Senior Attorney, Electric Transmission Transactions

NextEra Energy Resources is one of America’s largest wholesale electricity generators, harnessing diverse energy sources to power progress. We deliver tailored energy solutions that fuel economic growth, strengthen communities, and help customers achieve their energy goals. Ready to make a lasting impact? Take the next step in your career with us! Position Specific Description NextEra Energy Transmission (NEET) is seeking an experienced commercial attorney with energy-related transactional and project management expertise to support NEET’s development and management teams. The attorney would be responsible for drafting and negotiating a broad range of sophisticated commercial agreements in the electric transmission infrastructure space, including joint development agreements, joint venture and limited liability company agreements, development services agreements, transmission capacity leases, purchase and sale agreements, operations and maintenance agreements, and other transmission-related commercial agreements. The applicant must be a team player with a demonstrated commercial acumen who can interact successfully with clients, management, and counterparties and who can thrive in a fast-paced, demanding environment. Experience in the following is highly preferred: development of large energy infrastructure projects, sale leaseback structures, and a broad range of commercial agreements, including joint venture and strategic partnership agreements, development agreements, services agreements, and purchase and sale agreements. The ideal candidate will have 4-8 years of commercial transactional experience related to transmission projects. Specific Responsibilities: Deliver timely and quality written and oral legal advice to clients with minimal supervision. Partner with cross-functional teams (including commercial, development, regulatory, and tax) to advance strategic initiatives Manage commercial transactions. Identify, mitigate and guard against legal and commercial risk. Work to ensure budget compliance. Displace outside counsel. Ensure disclosure of material legal issues to General Counsel. Manage multiple high-priority matters in a fast-paced environment while exercising sound business judgment and operating with a high degree of independence. Job Overview Employees in this job participate in complex legal matters and projects and deliver timely and quality legal services to clients with minimal supervision. Job Duties & Responsibilities • Provides written and oral legal advice to clients • Anticipates and guards against legal risks involving the organization • Works to ensure budget compliance and avoids the need for outside counsel • Ensures disclosure of potentially material legal issues to senior leadership • Performs other job-related duties as assigned Required Qualifications • Member in Good Standing of State Bar • High School Grad / GED • Juris Doctorate • Bachelor's Degree • Experience:5+ years Preferred Qualifications • None NextEra Energy offers a wide range of benefits to support our employees and their eligible family members. Click here to learn more. Employee Group: Exempt Employee Type: Full Time Job Category: Legal/Regulatory/External Affairs Organization: NextEra Energy Project Management, LLC Relocation Provided: Yes, if applicable NextEra Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, disability, protected veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law. NextEra Energy provides reasonable accommodation in its application and selection process for qualified individuals, including accommodations related to compliance with conditional job offer requirements, consistent with federal, state, and local laws. Supporting medical or religious documentation will be required where applicable and permitted by applicable law. To request a reasonable accommodation, please send an e-mail to [email protected] , providing your name, telephone number and the best time for us to reach you. 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