Corporate Counsel-Energy

Tract Capital adopts a unique approach to digital infrastructure investment. Leveraging experience and strategic insights honed over three decades of creating successful companies in the space, we excel in nurturing and advancing leading-edge digital infrastructure enterprises. Our team of specialized experts are united by a singular purpose: to support the growth of digital infrastructure. Tract Capital goes beyond simple investment by acting as a strategic partner and catalyst for innovation within the sector, ensuring our engagements generate strong financial results while developing essential digital infrastructure to meet growing demands.

Tract Capital has introduced multiple digital infrastructure strategies including horizontal powered land, vertical development, and product development.

About the role

The Corporate Counsel, Energy will be stationed at Tract Capital’s headquarters in Denver, Colorado or one of its hub locations in Seattle, WA or Northern VA, reporting directly to the General Counsel. This highly visible role involves hands-on, frontline work across the organization and externally in executing large, industrial land projects, utility interconnection, and energy supply transactions nationwide.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate investment opportunities and structure strategic transactions, including energy supply.
• Manage outside counsel for energy regulatory and market strategy, as well as local utility commission engagements.
• Support project development and associated procurement agreements.
• Handle corporate, infrastructure, vendor, and other transactional and regulatory matters.
• Identify and evaluate legal issues and risks, communicating legal and business recommendations to team members on all matters relative to Tract’s business from an energy perspective.
• Analyze and advise on legal issues and risks associated with utility and energy supply transactions from site selection through development and construction.
• Oversee strategic deals and negotiate with development and utility partners and other stakeholders.
• Work with real estate, entitlement, energy, development, and construction teams on contracting, utility, and construction matters in coordination with local counsel.
• Interact with vendors, suppliers, energy developers, electric utilities, and local utility commissions to project a positive image of the Company.
• Draft, negotiate, and prepare contracts for all phases of Company transactions, including utility interconnection, energy supply, vendor and equipment procurement, and complex contracts.
• Manage corporate entity filings and prepare corporate entity documentation.
• Advise on process improvements in support of business objectives.
• Manage outside counsel for local and regulatory issues.
• Collaborate in a highly matrixed environment.

Requirements

• JD from an ABA accredited law school; admitted to and in good standing with a state bar.
• 4+ years of in-depth energy and commercial transactional experience, with understanding of utility interconnection, energy supply, regulatory proceedings, project development, construction, corporate governance, and complex contracts.
• Preferably a combination of law firm and in-house experience.
• Travel to Tract markets may be required.

Skills

• Demonstrated success with all aspects of electric utility interconnection and energy supply transactions across various US markets.
• Comprehensive knowledge of electric utility interconnection, energy supply, regulatory proceedings, infrastructure development, and complex transaction language.
• Extensive experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating energy supply and electric utility agreements required for infrastructure development.
• Comprehensive knowledge of corporate governance.
• Experience drafting and preparing corporate entity documentation.
• Extensive experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts.
• Responsible, ethical, and collaborative mindset with a can-do attitude and pride in work product.
• Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams of internal and external resources to manage projects and teams to successful and predictable conclusions.
• Demonstrated project management skills, preferably connected to sales, project development, and utilities.
• Ability to problem-solve, leveraging independent analysis, local relationships, corporate resources, and executive support.
• Detail-oriented to support data-driven analysis and decision-making.
• Eagerness to be part of building something unique, special, and valuable in a dynamic environment with a best-in-class team.
• Dependable and trustworthy to deliver expected results while living up to the values of the Company.

Pay

Expected salary range: $300,000–$375,000 base salary plus discretionary bonus.

Benefits

• 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401K program.
• Standard paid holidays.
• Unlimited PTO.