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Catalyze is rapidly accelerating the transition to renewable energy by making it easy and profitable to integrate smart energy resources into new and existing buildings and infrastructure. As a national energy transition partner and independent power producer (IPP), we develop, construct, own, operate, and maintain integrated solar, battery storage, and electric vehicle (EV) charging assets for commercial and industrial customers. We combine our proprietary technology, financial strength, and industry expertise to deliver standardized, yet configurable systems that meet our partners’ unique needs. These offerings enable commercial and industrial property owners, operating companies, and their customers to extract greater value from their assets, take increased responsibility and ownership of their energy profile, and ultimately become part of the clean energy transition.
As we continue to grow and expand our solutions across the country, our team is shaping the future of renewable energy. We are looking for passionate, collaborative, innovative thinkers who want to build a better future and do work that matters.
We’re seeking a Counsel to be a part of the Structured Finance team and work side by side with our finance team members and work closely with our internal teams, lenders, and tax equity investors to close tax equity and debt financing transactions for our C&I portfolio of solar and storage projects. You will support and lead transaction processes around financing our DG projects, including legal and commercial structuring, negotiation, diligence, documentation, closing and funding of debt and tax equity transactions.
You Are:
- A project finance or structured finance trained attorney who is eager to integrate into a finance team of a leading IPP and to support raising capital for a large DG project pipeline, who desires to learn the DG solar business from the inside, and who is excited about tackling real world problems from legal, commercial and operational perspectives.
- Experienced with project finance debt and tax monetization structures documentation, including construction debt, back-leverage debt, warehouse debt, tax equity, tax credit transfers and hybrid structures.
- A proactive individual who excels at execution, organization and details, who is skilled at distilling and simplifying complex legal language for non-lawyers, and who is comfortable making both legal and commercial decisions in the midst of uncertainty and ambiguity.
- An effective problem solver who anticipates issues and gets ahead of problems by asking the right questions of the right resources and who thrives at coming up with pragmatic, well thought out solutions to tough problems.
- A high integrity professional who shows exemplary behavior in terms of ethics, standards, and values and sets high standards and encourages others to view quality work as a priority.
- A self-starter who enjoys rolling up your sleeves in a fast-paced environment, who welcomes taking ownership and responsibility of multiple workstreams, and who stays calm and focused while pivoting, prioritizing and managing competing expectations amidst multiple projects with tight deadlines.
You Will:
- Draft, negotiate and review a variety of project finance and structured finance transaction documents, including credit agreements (construction debt, back-leverage debt, warehouse debt, bridge debt, etc.), collateral documents, and tax equity and other tax monetization documents (partnership flip, sale leaseback, tax credit transfer, ITC insurance, etc.).
- Support and lead transaction closing and funding processes, including drafting and negotiating definitive documentation and ancillary closing deliverables, supporting diligence processes, managing closing checklists, keeping track of deliverables required from numerous third parties, and working closely with outside counsel, internal stakeholders and project counterparties to meet closing and funding timelines.
- Support the legal team on finance ability and ITC eligibility of project assets, including power purchase agreements, EPC contracts, O&M contracts and equipment procurement contracts.
- Handle day-to-day legal and compliance matters, including covenant, representations and warranty compliance under financing documents, executing notice and consent obligations, and responding to questions regarding contract interpretation.
- Provide general legal support to cross-functional teams and other internal stakeholders at all levels of the company.
What You Bring to the Team:
- Juris Doctor degree from an ABA accredited law school.
- Admitted to practice law.
- Minimum of 4+ years of project finance and/or structured finance experience with a focus on renewable energy transactions in an in-house legal department or at a law firm
- Experience with project finance debt and tax monetization structures, including construction debt, back-leverage debt, warehouse debt, tax equity (partnership flip and/or sale leaseback), tax credit transfers and/or hybrid structures.
- High level of comfort with drafting, reviewing and negotiating financing documents, including credit agreements, security agreements, guaranties, tax equity ECCAs, tax equity LLCAs, tax credit purchase agreements, etc.
- Familiarity with project development, project acquisition and other project contracts, as well as day-to-day commercial contracts, like NDAs and services agreement, is also a plus.
- Proven experience in the execution of complex finance transactions involving numerous counterparties and a large volume of contracts and deliverables.
- High level of accuracy, attention to detail and excellent drafting skills.
- High level of organizational skills and time management skills.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills required to communicate effectively with direct team members, across multiple departments, with management and with external counterparties.
- An entrepreneurial attitude and work ethic with a desire to roll up your sleeves and get the job done in a fast-paced environment and rapidly growing business.
What Catalyze Brings to You:
- Opportunity to play a significant role in transforming the energy industry
- Growth, development, learning, and advancement opportunities
- A highly flexible environment where your voice, thoughts, and ideas will be heard
- Excellent benefits (company-paid and voluntary): Health / Dental / Vision / Life / AD&D / STD / LTD / AFLAC / Pet / Legal / Commuter / 401(k) with Company Match / Paid Time Off and more!
About Catalyze
Catalyze is a fully integrated developer and Independent Power Producer (IPP) of distributed renewable energy assets. Catalyze is accelerating the clean energy transition through deployment of solar and storage assets across community solar, C&I, and public sector verticals. With proprietary technology, financial strength, and in-house expertise, Catalyze originates, acquires, builds, owns, and operates distributed renewable energy assets that help property owners, businesses, and communities unlock long-term value. Catalyze delivers clean energy solutions that enable partners to optimize the performance of their real estate assets, enhance energy resilience, decarbonize operations, and achieve enterprise goals. Its proprietary technology, REenergyze®, streamlines the origination-to-operations process, driving the rapid deployment of renewable energy infrastructure.
We believe that when people feel safe and encouraged to bring their authentic selves to the team, it brings out their best and strengthens our company as a whole. This is why we’re dedicated to creating a truly inclusive workplace - one that values and promotes diversity and fosters an empowered workforce—allowing all employees, from any background or level of the company, to succeed in their jobs. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and value the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veteran’s status, color, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
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