - **Benefits**: Flatiron offers an excellent benefit package with health care, dental, vision, and other health and wellness benefits. A 401 K with company matching is provided.