Senior Counsel Commercial

About the role

The Sr. Commercial Counsel will provide legal support to the Carbon Capture and Sequestration business team, Tallgrass Water business team, Tallgrass fiber, and ILS initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate carbon sequestration, transportation, and sales agreements, as well as carbon capture agreements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate purchase and sale agreements for fresh water and gathering and disposal agreements.
• Draft indefeasible rights of use agreements for fiber infrastructure.
• Draft, review, and negotiate joint development agreements, developer services agreements, development funding agreements, and related agreements.
• Provide general commercial contracting experience.
• Offer strategic advice on transaction structures, considering state and federal regulatory schemas and 45Q tax requirements.
• Facilitate and oversee outside counsel.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings, internal meetings, and meetings with customers, investors, partners, regulators, or other third parties as requested.
• Perform other daily, weekly, monthly, or special project duties as identified and defined.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor from an accredited institution.
• Five to eight (5-8) years of relevant legal experience.
• Licensed to practice law in the U.S.
• Valid driver’s license with a driving record satisfactory to the Company and its insurers (for travel).
• Intermediate proficiency in MS Office applications (Excel, Word, Access, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Proficiency with relevant legal research tools.

Skills

• Able to work independently, manage multiple tasks, and balance competing deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and logical reasoning abilities.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and maintain strict confidentiality.
• Collaborative team player who can take direction and adhere to work schedules.
• Professionalism and tact when dealing with a wide variety of people.
• Dependable attendance and consistently high performance.

Physical Demands

• Sitting, standing, walking, or moving throughout the facility; driving.
• Talking, hearing, seeing (including close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth perception).
• Bending, stooping, squatting, crouching, reaching, kneeling, pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 25 lbs.
• Regular use of hands for typing, handling, or feeling.
• Frequent standing and reaching with hands and arms; occasional walking and climbing or balancing.
• Must be able to sit for prolonged periods.
• General office working conditions with minimal safety hazards.

Working Conditions

• Occasional overnight travel may be required.
• Required to carry a cell phone and be available to respond during working and non-working hours.
• Must clear a drug screen and complete background check, including a credit report for certain positions, after an offer is extended.