Senior Legal Counsel

Our client is a global leader in wind turbine manufacturing and renewable energy solutions, operating across more than 40 countries. Their North American business, headquartered in Chicago, supplies wind turbines and energy solutions throughout the region and is a major player in the ongoing renewable energy build-out in North America. The culture is fast-paced and collaborative, with a strong emphasis on safety, innovation, and continuous improvement.

About the Role

We're seeking a Senior Counsel to join a growing legal and compliance team, reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer. This is a broad, business-facing role covering transactional, corporate, employment, compliance, and dispute-related matters, supporting wind turbine sales, installation, service, and operations across the region. You'll act as a trusted advisor to cross-functional teams and have real input into how the legal function scales alongside the business.

Responsibilities

• Advise internal stakeholders on commercial contracts, corporate governance, employment, regulatory, and compliance matters
• Draft, review, and negotiate a range of agreements: domestic and cross-border wind turbine supply, installation, service and maintenance, logistics, procurement, vendor, contractor, and confidentiality agreements
• Support the build-out of company policies, governance processes, and internal controls
• Advise on litigation, arbitration, mediation, and other disputes, including managing external counsel
• Lead legal due diligence, flag risk areas, and support transaction structuring and closings
• Track legal and regulatory developments (trade, ethics, compliance) and turn them into practical guidance for the business
• Take on special projects as they come up

Qualifications

• JD from an ABA-accredited law school
• Licensed and in good standing to practice law in Illinois
• At least 5 years of relevant legal experience, ideally with meaningful transactional work in-house, at a firm, or both

Skills

• Strong drafting, negotiation, and analytical skills, with the ability to give clear, practical, risk-based advice
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities independently in a fast-moving environment
• Strong interpersonal skills and the judgment to work across legal and non-legal teams
• Proficient in Microsoft 365
• Able to travel domestically and internationally as needed

• Experience drafting and negotiating wind turbine supply, installation, or service agreements
• Background in dispute resolution, internal investigations, or compliance matters
• Exposure to cross-border transactions, international trade, or ethics and compliance frameworks

Benefits

• Annual bonus potential
• 100% company-paid medical and dental premiums for employees and eligible dependents from day one
• Affordable vision plan from day one
• 401(k) with company match, fully vested from day one
• Life, accident, critical illness, and short/long-term disability coverage
• Paid maternity benefits
• FSA options (healthcare, dependent care, transit, parking)
• Generous PTO plus 15 paid holidays
• Professional development reimbursement