Position Summary:
The Real Estate & Development Counsel will support various activities of our client. The position will be part of the Company’s legal team and provide services to multiple internal departments, with a focus on the Development business group. Additionally, the role may handle contract requirements in coordination with other groups such as Procurement, Engineering, Land, Permitting, and Transmission. The role requires exceptional legal, project management, negotiation, and interpersonal relationship skills.
Job Details:
- Work from Home
- Monday to Friday | 8 AM to 5 PM Manila Time
Responsibilities:
- Manage the legal aspects of project development, including:
- Draft, review, interpret, and negotiate site control agreements (options to lease, ground leases, purchase and sale agreements, easements, and other real property agreements)
- Identify and resolve mineral and title issues, and access rights needed for project development
- Support project closings and ensure land rights are bankable for financing and sale
- Avoid, manage, and resolve disputes with landowners, in coordination with the land team
- Assist the legal team with various development matters, including:
- Draft, review, interpret, and negotiate development agreements (PPAs, land, interconnection, permitting, and title agreements)
- Draft, review, and negotiate procurement and other EPC-related agreements
- Draft, review, and negotiate consulting services agreements, master services agreements, and other corporate legal agreements
- Manage outside counsel as needed
- Manage paralegals and other staff as needed
- Perform other tasks as assigned
Qualifications:
- Law Degree
- Experience drafting and negotiating real estate agreements, preferably for transactions in the U.S.
- Experience in title review, risk identification, and risk resolution
- Experience in the renewable energy industry (preferred)
- Exceptional commercial drafting and negotiation skills
- Experience with PPAs, EPC, and related contracts for traditional or renewable energy or other infrastructure projects (nice to have)
- Strong work ethic and ability to self-start and adapt in a fast-paced team dynamic
- Strong project, process, and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a cross-functional environment with both technical and non-technical team members who are geographically dispersed
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Outstanding sense of humor