Corporate Counsel

About the role

Welcome to Verdantas, where innovation meets sustainability, and your career finds purpose! At Verdantas, we’re redefining environmental consulting and sustainable engineering through our use of cutting‑edge modeling and digital technology and our genuine commitment to people. Our work spans high‑growth sectors like water resources, resilient land use, energy transformation, and civil infrastructure. Our commitment to excellence, across more than 90 offices, is championed by a team of over 2,000 experts, scientists, engineers, geologists, and technical specialists, embedded in a people‑focused culture, prioritizing the well‑being of our employees, clients, and the communities we serve. We partner with clients to deliver smart, data‑driven solutions to complex environmental and infrastructure challenges. We don’t just solve problems; we help shape a more sustainable future. Join a people‑first culture that values your well‑being, empowers your growth, and amplifies your impact. At Verdantas, your career goes beyond the expected, and your work helps build a better world. Ready to shape the future of resilient communities? Verdantas is seeking an energetic and diligent Corporate Counsel, Mergers, Acquisitions & Enterprise Risk to join our corporate legal team and support a growing consulting firm focused on environmental, energy, water, and engineering services. This position will serve as a strategic legal and business partner supporting mergers and acquisitions, acquisition integrations, enterprise risk management, complex claims and disputes, and corporate development initiatives. The position is eligible for remote or in‑office work.

Responsibilities

• Lead with empathy, strong communication, and a people-focused approach to achieve successful results across the enterprise.
• Support and shape the company’s people-focused culture by promoting inclusivity, diversity, collaboration, and teamwork.
• Support mergers, acquisitions, and other strategic transactions from due diligence through closing, including coordinating cross-functional diligence, identifying legal and business risks, and assisting with transaction execution and post-closing obligations.
• Lead and coordinate post-acquisition integration efforts in partnership with Operations, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and other business leaders, including tracking milestones, risks, dependencies, and key action items.
• Partner with the Chief Legal & Sustainability Officer to develop and administer the company’s Enterprise Risk Management program, including risk identification, assessment, mitigation planning, monitoring, and executive and Board reporting support.
• Support private equity, lender, and advisor due diligence associated with recapitalizations, financing transactions, and other corporate initiatives, including coordinating diligence requests and transaction materials.
• Support the management of significant professional liability, commercial, contractual, employment, and other complex claims and disputes, including internal fact gathering, documentation, insurance coordination, outside counsel management, and resolution strategy.
• Identify trends and lessons learned from claims, transactions, and enterprise risks and help develop practical mitigation measures, policies, and business processes.
• Review and support negotiation of complex, high-risk, or escalated contracts as needed, in coordination with the Corporate Counsel responsible for contract operations and oversight.
• Provide legal and risk guidance on strategic corporate initiatives, significant client matters, organizational changes, and cross-functional projects.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal clients, including Project Managers, senior company leaders, and other stakeholders, as well as external counsel, insurers, advisors, and transaction partners.
• Collaborate across the legal team and provide support outside assigned primary areas when business needs require.
• Travel for meetings tied to transactions, trainings, or other business needs on an as-needed basis.

Qualifications

Graduate from an accredited law school and currently admitted