Project Attorney

Responsibilities

• Structure, diligence, negotiate, and document complex, multi-million-dollar international debt and equity transactions, particularly within emerging markets.
• Advises on transaction structures involving combinations of debt, direct equity, convertible or non-convertible instruments, warrants, and other equity or quasi-equity structures.
• Supports debt transactions including limited-recourse project financings, structured and corporate financings, guarantees, security arrangements, and engineering and procurement agreements.
• Advise on direct equity and investment-fund transactions, including fund formation, co-investment structures, joint ventures, framework agreements, specialized compacts, and offtake arrangements involving sovereign and non-sovereign parties.
• Serve as first chair in transaction negotiations with borrowers, sponsors, investees, co-investors, general partners, multilateral development banks, development finance institutions, export credit agencies, commercial lenders, and other counterparties.
• Manage transaction closings, disbursements, subscriptions, and capital calls, as applicable.
• Monitor existing investments and financings and support restructurings of transactions across DFC's global portfolio.
• Analyze and advise on foreign and international law matters, corporate issues, collateral and security arrangements, intercreditor matters, shareholder rights, jurisdiction, dispute resolution, and DFC policies.
• Lead complex, sensitive, and potentially precedent-setting projects involving multiple legal, financial, technical, policy, and commercial considerations.
• Cook up complex, cross-border transactional matters, preferably involving project finance, infrastructure, development finance, private equity, investment funds, or comparable international investment structures.
• Coordinate effectively with internal DFC professionals, outside counsel, government agencies, foreign and domestic businesses, embassy officials, and senior officials in countries where DFC operates.
• Exercise independent judgment when established precedent or policy does not fully address novel or sensitive transaction structures.
• Help develop new legal approaches, transaction structures, policies, criteria, or procedures when traditional methods are insufficient.
• Respond to correspondence, calls, and stakeholder requests promptly and conduct all work with professionalism, discretion, and courtesy.

Qualifications

• Must be a U.S. Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust or Secret Security clearance, as applicable.
• J.D. or LL.B. from an accredited law school is required.
• Must be a current member in good standing of a bar with a valid license to practice law in a U.S. state or territory, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
• Minimum of 5 years of full-time professional legal experience after admission to the bar.
• Demonstrated experience advising on the legal and policy aspects of direct equity investments and/or private equity fund investments, including negotiating and documenting transactions involving projects in emerging markets.
• Strong experience with sophisticated cross-border transactional matters, preferably involving project finance, infrastructure, development finance, private equity, investment funds, or comparable international investment structures.
• Ability to independently lead negotiations and advise senior stakeholders on complex or novel legal issues.
• Strong judgment, legal research, analytical, drafting, negotiation, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple complex transactions or workstreams simultaneously while coordinating across internal and external teams.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to engage effectively with senior government officials, financial institutions, investors, sponsors, lenders, and international counterparties.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion, responsiveness, and attention to detail.
• Ability to travel, both domestically and internationally, approximately 15% of the time. Base contract period: 12 months Option years: 2 additional 12-month option periods Work model: Primarily remote Time Zone: Eastern Time Schedule: Full-Time Only.