Senior Legal Counsel, Project Finance

At Recurrent Energy, our mission is to power the world with solar energy and create a better and cleaner Earth for future generations. As a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., we are a leading global developer, owner, operator, and asset manager of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects.

Through Recurrent Energy Power Services, we provide operations, maintenance, monitoring, engineering, and asset management services that support renewable energy facilities across North America.

With a proven track record spanning six continents, Recurrent Energy brings together experts across every stage of the renewable energy lifecycle, from project origination, development, financing, and construction to operations, maintenance, and long-term asset management. Our work is helping shape a cleaner, more resilient energy future worldwide.

Backed by the innovation, strength, and global reach of Canadian Solar, we are helping accelerate the transition to a sustainable energy future while creating meaningful opportunities for our employees to grow, innovate, and make a lasting impact. Guided by our values of Trust, Collaboration, Accountability, Excellence, and Inclusiveness, we are building a cleaner world for generations to come.

If you're passionate about renewable energy and driven to make a difference, join Recurrent Energy to power the world with clean energy and create a better, cleaner future for generations to come.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Associate General Counsel / Legal Leadership, the Senior Legal Counsel, Project Finance will be a key member of Recurrent Energy’s North America Legal Team and a trusted legal partner to the business. The role will have primary responsibility for project finance transactions supporting utility-scale solar, battery energy storage and related clean-energy assets in the United States. The Senior Legal Counsel will advise financings from structuring and diligence through documentation, negotiation, signing, closing and post-closing compliance, partnering closely with Project Finance, Finance, Tax, Treasury, Project Development, Construction and other functions. The ideal candidate combines sophisticated financing expertise with pragmatic, commercially focused judgment and can translate complex legal and financial issues into clear, actionable advice.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute legal workstreams for project financing activities, including construction debt, term debt, back-leverage and other secured debt, tax equity, tax credit transfer transactions, letter of credit facilities and portfolio or corporate financing arrangements.
• Draft, review and negotiate credit agreements, loan and security documents, collateral documents, intercreditor and subordination agreements, guarantees, equity contribution agreements, tax equity and tax credit transfer documents, consents, certificates and other financing and closing deliverables.
• Lead, coordinate and synthesize legal due diligence across corporate, real estate, permitting, environmental, interconnection, offtake, EPC/construction, equipment supply, operations, insurance and regulatory matters; identify financeability issues and develop practical risk-mitigation strategies.
• Advise business teams on financing structures, conditions precedent, covenants, representations, defaults and remedies, collateral arrangements, cash-management mechanics, risk allocation and ongoing compliance obligations.
• Partner with Project Finance, Tax, Treasury and Finance teams on transaction structuring and execution, including tax equity and transferable tax credit structures and interfaces between financing documents and project contracts.
• Coordinate internal approvals, transaction checklists, signing and closing deliverables, funding conditions and post-closing matters to support efficient and timely execution.
• Interact directly with lenders, institutional investors, tax equity investors, tax credit buyers, agents, trustees, title companies and other counterparties and advisers.
• Manage outside counsel and specialist advisers with disciplined oversight of scope, timing, quality and legal spend.
• Develop and continuously improve project finance templates, precedent libraries, diligence standards, playbooks and transaction processes; provide support on related project development, corporate, governance and strategic matters as business needs evolve.

Qualifications & Experience

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an ABA-accredited U.S. law school and active membership in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar.
• Generally 6+ years of substantial transactional legal experience, preferably gained in a leading project finance practice, sophisticated in-house legal department, or a combination of both. Candidates with deeper experience are encouraged to apply.
• Substantial experience structuring, drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex project finance or secured lending transactions and managing transaction workstreams through closing.
• Working knowledge of project finance structures and secured lending; experience with tax equity and/or tax credit transfer transactions is strongly valued.
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the judgment to identify material financeability risks and recommend commercially workable solutions.
• Ability to manage multiple transactions and priorities independently in a fast-paced environment with minimal oversight while maintaining strong attention to detail, responsiveness and accountability.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain financing structures, legal risks and recommendations clearly to business partners and senior leadership.

Preferred Experience

• Renewable energy, power, infrastructure or other project-based financing experience is a strong asset.
• Familiarity with utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects, including construction debt, term debt, tax equity, tax credit transfers, portfolio financings and related project documentation.
• Experience with key project agreements that underpin financeability, including power purchase/offtake, interconnection, EPC/construction, equipment supply, real estate/site control and O&M agreements.
• Experience partnering directly with project finance, finance, tax, treasury, development and investment teams and with sophisticated lenders and investors.

Capabilities for Success

• Pragmatic, commercially oriented legal judgment and a strong ownership mindset.
• Strong financial and transaction fluency, with the ability to understand deal economics and connect legal terms to commercial outcomes.
• Collaborative, responsive and solutions-focused approach, with the ability to build trusted relationships across functions and with financing counterparties.
• High standards of integrity, discretion and confidentiality; comfortable operating in ambiguity, prioritizing changing demands and driving transactions forward.

Recurrent Energy offers a competitive salary plus fully comprehensive benefits and performance bonus package based on an annual objective achievement. Our generous benefits package includes a 401(k) Retirement Plan, medical/dental/life/disability program, PTO.

Recurrent Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

About Us

Recurrent Energy is a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and is one of the world's largest and most geographically diversified utility-scale solar and energy storage project development, ownership, and O&M platforms. Recurrent Energy is focused on bringing low-cost clean energy and meaningful economic development to communities across the globe.