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Senior Corporate Counsel

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The Voltus Legal Team is growing and looking for a senior in-house energy attorney who is passionate about combating climate change. We're looking for a commercial attorney with deep experience in the energy markets space, including direct experience negotiating battery energy storage system (BESS) contracts. If you are a self-starter with laser-focused attention to detail who thrives in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you. Your primary responsibilities will include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial, partnership, and energy storage agreements, assessing potential risks, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations. About Voltus Voltus aims to be the distributed energy platform that fulfills the promise of the energy transition. Voltus represents the "potential of us" to better manage energy through simple, cost and risk-free programs for distributed energy resources. Our commercial and industrial customers generate cash by allowing us to maximize the value of their operational flexibility in energy markets. What's more, there are significant community benefits that accompany working with Voltus – a cleaner, more reliable energy future and dollars invested back into your business.
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Location Voltus is a fully-remote company, however, the candidate must reside in the United States and be authorized to work in the United States. Key Responsibilities Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide range of energy and commercial contracts, including battery energy storage system (BESS) agreements, tolling agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), interconnection agreements, BESS equipment supply agreements, battery-specific safety, decommissioning, and end-of-life obligations, and other distributed energy resource contracts Serve as senior legal advisor on structuring, negotiating, and closing battery storage and other energy storage transactions, working closely with commercial, engineering, and finance teams Advise the sales and partnership teams on legal implications, risks, and opportunities associated with various commercial structures under consideration, and support those teams in achieving commercial objectives consistent with legal risk tolerance Provide substantive guidance on regulatory and market-specific issues affecting energy storage and demand response transactions across ISO/RTO markets (e.g., PJM, ERCOT, MISO, NYISO), including storage participation models under FERC Order Nos. 841 and 2222 Utilize and build upon deep knowledge of legal issues relating to energy regulatory matters, IP, data use, privacy, and labor and employment law Prepare, maintain, and improve template agreements, playbooks, training, and operational guidance for storage and commercial contracting Mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the legal team on contract negotiation and energy industry matters Work closely with teams across sales operations, product, finance, marketing, field operations, regulatory, and engineering to ensure terms align with company objectives and priorities Help develop processes to ensure ongoing compliance with contractual commitments and provide practical, solutions-oriented advice to help client teams navigate issues that may arise Define and implement best practices around workflow and process to further scale the legal department Assist with ad-hoc legal matters as needed Desired Qualifications Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school; strong academic credentials Minimum of seven to ten (7-10) years of relevant legal experience, including significant experience in the energy industry (required) Direct experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating battery energy storage system (BESS) contracts and related transactions (required) Extensive experience drafting, preparing, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, particularly energy storage, PPAs, tolling agreements, strategic partnership, and product agreements Working knowledge of U.S. energy markets, ISO/RTO structures, and regulatory frameworks governing distributed energy resources and energy storage Experience with behind-the-meter or C&I-sited storage, and with storage participating in demand response or wholesale capacity/ancillary services markets is strongly preferred Strong problem solving, innovation, and collaboration skills, as well as business acumen Ability to independently manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and anticipating issues Excellent drafting skills and attention to detail Able to perform quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multitask and manage deadlines Experience working in Google Drive, Salesforce, Adobe PDF, Ironclad, and DocuSign strongly preferred but not required Please note that at this time, we do not sponsor visas or transfers for new hires. Voltus teammates need to be authorized to work from their home location (in the US or Canada, unless otherwise indicated on the role description). Additionally, while Voltus is an all-remote workplace, we have limitations on where employees are able to work for regulatory and security reasons. We expect that Voltans are working primarily from their home country. Working while traveling to other countries must be approved as per our Global Remote Travel Policy. At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.
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The Voltus Legal Team is growing and looking for a senior in-house energy attorney who is passionate about combating climate change. We're looking for a commercial attorney with deep experience in the energy markets space, including direct experience negotiating battery energy storage system (BESS) contracts. If you are a self-starter with laser-focused attention to detail who thrives in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you. Your primary responsibilities will include drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial, partnership, and energy storage agreements, assessing potential risks, and ensuring compliance with relevant laws and regulations.  

About Voltus

Voltus aims to be the distributed energy platform that fulfills the promise of the energy transition. Voltus represents the "potential of us" to better manage energy through simple, cost and risk-free programs for distributed energy resources. Our commercial and industrial customers generate cash by allowing us to maximize the value of their operational flexibility in energy markets. What's more, there are significant community benefits that accompany working with Voltus – a cleaner, more reliable energy future and dollars invested back into your business.

Location

Voltus is a fully-remote company, however, the candidate must reside in the United States and be authorized to work in the United States.

 

Key Responsibilities

  • Review, draft, negotiate, and interpret a wide range of energy and commercial contracts, including battery energy storage system (BESS) agreements, tolling agreements, power purchase agreements (PPAs), interconnection agreements, BESS equipment supply agreements, battery-specific safety, decommissioning, and end-of-life obligations, and other distributed energy resource contracts

  • Serve as senior legal advisor on structuring, negotiating, and closing battery storage and other energy storage transactions, working closely with commercial, engineering, and finance teams

  • Advise the sales and partnership teams on legal implications, risks, and opportunities associated with various commercial structures under consideration, and support those teams in achieving commercial objectives consistent with legal risk tolerance

  • Provide substantive guidance on regulatory and market-specific issues affecting energy storage and demand response transactions across ISO/RTO markets (e.g., PJM, ERCOT, MISO, NYISO), including storage participation models under FERC Order Nos. 841 and 2222

  • Utilize and build upon deep knowledge of legal issues relating to energy regulatory matters, IP, data use, privacy, and labor and employment law

  • Prepare, maintain, and improve template agreements, playbooks, training, and operational guidance for storage and commercial contracting

  • Mentor and provide guidance to junior members of the legal team on contract negotiation and energy industry matters

  • Work closely with teams across sales operations, product, finance, marketing, field operations, regulatory, and engineering to ensure terms align with company objectives and priorities

  • Help develop processes to ensure ongoing compliance with contractual commitments and provide practical, solutions-oriented advice to help client teams navigate issues that may arise

  • Define and implement best practices around workflow and process to further scale the legal department

  • Assist with ad-hoc legal matters as needed

    • Desired Qualifications

  • Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school; strong academic credentials

  • Minimum of seven to ten (7-10) years of relevant legal experience, including significant experience in the energy industry (required)

  • Direct experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating battery energy storage system (BESS) contracts and related transactions (required)

  • Extensive experience drafting, preparing, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements, particularly energy storage, PPAs, tolling agreements, strategic partnership, and product agreements

  • Working knowledge of U.S. energy markets, ISO/RTO structures, and regulatory frameworks governing distributed energy resources and energy storage

  • Experience with behind-the-meter or C&I-sited storage, and with storage participating in demand response or wholesale capacity/ancillary services markets is strongly preferred

  • Strong problem solving, innovation, and collaboration skills, as well as business acumen

  • Ability to independently manage a diverse and complex workload while maintaining priorities and anticipating issues

  • Excellent drafting skills and attention to detail

  • Able to perform quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced work environment to successfully multitask and manage deadlines

  • Experience working in Google Drive, Salesforce, Adobe PDF, Ironclad, and DocuSign strongly preferred but not required

    • Please note that at this time, we do not sponsor visas or transfers for new hires. Voltus teammates need to be authorized to work from their home location (in the US or Canada, unless otherwise indicated on the role description).

    Additionally, while Voltus is an all-remote workplace, we have limitations on where employees are able to work for regulatory and security reasons. We expect that Voltans are working primarily from their home country. Working while traveling to other countries must be approved as per our Global Remote Travel Policy.

    At Voltus, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer because we recognize that a diverse organization begins with a diverse candidate pool. This means we do not tolerate discrimination of any kind and are committed to providing equal employment opportunities regardless of your gender identity, race, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or marital status.

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