About the Position:
We are working with an exceptional Am Law 50 firm with a vast global presence that is seeking an energy/project finance attorney to join its Chicago office as a mid to senior-level associate. This law firm is one of the largest in the world and provides its attorneys with extensive formal training and opportunities to work on groundbreaking projects. The firm’s innovative Projects and Finance practice has impressive and extensive projects and natural resources experience and boasts more specialized lawyers in more worldwide locations than any other law firm.

Highlights:
· Top of the market compensation
· Ranked as a top law firm in Chicago
· Development and training programs for associates
· Firm received ALM’s “Diversity and Inclusion Award”
· Named as a “Best Place to Work for LGBTQ+ Equality” and a “Top 50 Employer for Women”

Responsibilities:
· Advise developers, investors, lenders, and sponsors in the acquisition, sale, development, and financing of energy and other infrastructure projects
· Prepare first drafts/initial markups of complex legal agreements relating to purchase/membership interest, equity capital contributions, joint ventures, tax credit transfers, loans and security documents

Required Qualifications:
· 4-7 years of experience with energy project finance including utility scale power and infrastructure projects, cash equity investment structures
· Experience handling M&A and debt and tax equity financings of energy projects and transactions
· Substantial experience in sponsor-side project finance work
· Strong knowledge of highly structured, financial model-driven investment transactions, expertise in limited and non-recourse project financings and understanding of the power sector industry, renewables in particular
· Prior client-facing experience and ability to independently run transaction closings with a large number of third-party closing deliverables
· Excellent academic credentials

Location:
Chicago, IL (Hybrid)